National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 10-04-11

Injustice Everywhere
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• Detroit MI police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for the high-profile shooting death of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones during a questionable raid conducted in front of a television crew for a reality TV show. Interestingly, one of the producers of that show was also charged with perjury & obstruction in that case as well. [0] http://t.co/UTtsp3Pp

• Chicago IL settles suit for $1,250,000 to a man who was imprisoned for 12 years after he was allegedly tortured into making a false confession by the notorious police Lt Burge’s unit. [0] http://t.co/mvE7HvIr

• Denver CO pays $225,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit that threatened to force the department to open up several years of their excessive force records. However, there is another pending lawsuit that still threatens to do the same. [3] http://t.co/OZfqGYnF

• DeKalb County GA police officer was indicted for vehicular homicide for killing 2 people after crashing into their car with a cruiser while speeding. [0] http://t.co/JMmq6C9h

• Indianapolis IN is being sued by a couple left critically injured by an alleged drunk driving cop who hit them on their motorcycles while he was responding to a call. [0] http://t.co/7C80CTCR

• Manchester NH school resource police officer is being accused of using excessive force in an incident caught on cellphone video that school officials tried to force the student who recorded it to delete. Interestingly, the video was released by the people at copblock.org but I wasn’t informed about it from them, instead the person who runs the-minutemen.org site tipped me off to the story. (thanks for the tip!) [3] http://t.co/TVdGhKlJ

• Fullerton CA police have given notice to the cop involved in the recent $500k settlement to 2 of 7 women claiming he groped and sexually harassed them during traffic stops that they wish to fire him. However, the department is refusing to say exactly why they want to fire him after they didn’t discipline him for those allegations. [3] http://t.co/NzNzZ6mh

• Yakima WA tribal police officer was found guilty of felony harassment for falsely detaining a man who was sleeping with his estranged wife. [0] http://t.co/flNtWKLC

• Plum PA cop was arrested on burglary, bribery, theft of crack from evidence, use of the stolen drugs to bribe someone, and insurance fraud charges. [0] http://t.co/qux4DYdh

• Braddock PA cop faces burglary, distribution of narcotics and other charges for alleged incidents that spanned 2 counties. [1] http://t.co/5jr1mHsD

• 2 San Jose CA cops were arrested for allegedly embezzling $120k from a Latino Police Officer Association. [0] http://t.co/BDdezDqs

• South Bend IN cop was charged with misdemeanor intimidation for allegedly sending threatening text messages to his ex-wife in an attempt to force her to apologize to his police chief and recant allegations that he abused their son. [0] http://t.co/xEvzVsne

• 3 El Paso TX join 5 other officers who have already resigned during an investigation into overtime abuse tied to a federal traffic enforcement grant. One of the officers is claiming that the investigation is retaliation in an attempt to keep that department’s use of quotas a secret. [1] http://t.co/88EfxMTF

• North Miami Beach FL cop was fired for posting a threatening ethnically-charged comment on a local blog [0] http://t.co/0mtZ5QpC

• Primera TX police chief was suspended 1 week without pay for sending transgender porn images to a county constable’s work phone after losing an election bid against him. [0] http://t.co/EsVv7DgY