Two More Deaths from the “Non-Lethal” Taser
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008One in North Carolina of a man arrested for shoplifting. Another in Louisiana of a man arrested for drug possession.
Archive for the 'police brutality' Category
Ow.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008I’m no fan of Critical Mass protests, either. But damn.
Gothamist is reporting that the bicyclist was arrested and held for 26 hours for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. After the video surfaced on YouTube, the officer is apparently on desk duty pending an investigation. Score another one for copious videotaping of the police.
Saturday Links/Open Thread
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
A few isolated incidents…
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
From the police brutality feed. Not all new material.
Esto es la guerra, hombres…
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Brutalidad policial … Police brutality
Paga impuestos… La policia no es para darte seguridad, es para proteger el dinero de la burguesia. Tu mismo pagas con tu sudor o con tu sangre el sadismo de algunos que nunca quisieron trabajar. All cops are bastards.
Instant justice, Chicago-style
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Protecting and serving in the Windy City…
From CBS 2, Chicago:
Police Brutality In Beating Case
Incident Reportedly Escalated Over Number Of Recent Police-Involved Shootings
Twenty-four-year-old Patrick Richmond claims he was beaten by Chicago police and says he has the scars to prove it. The incident started at 57th Street and Prairie Avenue when he was arrested at a [...]
“Death Dealer?”
Friday, June 6th, 2008Bullet-50 is a company that sells street clothes to off-duty and undercover police officers. For example, they specialize in clothes that make it easier to carry a concealed gun. Bullet-50 was founded by Officer Joseph Salazar, who is also still a cop with the San Francisco Police Department. It looks as if the company markets exclusively to police officers. No problem so far. Seems like a good idea.
I wonder, though what the hell they’re thinking with this t-shirt, which is for sale on the Bullet-50 website:
“They cuffed him and started hitting him.”
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
If there is a real investigation of this, what do you think will be the outcome for these fine uniformed thugs?
Prison?
Mall security?
Or nothing at all?
From WABC-TV, New York:
Mistaken identity police brutality?
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Minter’s video captures police in plain clothes milling around and a helicopter above. They’d apparently been chasing a suspect who crashed his car into the [...]
“Creative Writing”
Thursday, June 5th, 2008We’ve been talking about the problems with Chicago PD on this site for some time. Unfortunately, new Chicago PD Chief Jody Weis–the guy who’s supposed to clean all of this up–doesn’t seem to get it, either.
What say you, Justice Scalia?
Taser tribulation
Friday, May 30th, 2008
I was going to post yet another taser death article today, but I kinda can’t stand looking at the fine details of the subject right now.
Instead, some commentary and some links.
Despite that the taser’s manufacturer, Taser International, claims with all sorts of paid experts and government shills to back them up that the device isn’t [...]