Excessive Force

Police Department Cans Cop Who Shot At Young Father 41 Times

Posted 03.04.2013 | Crime

A Texas police department terminated an officer who killed an unarmed suspect by shooting at him 41 times following a car chase last summer. Disgr...

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Shocking Video Of Alleged Police Brutality

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.11.2013 | Crime

Did Collier County (Fla.) Sheriff's officers go too far in subduing high-speed motorcyclist Mateo Falconi? The 22-year-old released police video of...

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Should Citizens Have the Right to Fire a Police Officer?

Jason Silverstein | Posted 03.13.2013 | Crime

Read More: Milwaukee, Police Brutality, Crime News, Occupy Movement, Protest, Excessive Force, Crime News

In 127 years, they had never done this before. The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission reversed a decision and fired a police officer. The reversal followed a week of protests by community groups and leaders.

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More Compassion, Less Police Force Against the Mentally Ill

Jason Silverstein | Posted 03.05.2013 | Crime

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Health, Police, Excessive Force, Police Brutality, Mental Illness Stigma, Justice Department, Portland, Crime News

Some will argue that compassion for others means risk for officers. That empathy for criminals, or even suspects, means an insensitivity to victims. That force makes us safe, so any question of force makes us vulnerable.

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WATCH: College Student Sues LAPD For Beating Him Outside Hollywood Club

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 10.25.2012 | Los Angeles

A Santa Monica college student is suing the Los Angeles Police Department for use of excessive force, alleging that officers beat and tased him despit...

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No Criminal Charges For NYPD Cop Accused of Smashing Judge's Throat

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 08.22.2012 | New York

No criminal charges will be filed against an NYPD officer accused of violently striking a New York state Supreme Court justice in the throat in an unp...

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SHOCKING VIDEO: Cop Slams Woman Against Car, Fired For 'Unreasonable Force'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 08.21.2012 | Crime

Read More: Christopher Geraci, Video, Pensacola, Abbi Bonds, Excessive Force, Police Brutality, Christopher Geraci Arrested, Pensacola Police Department, Slidepollajax, Crime News

A Florida police officer was fired and arrested after a camera mounted in his car showed him slamming a hit-and-run suspect against her car multiple t...

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Outside Review Needed Of NYPD Abuses At Occupy: Lawyers' Group

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 07.27.2012 | New York

New York City police used unnecessarily aggressive tactics and excessive force against peaceful protesters and illegally suppressed press freedoms dur...

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Police Who Used Taser On Pregnant Woman Seeking Appeal To Supreme Court

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 05.21.2012 | Parents

On May 24, the U.S. Supreme Court is slated to decide whether to hear an appeal from three Seattle officers who used a Taser on a pregnant woman sever...

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Police Department Shut Down After Cop Allegedly Shocks 9-Year-Old

Posted 03.12.2012 | Crime

Read More: Police Force, Use of Force, Video, Mount Sterling Police Department, Taser, Excessive Force, Police Department Shut Down, Taser 9-Year-Old Boy, Officer, Crime News

A small-town Ohio police department was shut down Friday after a cop allegedly used a taser on a 9-year-old boy, and the police chief kept quiet abou...

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A Death In The Devil's Chair

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 10.10.2012 | Politics

Read More: Video, Restraint Chair, Lee County, Excessive Force, Police Brutality, Florida, Jail, Restraining Chair, Nick Christie, Devil's Chair, Politics News

When he left his home in Ohio to visit his brother in Fort Myers, Fla. in March 2009, Nick Christie was already breaking down, physically and mentally...

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Police Kill Chicago Man's Dog During Raid, Jury Awards Family $330,000

Posted 10.19.2011 | Chicago

A federal jury awarded a Chicago family more than $300,000 Thursday, after Chicago police officers shot and killed their black Labrador during a searc...

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Dog The Bounty Hunter In Trouble With Sheriff?

AP/Huffington Post | AP | Posted 09.27.2011 | Denver

Read More: Pepper Spray Video, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Duane Chapman, Mesa County Sheriff, Excessive Force, Pepper Spray, Grand Junction Colorado, Denver News

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (AP) -- Surveillance videos in the Grand Junction, Colorado, lobby of the sheriff's department show people having coughing fi...

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Denver Cops Appeal Firing In Beating Case

Posted 06.05.2011 | Denver

Read More: Randy Murr, Excessive Force, Devin Sparks, Charles Garcia, Denver Police Brutality, Michael DeHerrera, Ron Perea, Denver Police Department, Denver News

Two Denver police officers who were recently fired in connection with an April, 2009 beating in LoDo are appealing their termination. Denver Manager ...

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Justice Department Report Details Abuses By New Orleans Police Department

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Long before Hurricane Katrina laid bare New Orleans’ deep social wounds, the relationship between the city’s police force and its black citizens h...

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Australian Man Shocked With Taser Gun 13 Times (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Australia, Australian Police, Excessive Force, Taser, Abuse, Stun Gun, World News

Graphic CCTV footage of Perth police zapping an unarmed man with a Taser has sparked fresh debate over Australian authorities' use of stun guns, the A...

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Indiana Police: Officers Used Stun Gun On 10-Year-Old Boy

AP | CARLY EVERSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Martinsville, Indiana Police, Indiana Cops, Stun Gun Use, Martinsville Indiana, Indiana News, Morgan County Sheriff's Department, Excessive Force, Chicago News

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — Two officers called to a home day care to subdue an unruly 10-year-old have been suspended after one used a stun gun on the...

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Police Taser Rules: Federal Appeals Court Issues Ruling On Use Of Tasers

McClatchy | Hudson Sangree and Kim Minugh | Sacramento Bee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Aclu, Deaths, Taser, Tasers, Crime, Police, Police Departments, Excessive Force, Lawsuits, Taser Use, Fourth Amendment, Cops, Home News

A federal appeals court on Monday issued one of the most comprehensive rulings yet limiting police use of Tasers against low-level offenders who seem ...

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Newlyweds Tasered At Reception, Spend Wedding Night In Jail

The Durango Herald | Ted Holteen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Police Brutality, Newlywed, Tasers, Police, Excessive Force, Home News

The Michigan wedding of Durango newlyweds Andy and Ania Somora came to an abrupt end last weekend after the bride and groom were tasered by local poli...

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'Critical Mass' Bicyclist Assaulted By Police Officer (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Nyc, Critical Mass, Excessive Force, Nypd, Police Brutality, Bike, New York, Green News

Critical Mass, the bicycle-awareness bike ride that occurs monthly in many cities, often has run-ins with authorities, who aren't so keen on public th...

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Police Taser Florida Student After He Asks John Kerry Why No One Has Tried To Impeach Bush

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Freedom of Speech, University of Florida, John Kerry, Excessive Force, Tasers, Impeach, Home News

A university student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered by campus police and arrested after loudly and repeatedly trying to ...

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