National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 09-26-11

VERBATIM POST
Injustice Everywhere
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Here are the 20 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Monday, September 26, 2011:

• New Orleans LA settles suit for an undisclosed sum to the family of a mentally ill man they claim wasn’t a threat when police fatally shot him 9 times. He was allegedly holding a folding knife at the time but his family insists he wasn’t using it in a threatening manner at that time. [0] bit.ly/oLyWfM

• Rome GA cop fired & another was given unspecified discipline for an incident where a 20-year-old man was left paralyzed from a broken neck after he fell down a cliff when he was tasered twice. [0] bit.ly/pFcvSe

• Navajo Nation AZ police officer was sentenced to 6 months jail & 6 months house arrest for beating & macing a handcuffed man in retaliation for a run in he had with the officer’s relative who is also a cop. [0] bit.ly/qhlO3o

• 2 RCMP officers in Manitoba were found guilty of beating a handcuffed man. They claimed he injured himself. [0] bit.ly/nkrgnm

• Detroit MI sued by man claiming the officer’s report didn’t match video from the casino where the officer broke his nose after punching him twice in the face then broke his ribs with two punches to his back while they were escorting him out. [4] bit.ly/rqo6jT

• Las Vegas NV settles suit for $125k to a female defense attorney who was injured by an officer when he wrenched her arm behind her and up over her head because she was taking too long giving him her papers during a traffic stop for a u-turn she didn’t take. [3] bit.ly/pfMtA3

• DeKalb Co GA cop pleads guilty to several chages for molesting two 15-year-old girls at a school and for drug possession. [0] bit.ly/p0y7Ks

• 2 Richmond VA deputies fired on allegations of “inappropriate contact” with female jail detainees, they may still face charges. [1] bit.ly/nGgWyn

• At least one Cypress CA cop is accused of harassing the father of Kelly Thomas who was a mentally ill man who was beaten to death by Fullerton cops, two of which are facing manslaughter and murder charges. The interview where the allegations is discussed is at 2:45 in the following link [3] bit.ly/nvf9xH

• Romulus MI ex-police chief & 5 cops arrested for misappropriation of public funds involving a prostitution probe. Apparently it’s being alleged that the officers used public funds to pay for sex. [1] bit.ly/nTce81

• Ohio state trooper resigns after arrested on fraud charges and is currently under investigation for alleged links to drug trafficking [0] bit.ly/oHMN0P

• Pittsburgh PA police are being sued by a man who claims he was detained without charge for 12hrs at a G20 protest despite having press credentials [3] bit.ly/opcGxm

• New Castle NY sued by police lieutenant claiming he was retaliated against for investigating a sergeant who came to work drunk [4] bit.ly/r55lIj

• US Border Patrol officer in AZ was arrested along with five other people for taking part in an alleged drug smuggling conspiracy that apparently smuggled at least 547kg of pot into US. [0] bit.ly/q6NL6r

• Northside Independent School Dist TX police officer fired after arrested for causing bodily injury to a young child who was a relative. [1] bit.ly/p8oezq

• RCMP officer in Terrace BC arrested on criminal harassment charge in regard to an unspecified “family matter” [2] bit.ly/qPp2ua

• Los Angeles Co CA deputy resigns & may face charge for accepting $1500 to smuggle a cell phone into jail in a sting that was part of an ongoing FBI investigation into that jail. [0] http://lat.ms/nEfMQX

• New York NY police recorded in wiretaps associated with the ticket fixing scandal there were apparently using racist remarks with such frequency that many other officers may face discipline for it and prosecutors are desperately trying to keep those recordings from being unsealed in court in fear of jeopardizing criminal cases where those officers were arresting officers. [3] nydn.us/p8HCbE

• San Diego CA police sgt gets probation in plea for stalking & harassing phone calls to female cop, still on duty [0] bit.ly/pTyknO

• Arkansas State Univ cop arrested after alleged dispute with Jonesboro AR cop who was arresting his nephew, it’s unclear why the nephew was being arrested. [0] bit.ly/qhKU6c

Before I go we tracked this interesting report out of Honolulu Hawaii that, while not necessarily misconduct, is something we want to keep our eye on for what it might portend. Honolulu police are being criticized by the ACLU for buying $700k in “less-than lethal” ammunition and equipment that includes 25,000 pepperball rounds, 18,000 beanbag rounds and thousands of taser cartridges in preparation for an upcoming APEC summit. It’s surprising that they expect that many protesters, let alone that they would think they might have to fire that many rounds at them. [0] bit.ly/qW5S7u