Archive for the 'excessive force' Category
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Just another isolated incident… and what better way for the clown suits to avoid culpability than just stealing more of the slaves’citizenry’s money to buy off the case?
From the Asbury Park Press:
Beaten in raid, man gets $350G
EXCESSIVE FORCE ALLEGED
A Toms River man, who claimed he was in an apartment to measure for curtains when he [...]
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
As is so often the case, there is no underlying charge here. Concerned that uniformed thugs are brutalizing someone and dare to make noise about it? Well, that’s “interfering with police duties”. Twitch a little when 50,000 volts is zapped through your body and when you’re already incapacitated by pepper spray? “Resisting arrest”. Moss Point [...]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
There’s not even an underlying charge here to justify stopping the guy in the first place. “Contempt of cop” indeed.
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Seattle to pay for unlawful arrest, excessive force
Stencil / Plantilla sobre asfixia policial by lademocracia.es @ flickr
In a stunning setback for the Seattle Police Department, a federal civil court jury on Monday found [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Ah it’s great how a victimless status crime such as driving with an expired license plate can lead to electroshock torture these days. Didn’t pay your tax on time? Ride the taser. Sure, the officer wasn’t “adequately trained in the use of the taser”… they know what it does. They get zapped as part of [...]
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