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Carlos Miller, creator of the popular Photography is Not a Crime blog and video site, was arrested on Tuesday night after attempting to cover the eviction of Occupy Miami protesters from a local park.

Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee said. He was 47. Police in Rialto, California, received a 911 call from King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m., said Capt. Randy De Anda. Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.

some guy who calls himself a anarcocaptilist had his rights infringed becuse he made some stupid and in my opinion morally wrong comments about violence he has not been charged with a crime but....

A Carlos Miller article about a Berkely Police Chief abusing his power by sending an officer to journalist's home at 12:45 am. First Amendment violation?

By Carlos Miller
It was only a few years ago that James Mandarino was named Officer of the Year.

Today, he is facing felony charges after viciously striking a man 15 times with his baton, leaving him with a concussion.

The fact that police departments are cracking down on officers being videotaped, is not lost on the west coast, where the Oscar Grant killing is still fresh in people’s mind. The video of the deadly police shooting shook the nation and was a key piece of evidence in the trial of the officer who shot an unarmed black man.

From ABC News:
Prosecutions Draw Attention to Influence of Witness Videos --- Arrests are becoming more common along with the proliferation of portable video cameras and cell-phone recorders. Videos of alleged police misconduct have become hot items on the Internet.

"Diop Kamau was a cop in California when his father was roughed up during a traffic stop by officers from another police department.

That incident prompted Kamau to quit his job as an officer and begin a new career documenting police abuses on videotape, especially those involving racial profiling, since he and his father are black.

This happened in the late 1980s, well before the internet began regularly broadcasting police abuse videos and even before the infamous Rodney King video.

Today, he runs a website titled Police Abuse where he frequently posts videos of these encounters."