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Couple plans homebirth, but ends up at hospital. Hospital ends up calling Social Services, who bullies Mom about agreeing to a "safety plan" for the healthy baby. Mom asks to talk to Dad (who was checking on their other kids), social worker refuses & calls police. Police take custody of baby, hospital kicks Mom out, where she sleeps in the car near the hospital so she can feed the baby every 3 hrs as agreed.

This is why you should only call the police if it is your absolute last resort...

Man beaten and charged with felony after calling the cops to report his son's suicide. All he did was ask a police offer not to touch him after the officer came up behind him, grabbed his arm, and told him that he had to sit down.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A 5-year-old girl could face murder charges in the recent drowning of a toddler in a bathtub, police said on Thursday.

Kansas City police are waiting for a medical examiner's report on how Jermane Johnson Jr., died, but have investigated the death as a homicide, spokesman Darin Snapp said Thursday.

The self-styled super hero ran in to break up a fight between a small group and a large group. He used pepper spray to fend off the fighters after he was attacked. He's been charged with four counts of assault.

Here's some choice quotes from the article:

Police spokesman Jamieson said Jones' actions were overkill. "If you see something that warrants calling 911, call 911. You don't need to dress up in a costume to do that."

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Police expect citizens to comply with their demands, and contempt of cop is the most common cause for abuse. When police ask you to stop recording them or to give them your identification, what can you do?...

Give the man his marijuana. That was the gist of a simple order Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Jack Emery gave to Tacoma police two months ago. Police refused. Thursday, Emery repeated himself with emphasis: Police have seven days to comply with his Feb. 28 order and return the pot to Tacoma resident Joseph L. Robertson, or face a possible order of contempt. “Appeal or comply,” Emery told assistant city attorney John Walker. “Or next week, show up, and I would advise you to bring counsel.”

Daily News @ http://RevolutionNews.US — A trial gets underway in Cook County Court today for a suburban police officer caught on tape repeatedly striking a motorist with a baton.

Streamwood police officer James Mandarino is due in court at 10 a.m. to face charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct.

Mandarino's own squad camera captured the images of the 41-year old officer repeatedly hitting 28-year-old Ronald Bell after a traffic stop.

A WOMAN bashed to death inside her house called police over a smashed back door but no patrol was dispatched, Commissioner Mal Hyde has admitted.

From the SF Chronicle: Charges against a man for marijuana possession were dropped after a videotape of the bust contradicted the police's story. The police alleged the man consented to a search and properly identified themselves as police. The videotape showed otherwise and the charges were dismissed.