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Fullerton Police Chief Sellers on Leave with Enraged City Over Thomas Beating

August 10, 2011 8:59pm by hearit

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It's the second-best reason this month for leaving a position that involves the city or city government: Fullerton police chief Michael Sellers leaves the law enforcement agency--but only temporarily while on medical leave. Supposedly his doctor told him to do it.
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Canton Police Officer Cop on Video Threatens Ohio Driver to Execute Him for Stupid

July 23, 2011 9:55pm by hearit

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If there's a reason people don't like cops, this is it: He's the Canton Police Department officer accused of abuse--telling a driver in dashcam video that he should've pumped 10 bullets in his head. Officer Harless also says his CPD partner would be "a nice witness as I executed you because you're stupid." Read more

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No Prosecution for CA Cop Who Handcuffed Teen Boy over Sex with Daughter

October 23, 2010 12:15am by hearit

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The San Jose, CA, police officer—the scandal involving possible abuse of power by the cop who handcuffed a teenage boy who had sex with his 14-year-old daughter—won’t be prosecuted but still may lose Read more

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Florida Police Use Taser Stun Gun on Naked Jogger Running

October 14, 2010 7:08pm by copythis

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A naked jogger was taking a run streetside, in West Melbourne, Florida, when police apparently deemed the man as dangerous enough to warrant an immediate cease to the runner's behavior: a Taser. Read more

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FBI Investigates Brutal Police Baton Beating of Dallas Motorcyclist

September 16, 2010 2:20pm by hearit

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Dallas, Texas, police are seeking criminal charges against three white officers shown on video--severely beating a black motorcyclist in an incident with at least six cops. Read more

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Government to Charge Mehserle in Civil Rights Violations of Oscar Grant

July 9, 2010 4:34pm by hearit

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Johannes Mehserle--the white Oakland transit police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant, a young black man--has been deemed guilty by a jury, but not of murder. Read more

Officer Mehserle Guilty in Racially Charged Oakland CA Grant Killing

July 8, 2010 6:09pm by hearit

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White (BART) Oakland police officer Mehserle has been found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter by a Los Angeles jury—after a nearly execution-style New Year’s 2009 Oakland shooting death of an unarmed Read more

Seattle Police Officer Punches Black Woman Jaywalking

June 16, 2010 1:26am by hearit

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In a week surrounded by potential police abuse issues across the nation--including homicides and Tasers by officers--a Seattle police officer punches a young black woman in the face after jaywalking in what resembles police abuse of force. Full video attached.
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Historic Mehserle Trial Cop Tried for Murder in Line of Duty Shooting

June 14, 2010 11:59pm by hearit

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The historic Mehserle Court trial has begun: the first time in California history where a law enforcement officer is being tried for Murder charges in a line-of-duty shooting.
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Sheriff Really Uses Stun Gun to Tase Man Who Had Sex on Lawn

June 12, 2010 12:07am by copythat

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Sheriff tases a man twice for having sex on his own front lawn then arrests the same man for Third-Degree Assault charges against a law enforcement officer. No joke-not the story, and definitely not the charges.
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