Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 09-10-11 to 09-11-11

Injustice Everywhere
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Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of September 10-11, 2011:

• West Covina CA settles suit for $1.5mil to family of man shot 15x by cops claiming he took the baton they beat him with and attacked them with it after they detained him for being suspicious [3] bit.ly/oDIada

• 2 Chicago IL cops sued by man claiming they beat him for taking photos of them dragging a man down street with their police cruiser. [5] bit.ly/pxNES7

• Washington Co NY settles claim for $83k to family of 83yr-old man struck by cruiser chasing car w/o lights or siren [0] bit.ly/n1g280

• Doña Ana Co NM agrees to pay hospital bill for 19yr-old who was billed by the hospital that subjected her to a fruitless body cavity search that was ordered by the police. [1] bit.ly/nglAu3

• Sacramento Co CA settles suit for $400k to 2 men whose drug convictions were overturned thanks to recording [3] bit.ly/ptyOIC

• BART CA police considering restrictions on media coverage of protests after detaining journalists at last protest [5] bit.ly/q7p1bd

• Orleans Parish LA deputy arrested on agg rape, kidnapping & sexual malfeasance in office charges involving inmate [0] bit.ly/pyo9ji

• 2 McCracken Co KY deputies reprimanded and apologize to dad of teen girl used in drug bust without his consent [0] bit.ly/rlNigF

• Cuyahoga Co OH deputy investigated after questioned for allegedly stalking women around park while on sick leave [0] bit.ly/oaBJij

• Portland OR cop arrested on drunk driving charge after found passed out in car while off duty [0] http://bit.ly/qh0wzR

• Key West FL cop suspended after arrested on drunk driving and hit & run charges after crashing into parked car [0] bit.ly/pWb56j

• Mission TX police officer arrested on drunk driving charge after stopped by trooper for several alleged violations [0] bit.ly/qmYiOc

• Mission TX police labor lawyers say police chief got preferential treatment despite gun being stolen from car [0] bit.ly/rk7kWd

As our long-time readers probably already know, we try to stick to using reports that pass a credibility bar in order to maintain the integrity of our statistical data in the face of a public that is highly skeptical about the issue of police misconduct. Sometimes reports come in that I have a difficult time determining if they pass our credibility tests due to any number of factors. Sometimes they are cases where there is culpability on both sides or when they present a new kind of issue that isn’t in the realm of typical misconduct. When that happens, I don’t like to judge them myself, but instead put them up for readers to debate about and vote on.

There were a couple of these kinds of reports this weekend… so please review and let us know what you think…

Where – Keene NH
Allegations – Excessive force and wrongful arrest
Considerations – Where the arrests lawful and, if so, was the level of force used justified?
Report – http://freekeene.com/2011/09/10/keene-law-enforcers-use-violence-to-shut-down-live-free-or-dance/

Was this a case of misconduct?

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