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Officer Salvatore Riveri, the Baltimore City police officer seen in a You Tube video berating a teenage skateboarder at the Inner Harbor, has been fired.

Police department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told WBAL News that Rivieri has been "separated from the department," but he could not comment further because this is a personnel matter.

John Stagliano was cleared of all charges today in a federal obscenity prosecution that could have put him behind bars for 32 years. After hearing the prosecution's case, the judge declared that there was not enough evidence to continue the trial, throwing out all charges.

Reason.tv caught up with Stagliano outside the courthouse just minutes after the decision.

A Metropolitan Police officer accused of striking a woman with a metal baton at a G20 protest has been cleared. What a surprise.

Cop roughs up a young skateboarder. This happened a couple of years ago I guess. The cop was originally suspended with pay but I heard on the radio that he had been fired. Thank god.

A professional skateboarder was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail after he admitted he had sex with a 15-year-old girl who had run away from home.

.. 10 years formal probation and registered as a sex offender

Video footage of Las Vegas Police Officer Derek Colling, who has killed 2 people in the last 5 years including a 15 year boy, caught on tape beating Mitchell Crooks.

Another instance of police brutality caught on camera.

A police sergeant in Santa Fe, New Mexico is in a bad situation after a video caught him masturbating while he was on duty. The video has recently been released and it was filmed by the dashboard camera of the officer’s cruiser. The video released to the media does not show the inside of the cruiser but has audio that is quite steamy. The officer in question is Sgt. Mike Eiskant.

For more than 20 years as a police officer, Thomas Kuechler sat in Lower Bucks courtrooms testifying against alleged criminals.
On Friday, the 64-year-old retired Middletown kop was on the other side of the courtroom, facing allegations of molesting three young girls.
It makes one wonder if this was the first time it happened or the first time this thug got caught.

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.