National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 10-03-11

VERBATIM POST
Injustice Everywhere
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• New Brunswick NJ could be facing a lawsuit now that the family of a man who was allegedly unarmed when fatally shot by police have filed a tort claim since officials are still refusing to release any information about the shooting incident. [4] http://t.co/f7r9gWF1

• Oneonta NY settles a brutality suit for $135k to a man claiming cops beat and choked him during a traffic stop [0] http://t.co/iiaEez8C

• Harrison Co TX deputy was fired after he & his wife were arrested on felony sexual indecency with a child charges [0] http://t.co/NO0NKl14

• Indianapolis IN cop with an alleged history of misconduct is being accused of excessive force in a videotaped incident where he allegedly tasered a man that witnesses say did nothing wrong. [1] http://t.co/PWHrregu

• Fullerton CA settles suit for a rumored $500,000 to 2 of 7 women who claim that an officer groped and sexually harassed them during traffic stops. This came after a judge sharply rebuked the city for failing to discipline the officer despite some compelling evidence including that he shut off recording devices prior to each alleged incident. [3] http://t.co/sJrHfcD6

• 14 Atlanta GA cops, most of them former members of the now-disbanded Red Dog unit, are being sued by 5 men who allege the officers had a pattern of performing public strip searches as an intimidation tactic and that some of them were groped by the officers during those searches. [3] http://t.co/21u4Jfyv

• Atlanta GA settles suit for $120k to 8 people who sued over the raid on the Atlanta Eagle gay bar, this was in addition to another settled suit over the same incident that cost the city at least $1,000,000. [0] http://t.co/Jrm7PQop

• Clark Co NV school district police chief has been suspended pending an internal and federal investigation into allegations of cover ups including a drinking party attended by cops and teens that resulted in a fatal DUI crash and an alleged excessive force incident against a student. [3] http://t.co/LiogO5U6

• US Secret Service, Minneapolis MN, St Paul MN & Ramsey Co MN have all settled a lawsuit for $100k stemming from the violent arrests of Democracy Now journalists and producers during the Republican National Convention. Part of the settlement also includes promised reforms. [0] http://t.co/SuJOYau0

• Clay Co AR deputy was charged with 4 felonies including stalking, agg assault and breaking & entering in an alleged domestic case. [0] http://t.co/Dq3wbyfi

• Dallas TX cop arrested on injury to a child charges for allegedly beating her 11-year-old son with a laptop cable and a belt buckle. [0] http://t.co/ppCNQhTZ

• Oklahoma City OK cop arrested on domestic abuse charge after husband reported that she assaulted him [0] http://t.co/P9CAtx2p

• New York state trooper subject of complaint by firefighter arrested for racing his unconscious 1yr-old child to the hospital after he had to perform CPR on her when she fell. [0] http://t.co/TIUKr3Qk

• Chicago IL cop sentenced to 18mo for extorting $5k from a lender, this to be served consecutively with a 6mo sentence for extorting $4.5k from cop [0] http://t.co/zjBT465T

• Brunswick GA ruled to have violated minister’s rights when cops arrested him for shouting at Tea Party protesters [0] http://t.co/os9UBLtI

• Weslaco TX police chief accused by union of failing to do anything to stop 2 armed robbers he witnessed leaving a bank [0] http://t.co/GEGsGGYQ

• Ottawa ON police sgt gets conditional discharge in plea to reduced dangerous driving for 2 DUI hit skips in 1 night [0] http://t.co/6HbQEX9G

• Mesa AZ cop & wife sentenced to probation in plea deal to solicitation to commit mortgage fraud charges [0] http://t.co/DnJAlX90

• Issaquah WA ordered to stop threatening to arrest people for handing out leaflets outside of “expression areas” [0] http://t.co/9IAIV1XJ

• DeSoto Parish LA deputy ticketed after someone posts Facebook pic of his cruiser parked in handicap space [0] http://t.co/kGdcuTXp