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Anthony Abbate Trial: Cop Charged In Bartender Beating Heads To Court (WATCH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO)

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Video, Cop Bartender Beating Video, Cop Bartender Beating, Police Brutality, Anthony Abbate, Chicago Police Department, Karolina Obrycka, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A hulking Chicago police officer who bragged about the size of his muscles got tossed around "like a rag doll" by a female bartender h...

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Police Brutality: Cops Punt Man In The Head, Then High-Five (VIDEO)

Posted 06.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Video, Cops Kick Man in the Head Video, Police Punt Man in the Head Video, Police Kick Man in the Head, Police Brutality, Cops Punt Man in the Head, Police Brutality Video, El Monte-California, Home News

NBC Chicago highlights a nasty piece of police brutality that was caught on tape in El Monte, California. After leading police on a high-speed chase,...

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Police Brutality

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Police Brutality, India, Tharoor, Shashi, Slumdog Millionaire, Shashi-Tharoor, Shashi Tharoor, World News
Shashi Tharoor

The police may have fallen into the pattern of routinely continuing practices left over from India's colonial days, when police were instruments of repression, but that's no excuse today.

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Ian Tomlinson Did Not Die From Heart Attack; Died From Stomach Hemorrhage: Coroner (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Video, g20-Death, England, Foreign Affairs, Ian Tomlinson, G-20 Death, G-20 Protests, G-20 Police Brutality, Police Brutality, g20, G20 Protests, G-20, Police Brutality Video, Advocacy, Ian Tomlinson Autopsy, Tomlinson Autopsy, Ian Tomlinson Death Seond Autopsy, Ian Tomlinson Second Autopsy, World News

Troubling statements came from the City of London coroner's office Friday regarding its findings from a second autopsy of Ian Tomlinson, the man who d...

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British Police Officer Suspended For Man Who Died After G-20 Protests (Video)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Video, Police, United Kingdom, Ladanian Tomlinson, Ian Tomlinson, G-20 Protests, England, Police Brutality, g20, G20 Protests, G-20, Bob Quick, Bob Quick Resigns, Bob Quick Documents, Bob Quick and Gordon Brown, London-United Kingdom, World News

A British police officer who came forward as being involved in the case of Ian Tomlinson -- a newspaper salesman who died of a heart attack during the...

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Ian Tomlinson: Video Shows Police Shoving To The Ground Man Who Died During G-20 Protests

Times Of London | Adam Fresco | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Police Push Ian Tomlinson to the Ground, Ian Tomlinson Video, Ian Tomlinson, G 20 Video Police, Police Brutality, G 20, Ian Tomlinson Died, United Kingdom, London-United Kingdom, World News

The man who died during the G20 protests in London last week was violently pushed from behind by a riot policeman, a dramatic new video shows. ...

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"Like We Were Dogs": The Story of Ryan Moats

Dave Zirin | Posted 04.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Police Brutality, Nfl, Ryan-Moats-Traffic-Stop, Ryan Moats Traffic Stop, Ryan Moats, Ryan Moats Good Morning America, Sports, Dave Zirin, Entertainment News
Dave Zirin

NFL player Ryan Moats experienced one of the uglier cases of driving while black -- his money and fame couldn't insulate him. A police dashboard video camera, however, shedded light on a practice all too common.

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Fallen Cops: A Moment of Silence, Please

Norm Stamper | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Swat, Police Brutality, Rape, Carjacking, Military Assault Rifle, Semiautomatic Weapons, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Four police officers are dead, their families, friends, colleagues, an entire city hurting. As we mourn their loss, let's not forget what their sacrifice ultimately accomplished.

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How to Fight Police Brutality

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Killings, Oakland, Black Community, Oscar Grant, Police Brutality, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

When unarmed peaceful civilians are killed by the police, they are being killed by agents of the government that is supposed to represent them. It is a failure of government that must be addressed.

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Police Brutality: Deal With It

Norm Stamper | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice System, Police, Abner Louima, Paul Schene, Deputy Beats Girl, Police Beating, Cop Admits Beating, Deputy Paul Schene, Rodney King, 15 Year Old Girl Beaten, Politics News
Norm Stamper

As a rookie cop, why did I abuse the very people I'd been hired to serve? Law enforcement, for the most part, doesn't pick bad apples. It makes them, and not through academy training.

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The Connection Between Blacks As Apes And Police Brutality

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sean Delonas, New York Post, Sexism, President Obama, Police Brutality, Racism, Psychology, Discrimination, New York City, New York Post Cartoon, Politics News
Baratunde Thurston

Although the release of another racist cartoon can be seen as repetitive, annoying and a distraction, I'm glad at the opportunity this moment gives us.

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BART Cop Who Punched Oscar Grant Should Resign

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, BART Shooting, Oakland Police Shooting, Rally in Oakland, Video, Politics News
Neal Rodriguez

BART is investigating Tony Pirone, the officer that punched Oscar Grant in the face prior to Grant's shooting on New Years Eve.

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Neither Bush or Obama Have Addressed Police Shootings

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, BART Police Shooting, Obama Inauguration, Politics News
Neal Rodriguez

Obama talks immigration with the Mexican president, presses for the other half of the $700 billion bailout to fatten the banks up again, but we are still waiting on his response to the slaying of American men.

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Youth React to Oscar Grant Shooting

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Oakland, Oscar Grant Shooting, Youth, Oscar Grant, Bart, Police Brutality, Civil Rights, Ca, Media News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Oakland residents and others have been protesting the handling of Grant's case and police brutality as a larger issue. Youth Radio is covering the story as it unfolds.

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Justice for Oscar Grant? It's up to Jerry Brown

James Rucker | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, ColorOfChange.Org, Justice Department, Oscar Grant, Jerry Brown, Politics News
James Rucker

On New Year's Eve, Oscar Grant was executed by a transit police officer in Oakland, California. He was shot in the back while face-down on a subway platform.

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Civil Rights Progress: Taking Stock Before the Inauguration

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Hate Crimes, Civil Rights Movement, Bullying, Obama Inauguration, Suicide, Prince Harry, Police Brutality, Gays and Lesbians, Jesse Jackson, Race, Civil Rights, Marriage, Gay Rights, Ban on Gay Marriages, Same-Sex Marriage Rights, Homophobia, Racism, Equal Protection, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

In this time of struggle for many LGBT Americans, I can't help wondering why those who are passionate about some civil rights aren't interested in all civil rights.

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Riots Racism and Police Brutality: A Never Ending Cycle

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: France, Police Brutality, BART Shooting, Poverty, Rodney King, Riots, Video, Racism, London, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

The 1992 riots sparked by the acquittal of four officers in the videotaped beating of Rodney King. left 53 people dead and caused more the one billion dollars worth of damage.

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Three NYC Police Officers Surrender In Brooklyn Sodomy Case

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 01.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Sodomy, Police Brutality, New York City Subway, Police, Subway, Brooklyn, New York City, Home News

NEW YORK — A police officer warned a tattoo parlor worker that if he reported being sodomized with a baton during an arrest at a subway station,...

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NYC Officers Asked To Surrender On Sodomy Allegations

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, Sodomy, Marijuana, Subway, Brooklyn, New York City, Politics News

NEW YORK — After weeks of conflicting accounts about a shocking claim of police brutality in a subway station, three patrolmen were notified Mon...

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Supreme Court To Decide How Much and How Often Government Can Violate Your Civil Rights

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 2008 DNC Convention, Bullet, First Amendment, Qualified Immunity, Protest, RNC Convention, Convention, Police Brutality, First Amendment Rights, Shopping Mall, Civil Rights, Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court next week will hear a case that may allows police officers to do essentially anything unless courts have expressly told them that they couldn't.

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Nude Taser Officer Kills Himself

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nude Man Tasered, Police Brutality, New York City, Local Politics, Tasers, Politics News

NEW YORK — A police lieutenant committed suicide Thursday, days after he ordered another officer to fire a stun gun at a naked, distraught man w...

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Denver Police Union Draws Ire Over DNC Brutality T-Shirts (PHOTO)

Denver 7 News | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, Democratic Convention, Denver, Local Politics, Politics News

The t-shirt in question From a local Denver news station: DENVER -- The Denver police union is selling T-shirts that poke fun at protesters at las...

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Nude Man Tasered, Causing Him To Fall To His Death

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stupid News, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Tasers, Police Brutality, Man Tasered on Ledge, Naked Man Tasered, Taser Nude, Politics News

NEW YORK — An officer appears to have violated police department guidelines when he used a Taser stun gun on a naked, distraught man teetering o...

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Barack Obama is the President -- Why are Black People Still So Mad?

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1984, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Police, Political Drama, Satire, Violence, Police Brutality, Obama, Black, Justice, San Francisco, African Americans, Civil Rights, Election, Cops, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

A calm day. A sunny, day, for San Francisco - which means really foggy with what will ultimately be an unfulfilled promise of sun later. A nice day, w...

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Preemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Republican Convention, Civil Rights, Police Survaillence, Rnc Protests, Police Brutality, Violating Civil Liberties, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

The raids targeted members of Food Not Bombs, an anti-war group that provides free vegetarian meals every week and I-Witness Video, a media watchdog group that monitors the police to protect civil liberties.

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