Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 08-13-11 to 08-14-11

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Injustice Everywhere
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Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of August 13-14, 2011:

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• 3 Davie FL cops are the subject of a suit by an 18yr-old honors student, shown above, who was repeatedly punched, kicked, tasered and attacked by a police dog before arrested for resisting arrest with violence, charges which were later tossed because it was ruled that he couldn’t be arrested for resisting an unlawful arrest. [3] ow.ly/1vHE6

• Highlands County FL is being sued by an 81yr-old man claiming a deputy used excessive force by throwing him onto his cruiser and fasely arrested him. The ending quote from the sheriff is a gem. [3] bit.ly/nVMPXw

• The Canadian Border Service apparently strip searched a 66-year-old woman from the US and the RCMP detained her for 12 days after a field drug test yielded a false positive on an oil bottle in her car. The police are also accused of taking their time verifying the results from the unreliable test. [0] http://t.co/AvOlFmZ

• Kentucky State trooper who now works for the US DHS is being sued by a man & his son claiming the trooper broke down their door, threatened them at gunpoint, then falsely arrested them because they called 911 after the trooper’s wife hit their car while she was driving under the influence. [5] ow.ly/1vIAo8

• Orange County FL deputies are accused of raiding & ransacking the wrong home before they raided the right home next door, which resulted in the fatal shooting of the warrant’s subject. [3] bit.ly/oRh2hH

• Muskogee Co OK deputy arrested on multiple charges for allegedly firing her service weapon during an off-duty domestic argument while drunk. The man she was with was also arrested as well though. [0] bit.ly/oxIYAI

• Metcalfe Co KY deputy pled guilty to multiple charges for stalking, harassing & assaulting a woman in dispatch center that he used to have a relationship with. [0] ow.ly/1vILcL

• Lawrence MA cop is still on paid leave 6 mo after his DV conviction despite the police chief recommending termination. [0] ow.ly/1vIK6Q

• Florida police unions boast about 80% success rate using arbitrators to force law enforcement agencies to rehire of cops fired for misconduct [0] bit.ly/nK5frr

• US Border Patrol officer sentenced to 1mo home det & anger mgmnt for threatening to kill BC teen in road rage case [0] ow.ly/1vInkp

• San Jose CA police sued by biker club claiming police are profiling them for “driving while biker” [0] bit.ly/nx1rWQ

• Williamston SC police chief resigns over racist jokes & images posted on his Facebook page [0] ow.ly/1vICy1

• Indiana State trooper pleads to releasing a female DUI suspect who failed a breathalyzer test and destroying the test results. The investigation also found he downloaded pics from her Facebook page. [0] ow.ly/1vIB4i

• Louisiana DPS officer suspended 100hrs for pics of him having sex on duty in patrol car found on the cruiser laptop [0] ow.ly/1vHR6R

• Sandwich MA cop disciplined for hit&run crash now investigated for alleged harassing txt msgs to fellow cop [1] ow.ly/1vHOKS

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