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Man tazed by park ranger for off-leash dogs, no ID

phonon — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:10:02 +0000

A Montara man walking two lapdogs off leash was hit with an electric-shock gun by a National Park Service ranger after allegedly giving a false name and trying to walk away, authorities said Monday.

Hesterberg, who said he didn't have identification with him, allegedly gave the ranger a false name, Levitt said.

Rancho Corral de Tierra has long been an off-leash walking spot for local dog owners. In December, the area became part of the national park system, which requires that all dogs be on a leash, Levitt said.

The ranger was trying to educate residents of the rule, Levitt said.

FBI arrests 4 Connecticut Cops - the end of police abuse?

ElGuapo — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:08:39 +0000

"Federal officials say the officers denied Latino residents and their advocates the right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, the right to not be arrested and detained without probable cause and the right to not be arrested on false and misleading evidence."

Wow, it looks like they've finally identified the bad apples that were spoiling the whole bunch! Isn't it exciting? By this time next week, the police will be back to protecting and serving the public once more. Phew! I was worried that "we" were becomming a police state - but this article has set my mind at ease.

Man held in solitary confinement for 2yr for DWI get compensation

Bizurke — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:45:28 +0000

A man who spent two years in solitary confinement (without a trial) after getting arrested for DWI was awarded $22 million for suffering inhumane treatment in New Mexico's Dona Ana County Jail.

FL Man's Pepper Spray Death Raises Questions About Jail Abuse

masshole — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:08:18 +0000

When he left his home in Ohio to visit his brother in Fort Myers, Fla. in March 2009, Nick Christie was already breaking down, physically and mentally. His wife Joyce was concerned about his well-being. Rightly so. By the end of the month, the grandfather of two, whose only prior run-in with the law was a DUI in the 1980s, would be strapped to a restraining chair in the Lee County, Fla. jail, coated with a thick layer of pepper spray, smothered in a "spit hood," then finally taken to a Florida hospital where, two days later, he would die.

Cop turns off dash cam then beats Elderly Man

thunderbug — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:15:19 +0000

Officer kicks elderly man in groin after turning off dash cam.

LA Sheriff Punches Special Needs Woman In The Face On A Bus

losingfeeling — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:44:08 +0000

A Metro passenger used his cell phone's video camera to capture a confrontation between a woman and two LA County sheriff's deputies on a bus in Bellflower. The over aggressive sheriff's punch, to a young woman's face wasn't even necessary. Then the dirty sheriff, wants to take the cell phone, of the soldier who recorded it. Just imagine how much other dirt is hidden, and covered up by dirty cops.

Nothing Says "Entrapment" Like Covering the Speed Limit Signs

snappytype — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:52:05 +0000

Florida Highway Patrol's citations to motorists have surged recently...and then it was discovered that all of the speed limit signs in a certain area had been covered up.

Cop Punches Mentally Handicapped Bus Passenger

celestrion — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:54:41 +0000

A military veteran returned home after six years to witness the "freedom" he was protecting when he got on a bus near Los Angeles. He witnessed (and recorded) an encounter between police and a mentally handicapped resident wherein the police verbally abused the lady before one of the officers punched her in the face. After the incident, police then attempted to confiscate the video, but the veteran successfully stood his ground. Of course no investigation has begun into this abuse of police power.

Yes that was excessive police tasering. It's pay day time!

Sussex County Angel — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:32:39 +0000

Have one dollar. You shouldn't have struggled after they tazed you.

Officer Tickets 215 Phantom Motorists For Seatbelt Violation

pmfalcon — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:28:40 +0000

In June, the New Orleans Police Department received a federal grant that provides overtime pay to officers who help enforce seatbelt laws. Police salaries being what they are, the grant drew the attention of many officers, including one Glenn Gross.

Video: Cop Caught Planting Evidence

stefminus — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:52:25 +0000

Watch as a New York police officer was caught with his own dash cam planting drugs in a vehicle. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson discuss the story.

Cop Issues Speeding Ticket, Asks Driver for a Date and She Sues Him

badlittlerobots — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:01:53 +0000

Police officer that wrote woman ticket tracks her down through that ticket to ask her out on a date. She sues him for it.

Cop Issues Speeding Ticket, Asks Driver for a Date and Is Sued

stephen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:06:41 +0000

A suburban Chicago police officer allegedly turned a $132 speeding ticket into a pick-up opportunity when he later tracked down the female driver and asked her out, saying the least he could do for the money he'd cost her was to treat her to dinner, according to a lawsuit the woman filed in federal court.

$12k in damage to car looking for drugs, none found

phonon — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:12:41 +0000

When Pompton Lakes police seized Darren Richardson’s car on a rainy September afternoon, they told him it was headed for an impound lot. When they returned it three weeks later, he says, the 2004 BMW belonged in a junk yard. According to police reports, the damage to the black BMW 325i came in the aftermath of a traffic stop during which officers detected a "strong odor of raw marijuana" inside the vehicle. Searching for a cache of drugs, members of three different police agencies and a detective from a federal drug task force spent two days tearing the car apart, the reports said.

Bar Shooting Leaves One Dead; Police Say Shooter Was OffDuty Deputy

davidfordhere — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:57:02 +0000

Found this on the web. Looks real.

A man at a bar in Murrieta, California ribbed an off-duty cop that he 'suck[ed] at darts,' the cop, 42-year-old Dayle Long, reportedly responded by pulling out a gun and executing him in front of a shocked crowd in an incident one man described as 'the most horrific scene I've seen in my entire life.'

Also,
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20111222/NEWS0801/111222003/Riverside-Co...

Keep up the good work.
Thank You.

Drunk Driving OK for Cops

stefminus — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:19:29 +0000

NEW YORK – The New York Police Department is investigating why it took more than eight hours for a police officer suspected of drunken driving to be given a blood-alcohol test. Rafael Casiano crashed his car at about 4:30 a.m. Friday in the Bronx while off duty. Another officer riding with him with was hospitalized with a head injury.

Photo shows pepper-sprayed prisoner naked & strapped to a chair

Sussex County Angel — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:33:56 +0000

The District 21 Medical Examiner ruled his death was a homicide because he had been restrained and sprayed with pepper sprayed by law enforcement officers. But to this day, nobody has ever been charged with a crime, and the Lee County State Attorney cleared the sheriff's office of any wrong doing

Deputies Tied Suspect to a Chair, Gagged, Pepper-Sprayed Him to DEATH

EternityAblaze — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:52:20 +0000

From Fox 13 in Tampa comes the horrifying story of Nick Christie, a 62-year-old Ohio man who was detained by the Lee County Sheriff's Office for being publicly intoxicated. While Christie's wife asked that he be taken to the hospital, Lee County cops decided instead to...BUT TO THIS DAY, NOBODY HAS EVER BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME... (WTF?)

Never consent to vehicle search!

Chigger — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:59:56 +0000

A former Haskell police officer was found guilty after pleading no contest to fabrication of physical evidence charges.

Perv and Protect: Dozens of teen Explorers sexually molested by cops

earthdome — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:47:26 +0000

In recent decades, more than 100 police officers have had sex with Explorers they were entrusted with mentoring, the vast majority of them underage, including an incident in 1999, just twenty miles west of St. Louis, down Interstate 44.