National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 09-19-11

VERBATIM POST
Injustice Everywhere
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• 2 Martinsburg WV cops are being sued by a man who suffered 30 taser burns when arrested for obstruction when he refused to leave a rental car agency while he was on the phone with their supervisors to deal with a dispute. [3] bit.ly/ppfgMV

• At least 2 Toronto ON police officers are being investigated after a man was injured when he fell from a balcony when tasered during a domestic call standoff [0] bit.ly/pH5S2Y

• New Lenox IL is being sued by a disabled veteran claiming cops tasered & falsely arrested him while he was helping an accident victim when the officers mistakenly thought he was one of the motorists who were suspected of being drunk. [3] bit.ly/pdXNN9

• Riverhead NY police sued by a man shown on video being beaten by a cop while cuffed in a hall leading to court. [3] bit.ly/nJsyFJ

• Baton Rouge LA police sued by woman shown in video being dragged by her hair by a cop at an accident scene. We put the video up for a vote recently along with 2 other videos that were borderline, it was the only one of those three where readers overwhelmingly voted that it was a credible case of misconduct as most departments have a policy against the use of hair holds. [0] bit.ly/q9nbOl

• Calgary AB cop gets a conditional discharge sentence which will clear his record after his assault conviction for punching a DUI suspect for grabbing the DUI test machine. [0] bit.ly/pogTpI

• Los Angeles Co CA jury demands investigation of gang unit deputies for what they say were outright lies at trial [3] lat.ms/pWM1Xr

• Gautier MS cop arrested on multiple sexual battery & touching a child for lustful purposes charges [0] bit.ly/nnR7Hj

• Cookeville TN cop fired after charged w/2 counts soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor in ongoing investigation [0] bit.ly/q2gEJw

• Mt Kisco NY police sued by woman who was 18 when she claims male & female cops strip searched her over a DUI citation [3] bit.ly/qMlj9C

• New York NY police make questionable arrests during third day of #occupywallstreet protests including one arrest where the report was contradicted by journalists and an arrest for writing on a sidewalk with chalk. [3] nyti.ms/nDy6pp

• Seattle WA police sued by KOMO News in battle over access to department’s database of dashcam videos [4] http://bit.ly/qwNyDv

• Cincinnati OH cop gets reprimand for confiscating cameras at Rep Steve Chabot’s town hall meeting [0] bit.ly/nvTypl

• Naperville IL settles suit for $10k to man who’s name was published for Memorial Day DUI arrests despite 0.0 BAC [0] bit.ly/nBjhgI

• Saline Co MO deputy charged w/3rd degree domestic assault, allegedly punched unspecified victim’s ribs & stomach [0] bit.ly/oJzWIH

• Albuquerque NM cop sentenced to 6mo jail & 6mo house arrest on obstruction charge for tipping pal off to FBI probe [0] bit.ly/qQHI8A

• Louisville KY cop charged w/public intox & felony mischief for allegedly damaging a vehicle during a wedding party [0] bit.ly/pepzE3

That’s it for today, stay safe out there!