Police Abuse

Breaking The Silence: My Abuses Under Argentina's Junta Militar

Alex Warden | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Fear, Victimization, Forgiveness, Latin America, Consciousness, Police Abuse, Argentina, Women, Latino Voices News

Unfortunately, my story is not unique. Many who have lived under dictatorial regimes know this sort of fear, the dread of a police force used as a tool of intimidation, rather than as a means of protection.

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First Ignored, Then Raided: The Cost Of The Drug War

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement, Police, Crime, Drug War, Violent Crime, War on Drugs, Marijuana Possession, Byrne Grants, Leap, Chicago Pd, Chicago, SWAT Team, Asset Forfeiture, Police Abuse, Politics News

CHICAGO -- As Jessica Shaver and I chat at a coffee shop in Chicago's north-side Andersonville neighborhood, a police car pulls into the parking lot a...

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The Revolution Will Be Streamed

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Police Brutality, Smart Phones, Protests, First Amendment, Video, Arab Spring, Police Abuse, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

George Orwell once wrote that if you want a vision of the future, "imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- forever." Governments have suppressed ci...

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Three Months After Pima County SWAT Team Kills Jose Guerena: No Arrests, No Apologies

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: SWAT Raid, Clarence Dupnik, Police, Police Misconduct, Jose Guerena, Drug Raid, SWAT Team, Brian Miller, Police Abuse, Republican Party, Pima County, Crime News

Jose Guerena, a 26-year-old Marine and Iraq war veteran, was killed May 5 when a SWAT team broke into his home a little after 9:30 a.m. According to G...

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WATCH: Man Sues Chicago Police Over Punch In Face, Caught On Tape

Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Video, Chicago Police Abuse, Chicago Crime, Chicago Lawsuits, Jon Loevy, Chicago Police Department, LaMonte Simmons, Police Abuse, Chicago News

A 24-year-old West Pullman man filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that his civil rights were violated when a Chicago police officer punched him in the...

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The Changing Face of the Police and the Death of the Fourth Amendment

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Police Brutality, Unlawful Police Raids, Swat Raids, Claims of Police Abuse, Search Warrant Raids, Police Abuse, Police Raids, Politics News

The increasing militarization of the police did not occur suddenly, in a single precinct. Nor can it be traced back to a single leader or event. Rather, the pattern is so subtle that most American citizens have hardly been aware of it.

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Police Department Faces Unsettling Abuse Allegations

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Newark Police Department, Newark Justice Department, Newark, Cory Booker, Police Brutality, Newark Police, Newark Investigation, Justice Department, Newark Police Department Investigation, Police Abuse, Mayor Booker, New York News

Newark resident Rasheed Moore was driving toward the intersection of 18th Avenue and S. 13th Street in January, 2005, when his vehicle collided with a...

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Feds Investigating 'Rampant Misconduct' At Department Led By Chicago's New Top Cop

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Aclu, Newark Police Investigation, Newark Police Department, Garry Mccarthy Chicago, American Civil Liberties Union, Rahm Emanuel, Newark Police Abuse, Garry McCarthy, Police Brutality, Chicago Police Department, Newark Police Misconduct, Police Abuse, Chicago News

As Chicago prepares to welcome its new police superintendent, Newark Police Department Director Garry McCarthy, federal authorities have launched an i...

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Madigan Wants Burge Pension Terminated

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Madigan Sues, Jody Weis, Jon Burge, Jesse Jackson, Police Torture, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Lisa Madigan Jon Burge, Burge Police Tortue, Police Abuse, Lisa Madigan, Jon Burge Pension, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

Last month, Chicago's Police Pension Board voted to allow convicted police lieutenant Jon Burge to keep his $3,000-a-month pension. The news outraged ...

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In the City of Dred Scott -- the Cops War on Videos of Cops

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Silencing Political Dissent, Police Abuse, Tea Party, Political Prosecutions, Prosecutorial Abuse, Politics News

Note: This is a reposting of an article which originally ran on Counterpunch in June of 2010. A high ranking official in government was quoted some t...

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Austrian Cop Pleads Not Guilty To Attack On U.S. Man

AP | RAFAEL GURBISZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Brennan, Vienna Subway Station, Austrian Cop, Austrian Police Officer, Austria, Police Abuse, Vienna, Police Attack, World News

VIENNA — An Austrian undercover police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to assaulting an American teacher after mistaking him for an African ...

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Lawsuit Over Illinois Deputy's Alleged Stun Gun Abuse Of Children Settled For $750,000

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Police, David Bowers, Jefferson County Deputy, Police Misconduct, Stun Gun, Police Abuse, Jefferson County, East St. Louis, East St Louis Sheriffs Deputy Stun Gun, Chicago News

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal lawsuit that accused a southern Illinois sheriff's deputy of zapping three children with a stun gun at an emerg...

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Cop Denies Seeing Burge Put A Gun To Suspect's Head, Despite Previous Testimony

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Burge Trial, Burge Police Torture, Michael Mcdermott, Jon Burge, Police Abuse, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

He was uncomfortable and made it clear he didn't want to be there. But then Michael McDermott backpedaled on whether he told a federal grand jury h...

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Police Brutality VIDEO: SHOCKING Texas Incident Caught On Tape

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Police Brutality, Paris-Texas, Paris Police Department, Police Abuse, Cornelius Gill, Home News

A stunning incident of police brutality in Paris, Texas, was caught on tape and has led to ramifications. Cornelius Gill was slammed up against a c...

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David London Assault Case: New Tape Released Of Walter Harvin, Iraq Vet, Assault

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David London Trial, Nypd, Mohammed Khan, David London, Walter Harvin Video, Iraq Vet Video, Police Abuse, Walter Harvin, Video, New York News

Earlier this week videotape of Officer David London beating Iraq vet Walter Harvin was released as part of the cop's assault trial. In the video, Lon...

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The Daryl Gates "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Order 40, Cir, Anti-Immigrants, Immigration, Immigrants, Lapd, Community Policing, Police Abuse, Los Angeles, Chirla, Los Angeles News

Former Los Angeles Police Department Chief Daryl Gates lost his battle to cancer this past week, and the immigrant community also lost an ally of sorts.

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Interview With Pro-Bono Civil Rights Defense Attorney Paul Hetznecker

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Arrests, First Amendment, Freedom of the Press, Civil Disobedience, Police Abuse, Inside DC, Politics News

On Monday, October 5, over 60 peace activist, anti Afghan war protesters were arrested in front of the White House. It seems like a good time to publish this interview I did on my Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show a few weeks ago with Paul Hetznecker, who defends protesters as part of his life work.

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What I Hope We Learn from the Heather Ellis Case

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heather Ellis, Justice, Heather-Ellis-Walmart, Heather-Ellis, Police Abuse, Civil Rights, Politics News

I hope the trend of abuse of power by the police comes to an end. I hope that Heather Ellis does not get 15 years in prison and should not serve another day in prison.

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Muslims and the Indian Police

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Hinduism, India, Muslim, Police Abuse, Terrorism, Shashi Tharoor, World News

The general public feels it is not adequately protected against the random violence of terrorists, but every pro-active policing effort seriously alienates Muslims, India's largest minority community.

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Police Spy On Climate Activist, Place Him On Terrorist Watch List

Grist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Activism, Maryland, Abuse of Power, Political Activism, Environment, Police Abuse, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Police Spying, Maryland Police, Green News

I'm a former Peace Corps volunteer, an Eagle Scout, church member, youth baseball coach, and dedicated father. I also happen to be director of one of ...

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Chicago Police Mobile Strike Force, A.K.A. SOS 2: Someone Call Patrick Fitzgerald!

Tracy Siska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Abuse, Police Corruption, Patrick Fitzgerald, Special Operations Section, Police Tactical Units, CPD SOS, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Mobile Strike Force, Civil Rights, Chicago News

Weis has done what all Chicago Police Superintendents before him have done: use the excuse of a crime spike to institute a special unit that will most likely go bad.

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Convention Protesters To Be Treated As Terrorists

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Convention, Civil Liberties, Political Convention, Republican Convention, Political Repression, Police Abuse, Denver, Bruce Hoffman, Minneapolis, Marc Sageman, Home News

Government security agencies are planning to treat convention protesters like potential terrorists due to a reliance on flawed research, hyperbolic assessments, and political bias.

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Attorney General Mukasey Must Act To Address Police Brutality

Paul Peete | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Ragan, Maxine Waters, Kevin Wicks, Jacqueline Seabrooks, Ruben Walton Ortega, Michael Byoune, Attorney General Mukasey, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Baron ?Scooter? Pikes, Police Shootings, Police, Police Abuse, Civil Rights, Home News

America can no longer afford to wait for an Attorney General to be selected by the next president to address the breakdown in control over the nation's police departments' use of force policies.

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