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UK cop jailed for beating activist
Andrew Ott's job was to record evidence that student protestors in Parliament Square were violent, but his clever plan—physically attacking them!—has earned him 8 months in prison. Though far from the...
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Baltimore's police brutality is just the beginning
Matt Taibbi writes that the recent blow-up is about much more than the killing of Freddie Gray. Beyond that murder, there is a complex legal infrastructure that encourages — and covers up — police...
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"Everyone respects the gun": cop who shot dead suicidal man
Justin Way, newly jobless, drunk, and lying in bed with a large knife, threatened to kill himself. His worried girlfriend called the local sheriff's department for help. Police, armed with assault...
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Out-of-control Texas cop pulls gun on children
At a pool party in Texas, an officer was filmed pointing his gun at youngsters, grabbing a bikini-clad girl by the neck, and screaming obscenities. According to the McKinney, Texas, Police Department,...
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McKinney “Pool Party” police officer Eric Casebolt resigns after video of...
Cpl. Eric Casebolt, the McKinney, TX police officer placed on paid administrative leave after video of him throwing a teen on the ground at pool party went viral, has resigned. McKinney Police Chief...
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Jail starves mentally ill man to death, Sheriff is "sorry"
Sheriff's deputies in Island County, WA forgot to check 25-year-old Keaton Farris's cell every hour, and when they finally got around to looking, he was dead, starved of water and food. Alternet...
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Police officer who tortured this handcuffed man had prior record of attacking...
In 2009, Colorado police officer Mark Magness broke an innocent man's arm during an illegal fireworks investigation. Magness pled guilty, but the police department didn't fire him. Newly released...
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Chicago’s police review agency fires investigator for not exonerating cops
Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) was formed in 2007 to review police brutality. Since that time, IPRA has investigated nearly 400 civilian shootings by cops. It has found only one...
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WATCH: Florida cop treating handcuffed homeless man like hungry zoo animal
A kindly Sarasota, Florida police officer was observed on video feeding a handcuffed homeless man with peanuts tossed on the floor and into the man's mouth. The officer also issued "dog commands" to...
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Here's the video NYPD released of a plainclothes cop brutally attacking...
James Blake made a terrible mistake. He was outside in public while black. Here is video proof, released today by the New York Police Department. (more…)
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Cop says he tased man because he "got into a power stance." Dashcam shows cop...
The video starts with Kansas City Officer Dale Secor asking Short Stop Mini Mart clerk Damian Words for his ID. Both men are standing next to Words' car, which is parked perpendicularly in a driveway....
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Cop filmed throwing schoolgirl in rough arrest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lebczVnFLTU&ab_channel=willmatherly Footage of a South Carolina cop picking up and throwing an uncooperative schoolgirl galvanized the internet Monday. Videos,...
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Schoolgirl-dragging cop fired
Deputy Ben Fields, the school cop filmed dragging and throwing a disobedient teen, was fired today by Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott. Lott announced at midday EST that Fields has already been...
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Lawsuit: homophobic Hawaii cop arrested women for kissing in public
A lesbian couple were arrested after kissing in a grocery store, and now the Hawaii cop who targeted them is the target of a lawsuit. The Honolulu Police Department has also opened an internal...
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Killer cops charged with murder thanks to bodycam footage
Two Louisiana cops who killed a 6-year-old boy have been charged with murder after bodycam footage showed that his father had his hands up when they opened fire. Derrick Stafford, 32, and Norris...
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Man in police custody died after being tased 20 times in 30 minutes
https://youtu.be/6GYc0ragGOI A Virginia man who died in police custody was tased 20 times in 30 minutes, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed by his sister. Linwood Lambert, 46, was tased 10 times...
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Cops kick in wrong door, kill wrong man
An unarmed North Carolina man was shot dead this weekend by Sheriff’s deputies in Harnett County, who reportedly kicked in his door after misidentifying his home as that of a suspect in another crime....
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Video of 5 San Francisco police officers shooting a Black man dead goes viral
In a now-viral police killing video captured in San Francisco, a 26-year-old man stands up against a wall as a group of police officers aim their guns at him. Mario Woods, 26, was then shot to death,...
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New crowdfunding campaign to help local independent journalists hold police...
Today Freedom of the Press Foundation is proud to announce a new crowd-funding campaign that will fund local journalists around the United States to file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other...
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As jury deliberates in Freddie Gray death trial, Baltimore schools warn...
Jurors in Baltimore, Maryland are now deliberating whether a police officer is guilty of manslaughter and assault in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died from a spinal cord injury that took...
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