National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 09-29-11

VERBATIM POST
Injustice Everywhere
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Before we start I wanted to mention some rumors I’ve seen alleging YouTube is working with law enforcement agencies to remove police misconduct videos. Whether it’s true or not it is certain that police misconduct videos disappear from YouTube regularly and that articles about misconduct also go away fairly regularly from many sites. The problem is growing more urgent for our project and I need to find a way to store reports and videos relating to misconduct to address this problem. Storage and hosting isn’t cheap but if anyone has ideas to address the problem without risking litigation for copyright issues please let me know. Thanks!

Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, September 29, 2011:

• Detroit MI police are the subject of a 2nd lawsuit alleging an act of excessive force was caught on video at a local casino. This time from a man who claims he was choked & beaten with a baton without cause. [3] http://t.co/4lrhL6tO

• Glouster OH settles suit for $16k to man claiming cops used excessive force when he complained about an illegal serach of his car without permission or warrant [0] http://t.co/ici3hjFv

• Westfield IN cop is on leave while under investigation after a fellow officer reported him for using excessive force when he allegedly pistolwhipped an alleged shoplifter and threatened his mother with a gun. [0] http://t.co/uqDa5YDc

• Fullerton CA has entered into a tentative settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by 2 women alleging the department failed to discipline, and thus encouraged, a cop to continue sexually abusing women despite a history of 12 sexual assault complaints that were bolstered by the fact that he would violate policy by turning off his audio recorder during each alleged incident. The department only gave him a reprimand for turning off the recorder during stops involving women. [3] http://t.co/IkcZJU3r

• Berwyn IL police are being sued by man claiming cops needlessly beat, tasered & falsely arrested him during a raid on his sister’s home where he was staying. While the reasons for the raid weren’t disclosed in the filing, the charges against him were dropped afterward. [3] http://t.co/GMgAY6at

• Lee Co FL sheriff is part of a lawsuit filed by pawn brokers alleging the department encouraged a rogue deputy to continually harass pawn brokers and to falsely arrest them [3] http://t.co/VH839aRs

• Slaton TX cop assigned to local schools has taken a plea deal for receiving child pornography after an investigation by the DHS. [0] http://t.co/lUZp6THC

• Nampa ID police sued by 2 internal affairs officers & the wife of one of the officers alleging whistleblower retaliation after they tried to report misconduct and then writing to city officials when the department refused to act. [3] http://t.co/rPdi1SOD

• Los Angeles CA police detective was arrested for domestic violence, false imprisonment & threats against his live-in girlfriend [0] http://t.co/8tu6Qfe2

• Bucks Co PA deputy suspended while authorities confiscated his home computer & police equipment as part of an unspecified investigation [2] http://t.co/IUxlHHEo

• Midland MI cop gets probation & community service in a plea deal for possessing a stolen Rent-A-Center flat screen TV [0] http://t.co/In2Lo4iV

• Spokane Co WA deputy resigns & expected to take plea deal over housing fraud involving an “Officer Next Door” program that gives cops half off of houses. [0] http://t.co/e4zJowSH

• Fort Worth TX cop fired on allegations she falsified timesheets & used patrol car as her personal vehicle [0] http://t.co/d1bdgb1u

• Ferndale MI police are refusing to criminally investigate a police chaplain even after he admitted to doing meth with a man who died from an overdose. [0] http://t.co/Ao2QJNeh

• Orlando FL cop was suspended 30 days after caught selling stolen theme park tickets, a scheme that earned him $15k a year. [0] http://t.co/4OYswBbd

• Stockton CA police sgt is on leave after arrested on child endangerment & drunk driving charges. [0] http://t.co/Gz1CuwGX

• Winsooki VT cop gets probation in plea to DUI after found unresponsive behind wheel of his truck with a .429 BAC. As one commenter on Twitter noted, he’s lucky he’s still alive with a BAC like that. [0] http://t.co/nl1KN3Qx

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