Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 10-08-11 to 10-09-11

Injustice Everywhere
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• Iowa State trooper arrested on burglary charge for breaking into a woman’s home with the intent to sexually assault her. [0] http://t.co/xaILEYZc

• Huntington WV police were caught on video arresting a man for obstruction while he was videotaping a cop searching someone’s car. http://bit.ly/pZPy1M

• New Orleans LA cop indicted for malfeasance involving the death of his K9 partner from a fall down an elevator shaft while he was working an off-duty job. [0] http://t.co/N0jF8ssR

• Rio Arriba Co NM sheriff’s department was raided by state police as part of an investigation into allegations of destruction of evidence and falsified reports involving a fatal DUI accident case. [0] http://t.co/cbc9igwY

• Pinellas Park FL cop was arrested on domestic battery charge for intentionally shutting a kitchen cabinet drawer on his wife’s hand [0] http://t.co/bHi4ITRS

• New York NY police have asked an exclusive police officer website to remove a discussion where the photo of an internal affairs officer who is leading the investigating into the ticket fixing scandal was posted after that officer subsequently started getting death threats [0] http://t.co/o5O7hqey That same message board was also in the news recently involving a thread where NYPD officers were expressing outrage that a cop took a picture with a #OccupyWallStreet protester while making the peace sign with his fingers. http://t.co/j1m0E3Tg

• Northbridge MA cop was arrested on drunk driving charges after head-on crash injuring his passenger and another motorist [0] http://t.co/kSa5W8QG

• Marco Island FL cop fired after invesitgation found him at fault in 2-car crash for speeding w/o lights or siren [0] http://t.co/RkMB2o8Z

• Seattle WA police began handing out tickets to motorists and cabbies who were honking in support of #OccupySeattle protesters. Oddly, we’ve never heard of officers doing this to people honking in support of other protests. [0] http://t.co/hyN3OMmG