Archive for the 'excessive force' Category

More violence on prisoners at Ely State Prison: Marritte Funches attacked

Friday, June 4th, 2010
See also: SFBayView.comUpdated June 8thOn June 2nd, 2010, Marritte Funches was attacked while shackled in chains by riot police in unit 3 of Ely State Prison in Nevada, when they wanted to conduct a cell search.What is understood is that he asked the officers to take it easy with his belongings during the cell search. Apparently they did not like him asking this. They took him handcuffed out of

Toms River, NJ-area taxpayers billed $350,000 for botched drug raid

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 [...]

Instant justice, Mississippi style

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 [...]

Seattle citizens to be billed $268,000 for uniformed thuggery

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 [...]

Electroshock torture new penalty for expired tag?

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 [...]