National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 10-21-11

Injustice Everywhere

VERBATIM POST

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Here are the 18 reports and one updated report tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, October 21, 2011:

• Chicago IL cop under investigation over 3 shooting incidents, 2 of which were fatal, after a video apparently showed that he fatally shot an unarmed person who was laying face-down on the ground. [0] http://trib.in/rnfzip

• In an update to a previous report, Escondido CA revealed it settled a lawsuit for $7.25mil over psychologically abusive interrogations of murdered child’s brother and false arrests. (update) bit.ly/oCC3FR

• Washington DC cop was sentenced to 15yrs for acting as lookout during a botched armed robbery attempt on a drug dealer that left one person dead [0] wapo.st/qE0r0X

• 3 Union City NJ cops were arrested on agg assault & weapons charges after allegedly threatening a man with a gun and dragging a woman out of his car while off-duty [1] bit.ly/mQZGz0

• New York NY undercover cop sparked a confrontation at protest against the NYPD stop-and-frisk policies when he tried to arrest a photojournalist that he shoved without cause [4] bit.ly/r5PX9Y

• Beaufort Co SC deputy arrested on allegations he was sending inappropriate text messages to a 15yr-old girl [0] bit.ly/p8huUm

• Columbia SC cop arrested on allegations he had sex with a 17yr-old prostitute while in uniform then left in his police cruiser afterward [0] bit.ly/nltk68

• Forsest City IA cop charged w/arson & burglary after admitting to setting fire to a police station & stealing a rifle [0] bit.ly/o6yWhn

• Tempe AZ cop sentenced to probation for stealing items from evidence including gift cards and a refrigerator [0] bit.ly/oxZwJW

• Barre MA cop convicted on 5 of 7 counts of perjury involving his testimony at the trial of his girlfriend [0] bit.ly/qfOh8r

• Philadelphia PA cop convicted on misd theft charge for stealing $825 from an open safe while responding to call at a bar [0] bit.ly/pCFA6g

• Elkins WV cop revokes police cert in plea deal for harassment, dropping felony & misd kidnapping & DV charges [0] bit.ly/noIjCB

• Yuma AZ cop fired and may face charges for abuse of authority involving unspecified on-duty sexual activity [1] bit.ly/ppzyWo

• Fife WA police lieutenant was suspended while investigated for unspecified misconduct, possibly sexual harassment [2] bit.ly/qwsH6C

• Cape Breton NS cop charged w/assault & unlawful confinement involving multiple unspecifed incidents [3] bit.ly/q4brKM

• Mint Hill SC cop fired for lying when he claimed he retreived equip from ex-cop he supervised who now faces charges [0] bit.ly/n1DyNA

• 2 Miami-Dade FL cops, a detective & major, face suspensions & demotions over unspecified misconduct allegations [2] cbsloc.al/nhYjyt

• Bristol CT police lieutenant charged w/disorderly conduct after investigation into unspecified domestic incident [1] bit.ly/nk8vCM

• Florida Highway Patrol officer fired after arrested on drunk driving charge after alleged hit & skip crash w/tree [0] bit.ly/owtND0

Before I go, I wanted to see what our readers thought about this report and it’s associated video out of New York city…

A word of caution, it is graphic…