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Puerto Rico Police Brutal, Corrupt: Justice Dept.

Scathing report finds department routinely violates civil rights

(Newser) - Violent crime is on the rise in Puerto Rico—and the police department is part of the problem, a scathing new report from the Justice Department concludes. The department is “broken in a number of critical and fundamental respects,” according to a copy of the report obtained by...

Hackers Post Personal Data on BART Cops

Anonymous tweets links to addresses, email accounts of 102 cops

(Newser) - In the latest battle between BART and police brutality protesters, hackers have posted addresses and emails of cops working the San Francisco transit system. "Leaked personal data, emails and passwords for 102 BART police officers," crowed a tweet by Anonymous . The post linked to a website listing addresses...

Cops Defend Actions in Man's Fatal Beating

Parents of homeless man in Fullerton demand more answers

(Newser) - Six officers involved in the fatal beating of a homeless man in Fullerton, California, have been placed on leave as the FBI and the local DA investigate. An attorney for the officers defended their actions today, saying that 37-year-old Kelly Thomas has been "combative" and "resistant" when officers...

700 Cops Axed as Egypt Protests Surge

Activists demand revamping of brutal force

(Newser) - The Egyptian government is firing some 700 senior police officers linked to the killing of protesters as demonstrations surge against continued brutality and failure to clean up the security system. The move was a major concession to huge numbers of activists who have staged a 6-day sit-in at Cairo's...

Phoenix Cop Roughs Up Teen Girl on Video

Department suspends him, starts investigation

(Newser) - YouTube strikes again. A Phoenix police officer has been suspended as the department launches a criminal investigation into whether he used excessive force when arresting a 15-year-old girl, reports the Arizona Republic . The arrest happened in January, but a video only recently came to the department's attention. It shows...

Tunisian Slap That Triggered Arab Unrest 'Didn't Happen'

Family forgives policewoman for 'slap heard 'round the world'

(Newser) - The case against the Tunisian policewoman who inadvertently sparked a wave of protests across the Arab world has been dropped. Vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest after Fadia Hamdi allegedly slapped him in the face and confiscated his wares in December. President Zine El Abidine Ben...

Brazil Cops Filmed Shooting Unarmed Teen

5 officers face attempted murder charges

(Newser) - Five Brazilian police officers filmed shooting an unarmed 14-year-old boy in the Amazon city of Manaus have been arrested. The boy was hit five times but survived, and spent several days in intensive care with a punctured lung, reports AP . The shooting happened last summer but only came to light...

Amanda Knox Indicted for Slandering Cops

Prosecutors say she lied when she said cops beat her in '07

(Newser) - Are you ready for a second Amanda Knox trial? Knox has been indicted on slander charges for saying she was beaten by police during her 2007 questioning. A judge indicted Knox after speaking with her in a closed-doors hearing, the AP reports. The trial is set to begin May 17....

Yale Students Slam Violent Police Raid on Their Party

SWAT team sent to investigate underage drinking

(Newser) - Yale students are complaining about a "terror attack" police raid on a private party where five students were arrested. Police and a SWAT team brandishing semi-automatic weapons burst into a party at a nightclub and swore at, shoved, and punched students—and Tasered one Yalie multiple times, sending him...

'Warning Shot' Kills Teen Protester in South Africa

Students were protesting final exams

(Newser) - A warning shot fired by South African police ricocheted and killed a 17-year-old female student who was among a group protesting that a recent teachers strike had given them insufficient time to prepare for exams, an investigator said today. Students marching in the Free State region allegedly threw stones at...

Rodney King to Marry Juror
 Rodney King to Marry Juror 
Sep 7, 2010 3:39 PM CDT

Rodney King to Marry Juror

Wife-to-be Cynthia Kelley 'a godsend,' he says

(Newser) - Rodney King will marry one of the jurors from the civil case he filed in against the city of Los Angeles after being brutally beaten by LAPD officers in 1991, RadarOnline reports. King, 44, will marry Cynthia Kelley, a member of the jury that awarded King a $3.8 million...

New Orleans Cops Told They Could Shoot Katrina Looters
New Orleans Cops Told They Could Shoot Katrina Looters
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Aug 25, 2010 6:53 AM CDT

New Orleans Cops Told They Could Shoot Katrina Looters

Post-Katrina message: 'If you can sleep with it, do it'

(Newser) - In the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, some New Orleans police officers were told they could shoot looters, according to an investigation by ProPublica and the Times-Picayune. One captain told officers at roll call (it's on videotape) that "we have authority by martial law to shoot looters" (martial law...

SC Cop Fired After Breaking Handcuffed Inmate's Leg

Hit unresisting prisoner 27 times with baton

(Newser) - Generally if you're a cop, hitting an unresisting prisoner's leg with your baton—even pausing to get a bigger baton—27 times until it breaks isn't the best career move, to say the least. Especially if you do it on videotape. South Carolina deputy Oddie Tribble has been relieved of...

Officer Guilty of Manslaughter in Transit Killing

He escapes murder charges in volatile racial case

(Newser) - A white former transit officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter today in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform in a 2009 encounter that set off days of rioting in the city. Prosecutors had wanted Johannes Mehserle convicted of murdering 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who...

Cop Caught Punching a Girl in the Face

Department promises to review training procedures

(Newser) - Seattle police are investigating two teenagers for allegedly assaulting an officer—even though a much-publicized video has surfaced in which said officer punches one of them, 17-year-old Angel Rosenthal, in the face. The incident, caught on the tape above, happened after officer Ian Walsh stopped Rosenthal and three other women...

Girl, 7, Shot Dead by Detroit Cops

Aiyana Jones killed in search for homicide suspect

(Newser) - In what a police spokesman called every parent's—and police officer's—nightmare, Detroit cops accidentally shot to death a 7-year-old girl yesterday in the midst of a hunt for a homicide suspect. Aiyana Jones was sleeping on a couch when police threw a flash grenade through a front window of...

Police Tase 10-Year-Old
 Police Tase 10-Year-Old 
Apr 1, 2010 2:50 PM CDT

Police Tase 10-Year-Old

Indiana cops use stun gun at day care center

(Newser) - File under excessive force: Indiana police used a Taser to restrain an unruly 10-year-old boy. The two officers were called to a day care center, where the boy was hitting and kicking staff. One officer "smacked the juvenile in the mouth" and the other used the stun gun on...

Russian Cops Beat Journalist to Death

Konstantiv Popov's death in detention sparks outrage

(Newser) - A journalist beaten by police in a Siberian drunk tank has died after two weeks in a coma. Konstantin Popov, 47, was savagely beaten and shot in the groin, according to his editor. Officials in Tomsk have charged the police officer allegedly responsible, but they have tried to excuse his...

NYC Cops Claim Victim Sodomized Himself

Cops accused of sexual assault, cover-up go on trial

(Newser) - A man who accuses police of sodomizing him with a baton caused his own injuries while his hands were handcuffed behind his back, lawyers for three New York City police officers told a court yesterday. Tattoo artist Michael Mineo "was digging and digging at his backside," said a...

San Jose Suspends Cops in Student Beating
 San Jose Suspends 
 Cops in Student Beating 
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Oct 26, 2009 1:49 AM CDT

San Jose Suspends Cops in Student Beating

Officers suspended, officials 'concerned' over use of force

(Newser) - Four San Jose police officers videotaped as they beat and tasered a college student have been placed on administrative leave pending an official review. A grainy cell phone video shows the officers using nightsticks to repeatedly strike Phuong Ho, 20, after responding to a domestic disturbance call last month. Ho...

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