Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 07-16-11 to 07-17-11

Injustice Everywhere

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Before I start on this weekend’s reports I wanted to mention an interesting report about how few law enforcement agencies track how many of their officers are convicted of criminal misconduct by Alia Wong from the Honolulu Civil Beat. She did a good job trying to present both sides of the issue which included references to the NPMSRP.

With that said, here are the 19 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of July 16-17, 2011:

• Passaic NJ secretly settled a lawsuit for $350k to mentally ill man beaten on video by cop later acquitted of criminal brutality charges, the settlement appears to have contained a confidentiality clause. [3] http://bit.ly/qU7Hmq

• US Park police accused of excessive force by witnesses to pedicab driver tasering incident amid ongoing allegations of abuse [2] http://bit.ly/nu9GvF

• Ottawa ON cop subject of internal excessive use of authority charge for allegedly beating motorist while off duty then having a fellow officer falsely arrest him [4] http://bit.ly/pqlWzE

• 2 Knoxville TN cops accused of excessive force & false arrest of man who opened his apartment door after hearing commotion outside. [3] http://bit.ly/nfRzWN

• Washington DC arbitrator says cops can’t be fired just because past misconduct makes their testimony untrustworthy when he forced the department to rehire the 5th officer fired for that reason. [5] http://bit.ly/qn8wPL

• Quartzsite AZ police chief accused of abusing power to punish political foes, own officers beg for investigation, this is the same police chief who declared martial law in response to critical response to a video showing him and a fellow officer kicking a reporter out of an open council meeting when she had the floor. [3] http://bit.ly/ncMgzZ

• 2 Plainville CT cops injured by friendly fire from 2 other cops during arrest of unarmed child porn suspect [0] http://cour.at/oy41pj

• El Paso TX cop accused of falsely jailing a jogger for alerting motorists to his speed trap up the road [3] http://bit.ly/qQhqyR

• Bremerton WA police probe revealed an improper relationship with a teen explorer & favoritism in way officers were disciplined [3] http://bit.ly/qak2HO

• South Carolina state trooper indicted on possession & distribution of child porn charges in federal investigation [0] http://bit.ly/pefw43

• Florida state trooper sentenced to probation in plea deal after facing 34 counts of possession of child porn [0] http://bit.ly/rjPk2l

• Philadelphia PA cop arrested w/boxer & 4 others for attacking Atlantic City cop working security at Bally’s [0] http://cbsloc.al/o1QXu3

• Doral FL police chief subject of unspecified corruption probe conducted by state dept of law enforcement [3] http://cbsloc.al/ngxpck

• Fife WA police chief suspended over unspecified investigation that may involve at least 2 other police employees [3] http://bit.ly/rfGBEt

• Tulsa OK police accused of targeting federal witnesses w/investigations to discredit them in police corruption case[5] http://bit.ly/qOYIg8

• Las Vegas NV police mgmt union quietly closes a case against their union boss who accused of stealing $38k but never charged in order to avoid publicity [3] http://bit.ly/ppA1SL

• Houma LA cop charged with disturbing the peace by fighting over altercation with woman outside of a bar [0] http://bit.ly/pMqLSN

• Midway GA police chief shuts down 10&14yr-old’s lemonade stand since they didn’t have $50/day vendors license [0] http://bit.ly/qH6lJv

• Pennsylvania state trooper tells cop “you’re screwing me out of pension” when arrested for .361 BAC DUI accident [0] http://bit.ly/pnAM5v

That’s it for this rough weekend. Please do stay safe out there!