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I second that "fuck". How long is it going to take before we realize that policing is hopelessly corrupted (in both a moral and political sense) in this country?
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Keep in mind that not all of the threads mentioned deal with police corruption.
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| I realize that, but there is enough to raise an eyebrow over ones forehead. |
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Place former Winnipeg police chief David Cassels in charge of police reform:
| Quote: | | It is important for police leaders to insist that officers treat people with courtesy and respect at all times -- without exception. Regardless of all of the technology, training and skills that police are taught, policing is no more than contact between one human being and another. Whether you are a complainant, victim, suspect or witness, you are on the receiving end of anything that the police do. A good police officer will understand this and try to get it right. |
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Pity the poor straight white males on Ottawa police force
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Lengthy article, but well worth the read:
Cop shock: police violence across the country sparks outrage -- Analysis: Nowhere to turn when police handle complaints against their own
An interesting segment:
| Quote: | Strange as it seems, small claims court has several advantages, especially because it limits liability for legal expenses.
For those with cash, civil lawsuits can make a high impact. Toronto lawyer Julian Falconer is currently representing a number of people in high-profile civil cases, including former CFL linebacker Orlando Bowen, whose suit against the Peel Regional Police is for $14.6 million.
Bowen alleges that he was cuffed and beaten by police in the parking lot of a Mississauga restaurant in Mar 2004, then framed for possession of cocaine. He was later acquitted of the drug charges when it became clear in court that the police officers who were at the scene that night could not get their stories straight.
Lawsuits like these are now possible throughout Canada because of an Oct 2007 Supreme Court of Canada ruling. In the case, Jason Hill, an aboriginal man living in Hamilton, was falsely charged with ten counts of robbery and put in a police line-up with 11 Caucasian men. The line-up led to Hill's conviction, and he served 20 months in prison before being acquitted of the charges. He sued the police, and while he wasn't successful, it created new case law that allows all residents of Canada to sue over negligent police investigations.
When it comes to civil lawsuits, the risk involved is purely financial. It's important for complainants to know ahead of time that, if the court doesn't find in their favour, they will likely be required to pay the legal costs of the defendant(s). Often this adds up to tens of thousands of dollars on top of the complainant's personal legal costs. Needless to say this is option is unrealistic for most people, so small claims may be the best course of action. |
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Note: OneWorld re-directed to a UK Parliament document. Someone, somewhere is paying some attention. <g>
http://uk.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publications....
Demonstrating respect for rights? A human rights approach to policing protest - Human Rights Joint Committee Contents
| Quote: | CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1. The evidence we received inevitably focused on some of the largest and most controversial protests, which are the most difficult events to police. However, we also received evidence from some small longstanding protest groups. We were struck by the accounts of the use of a wide range of police powers against protestors and others involved with protest - such as journalists - as well as the significant mismatch between the perceptions of protestors and the police about the way in which protest is managed. These factors could serve to diminish,...
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35. It is unacceptable that individual journalists are left with no option but to take court action against officers who unlawfully interfere with their work. Journalists have the right to carry out their lawful business and report the way in which demonstrations are handled by the police without state interference, unless such interference is necessary and proportionate, and journalists need to be confident that they can carry out their role. The public in turn have the right to impart and receive information: the media are the eyes and ears of the public, helping to ensure that the police are accountable to the people they serve. Effective training of front line police officers on the role of journalists in protests is vital. Police forces should consider how to ensure their officers follow the media guidelines which have been agreed between ACPO and the National Union of Journalists, and take steps to deal with officers who do not follow them. (Paragraph 200)
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"If u aint white, run dont put up a fight, cuz the judge gonna say the cop was right, even if he shot you on sight"
Thats my issue with the KKKanadian Police |
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Vancouver police 'strong-armed' me, says concierge
| Quote: | The concierge at a downtown Vancouver condominium highrise says surveillance video proves his allegation that a group of men dressed in city police uniforms strong-armed him before entering one of the building's suites without permission.
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"They were very aggressive," Naita said. "When I asked if they have a mandate, they said, 'We are police, we don't need a mandate.'"
Naita said that he refused to hand over the key without a warrant, and that's when things escalated.
"They twisted my arms behind my back and they forced the keys out of my hands and then took off," Naita said.
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Naita said he phoned 911 but then heard one of the officers talking to a dispatcher cancelling the emergency call.
Vancouver police told CBC News said they had no record of police being dispatched to the condominium building that night. |
Nuttin' ta see here, scumbag... move along.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: Police brutality, abuse and wrong-doing |
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There seems to be umpteen-dozen piddling little threads about this sort of thing, but no single over-arching "meta" thread on the topic. So, I'll kick it off with an example from San Francisco:
San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
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| Quote: | | In the video above, which is making the viral rounds: a San Francisco police officer who IDs himself as "Officer Schwab, (badge number) 2099" arrests a skateboarder identified as Zach Stow, after Stow calls the officer a "fckng dck." Over at metblogs SF, Richard Ault says the officer's understanding of SF skateboarding codes is wrong. An article about the incident is here at the SF Chronicle. My two cents, as someone who is neither a lawyer, nor a skateboarder: taunting a police officer by calling him a "fckng dck" is about as dumb as it gets, but that does not give the officer the right to threaten to break the guy's arms, or arrest him for -- what was it, in the end, failing to carry identification? In any case: viva la video camera. |
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| This one do you? It's a sticky, no less. |
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Sure, but the thread title should be changed, 'coz I don't think we need to limit ourselves to *just* Canada...
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'Kay, fire off a PM to DSquared and I'll be happy to merge.  |
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[Ned Flanders] Done-diddly-un... [/Ned Flanders]
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| Tehanu wrote: | | 'Kay, fire off a PM to DSquared and I'll be happy to merge. |
Feel free to go ahead.
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Bill Maher on police brutality
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| Done! Go team. |
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Peachy!
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Actor brutally assaulted, arrested after doing a cartwheel in NYC's Grand Central Station
| Quote: | Actor Jesse Archer says he was cutting through the large, empty main room of Grand Central Station on his way home from a party on Friday night with a friend when he did a cartwheel. Archer was then fined by a group of police for "disorderly conduct". As Archer returned to his friend after the citation, he says he uttered an expletive to him about the cops and was then tackled from behind:
| Quote: | The cops wrench my wrist back, handcuff me, and one of them has my head and is pounding it into the cold hard cement. I was not resisting, I was not fighting. I didn't even see them coming. They were simply going to teach this faggot a lesson! While my brains are being dashed, all I can think (besides, this shouldn't be happening!) was that this kind of injury is exactly how Natasha Richardson died. And here's the thing about having your arms behind your back and your head being smashed repeatedly into the floor of Grand Central Station by the very people who are supposed to protect you: the only thing you can try to do is move your neck from side to side -- so that the blunt force will cause more trauma to your head, than to your face. I blacked out.
Next thing I know I'm in a jail cell in my underwear. Why was I in my underwear? Why wasn't I fingerprinted, booked, or charged? My clothes are outside of this cell and I'm in there thinking if the cops can get away with this, they could make me disappear into one of those CIA web of prisons. I thought I was more in the Ukraine, than the USA. And worse, if I were a black person? I'd probably have been shot. |
Archer says he was released from jail at 3:30 in the morning with cuts and bruises on the side of his head: "I had two summons for disorderly conduct and a piece of paper saying I needed hospital treatment but refused. I learn later that my friend Stace was told by the cops to 'get lost, or you're going in too' when he saw them take me down." |
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A police officer should keep any situation under control at all times, which if you watch the video clip you can see that the officer clearly was not. I can't add anything to the comments about how inappropriate he was with the skater, many people missed the officer's second mistake: getting into an argument with those around him. It doesn't matter what a police officer does, someone is always going to question it. Rather than arguing with people, the officer should have said: "I'm investigating a disturbance, this does not concern you, please move along. If you have any problems, here's my name and badge number, take it up with Internal Affairs. Have a nice day."
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Watch this cop evict skateboarders
Now watch this cop do an eviction
Isn't it amazing what a little patience, respect, people skills, and reasonable explanation can accomplish? I think these videos should be mandatory viewing for everyone applying to be a cop.
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Cop faces second impaired driving charge
| Quote: | A British Columbia RCMP officer charged with impaired driving last month has been arrested again and faces the same charge, according to Vancouver police.
The off-duty RCMP constable was seen Saturday morning urinating in a public parking lot before getting into his vehicle. He failed a breathalyzer test after being pulled over by a Vancouver police officer.
The constable had breached his 90-day driving prohibition, say police. He had been involved in a crash on Oct. 3 and was due in court Nov. 20 in Vancouver. |
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Maricopa deputy steals defender's paperwork during a court case
| Quote: | Tom sends us video of a Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy named Adam Stoddard stealing a public defender's paperwork, during a court proceeding, in front of the court's security camera. Tom adds, "The local news clip is really worth seeing, if only for the reporter's incredulous lead-in: 'The Maricopa County Sheriff's office backing one of its deputies after he takes away a lawyer's paperwork in court.' If you live in Arizona you're subject to the daily outrage from Sheriff Joe Arpaio. It's a bit like Philadelphia during the Rizzo years."
The deputy claims he wasn't stealing the paper, he was searching it for contraband. H's been found in contempt of court, and the judge has ordered him to apologize:
Those conditions are:
| Quote: | 1) On or before November 30th, 2009, at a time convenient for Ms. Cuccia, a news conference to take place in the plaza on the north side of the central court building where he is to give Ms. Cuccia a sincere verbal and written apology for invading her defense file and for the damage that his conduct may have caused to her professional reputation.
2) If at the news conference, Ms. Cuccia does not state that the apology is sufficient, Stoddard will report to the jail on December 1, 2009 and be detained until further order upon a finding that he has complied with the purge clause.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio responded to the ruling early Wednesday, saying Superior Court judges do not order his staff to hold press conferences. |
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Radley Balko wonders what will happen to the court-document stealing deputy of Maricopa County:
| Quote: | | "I can't think of another case where a judge has ordered someone jailed for contempt and the police department has refused to carry out the order. I'm not sure what would happen next. A duel? Arm wrestling?" |
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How police departments use asset forfeiture laws to steal money from poor people
| Quote: | Radley Balko posted about a woman in Wayne County who broke no laws yet had to pay $1,400 to get her car back when police seized it "after they mistook Vaughn’s co-worker for a prostitute."
From a Detroit News article:
| Quote: | | The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, which helps run the prosecutor’s forfeiture unit, took in $8.69 million from civil seizures in 2007, more than four times the amount collected in 2001. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office gets up to 27 percent of that money. |
Obama’s Justice Department supports state asset forfeiture laws, says Balko:
| Quote: | It’s worth noting that Obama’s Justice Department filed an amicus brief on behalf of the state in that case. They weren’t obligated to. Though the solicitor general’s office is charged with defending all federal laws, the law at issue in Alvarez is a state law, not a federal one. In fact, federal civil forfeiture laws are much friendlier to property owners. So you could make a decent case that the administration could have argued against the Illinois law. At the very least, it could have kept quiet. Instead, it argued that the state should retain the power to take property from people without ever charging a crime (and not necessarily kingpins—the Illinois law in question applies only to property valued at under $20,000), and keep that property for a year or more before affording the owner a chance to get it back.
Taking property from poor people without due process of law in order to enrich local police departments. Seems like the sort of thing Barack Obama might have fought to change in his days as a community organizer. |
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D.C. Cop Admits to Drawing Gun at Snowball Fight
| Quote: | A Washington D.C. police officer frightened participants at an impromptu snowball fight yesterday after unholstering his gun and threatening people, apparently in response to being hit with a snowball. A video posted to YouTube shows the cop arguing with a group of people and then admitting that he pulled his gun.
Says the detective: "Yes I did. Because I got hit with snowballs." |
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It makes no sense. A gun isn’t even within the logical pattern of escalation. 
So what if they are throwing snowballs at you?
If they bring a snowball, you bring a snow blower.
If they bring a snow blower, you bring a snow maker.
If they bring a snow maker, you cause an avalanche.
And you can’t stop an avalanche with a hand gun.
The only clue to the undercover officer’s thought process is that this story occurred in America, where a Smith & Wesson is the cure for everything except erectile dysfunctions.
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RCMP trespass onto private property for K-9 training exercise in Chilliwack, then shoot family's dog who is trying to protect her property
| Quote: | A Chilliwack, B.C., family is furious after their six-year-old pit bull was shot and killed by police who came onto their property unannounced to perform a training exercise with a police dog.
Brian Hacker said his dog, Fendi, had gone out into the yard Tuesday morning to relieve herself when two police dog handlers and a police dog came onto the family's property without advance notice.
The pit bull and the police dog engaged each other, he said, and moments later, Fendi was shot.
"They can't break up a dog fight?" he told CTV News. "We're not wrong here on any level."
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Thiessen said this wasn't the first time police dog handlers had used the area for training and that residents had consented to the exercises in the past.
He confirmed that residents were not given prior notice of Tuesday's exercise. He said he didn't know why the notice didn't go out.
That'll form part of the investigation, he said. |
I just watched the spin-doctor cop on the TV news, and he can't bring himself (likely for "legal reasons") to simply apologize to the family. I hope that family sues the fuck outta these clueless half-wits.
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You've got to be pulling my fscking leg. Pisses me off.
Hope buddy loses his job, at the very least.
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| Dimitrios Makropoulos wrote: | It makes no sense. A gun isn’t even within the logical pattern of escalation.
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Having a badge frees you up from the burden of graduated response.
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| Legless_Marine wrote: | | Hope buddy loses his job, at the very least. |
Pfffttt! Like THAT'S gonna happen!
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| Hephaestion wrote: | | Legless_Marine wrote: | | Hope buddy loses his job, at the very least. |
Pfffttt! Like THAT'S gonna happen! |
Let's reconvene in a year. People get pretty agitated about the killing of pets.
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Video released of alleged assault by Vancouver police officer
| Quote: | The lawyer representing the 26-year-old man allegedly assaulted by a Vancouver police officer released film footage of the incident Wednesday, asking why it took four months for charges to be laid when the evidence is so clearcut.
Jason Tarnow said his client agreed to the release of the footage because he felt the incident, which occurred at about 2:15 a.m. on Aug. 23 in the 2200-block of West Broadway, had been misrepresented at a police press conference this week.
At the conference, police announced that a sergeant had been charged with assault with a weapon after a man was allegedly assaulted and knocked to the ground. Police said the incident occurred as they responded to a 911 call about a fight in progress. During the incident, the sergeant called for “Code 3 emergency cover” and more officers arrived to assist.
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The footage, viewed by The Sun, shows an officer running toward a man Tarnow says is his client and striking him with his baton, causing him to fall to the ground. After that, the officer pushes a second man in the chest and swings his baton at a third man on a bike.
“You see clearly [in the video] the officer runs across the street full board and cross checks him [Tarnow’s client] in the face with his police baton. My client has his hand in his pocket and the other one on his cellphone. He goes flying. The officer then pushes another individual in the chest then he swings at another guy who lifts up his bike and uses it like a shield to protect himself,” said Tarnow. “Really he assaulted three people. It’s pretty crazy.”
[...]Tarnow said he thinks the public needs to see what really happened. “The police presser really downplayed it and said their police officer was responding to a Code 3 fight. That wasn’t the case at all. It was a very peaceful environment, he said, adding more charges should be laid.
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He said that according to his client, people were leaving in an orderly fashion after the bar had closed and there were no fights or anyone verbally abusing the officer. The tape, which starts at 2 a.m. and goes for half an hour, also shows no evidence of a fight.
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Sgt. Darcy Taylor is charged with one of assault with a weapon. |
CBC Vancouver said that suddenly the VPD told CBC it couldn't talk about the incident "because it's before the courts"... despite the fact that just earlier this week, they not only talked about it, they held a press conference about it -- at which they did their utmost to downplay the entire incident, despite the fact that they were announcing that the case would be proceeding to trial. Verrrrrrrry fishy...
Bottom line: cops should NOT be investigating themselves. PERIOD.
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Bobbysledding: Oxford, UK cops reprimanded for tobogganing on riot shields
| Quote: | Oxford cops who used their riot shields for toboggans during the recent, unprecedented snowy weather have been reprimanded by their Superintendent, Andrew Murray, who "reminded them in no uncertain terms that tobogganing on duty, on police equipment and at taxpayers' expense is a very bad idea should they wish to progress under my command."
Hell, I'd rather have them tobogganing on the things than using them to beat up peaceful protesters at Climate Camp. |
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Boston cops: citizen recording of abusive busts is "illegal wiretapping"
| Quote: | Boston cops are using the Massachusetts electronic surveillance laws to arrest and prosecute citizens who use their cellular phones to record abusive arrests. Though they haven't been successful in prosecuting the acts, it hasn't stopped the arrests -- presumably the point isn't to secure convictions, but rather to chill the recording of illegal police activity. However, police have convicted citizens who secretly recorded their own abusive arrests, charging them with illegal wiretapping.
| Quote: | Simon Glik, a lawyer, was walking down Tremont Street in Boston when he saw three police officers struggling to extract a plastic bag from a teenager's mouth. Thinking their force seemed excessive for a drug arrest, Glik pulled out his cellphone and began recording.
Within minutes, Glik said, he was in handcuffs.
"One of the officers asked me whether my phone had audio recording capabilities,'' Glik, 33, said recently of the incident, which took place in October 2007. Glik acknowledged that it did, and then, he said, "my phone was seized, and I was arrested.''
The charge? Illegal electronic surveillance. |
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Orson Welles on police brutality
| Quote: | The Internet Archive features a series of recordings of American radio broadcaster Orson Welles, in particular a recording from 1946 in which Welles reads the Affidavit of Isaac Woodard regarding his abuse at the hands of corrupt police officers, followed by a highly emotional and impassioned speech by Welles on the subject of bringing justice, corruption, and forgiveness.
With recent trends in police abuses being a topic of no small concern at BoingBoing as of late, I thought perhaps his little known broadcast should be remembered and shared, as it strikes a chord of similarity which is at once chilling and inspiring. Welles gives us a glimpse into a time and a setting in which a mere radio broadcaster spoke out in a fervor of disgust and revulsion against a terrible injustice, and was instrumental in bringing those responsible to bear for their crimes. If nothing else, it serves to remind us of what has come before, and what we can once more do and be again. |
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RCMP watchdog replaced by kitteh
| Quote: | A Conservative real estate lawyer has been appointed "interim chair" of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP. Ian McPhail replaces outgoing chair Paul Kennedy, whose critical reports offended the Harper administration.
McPhail cheerfully admits knowing next to nothing about policing, criminal law or federal oversight agencies. His role doesn't require it, he says. He just has to know "how an administrative agency should operate." He is in place for a minimum of one year.
Kennedy says, "If you don't know the law, I don't know what value you can bring to the job." His predecessor, Shirley Heafy, is more blunt: the Mounties, she says, "are going to love to have him there. He's just a caretaker. There's no power to do anything unless you really push the envelope. He's coming in cold. There's no way he can do anything in a year … he's a complete neophyte."
Critical public reporting has really been the only lever for change available to the largely toothless CPCAR. "My style tends to be collegial,” says McPhail. Purr-r-r.
UPDATE: Over the protests of Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin, a report from the Liberal majority on a Senate Committee inquiring into the practices of the RCMP is due to be released shortly. It is expected to be deeply critical of the RCMP, and to call for more effective civilian oversight--which Kennedy had been pressing for before his ouster. Conservative Senators reportedly disagree with the draft report's "tenor and tone." |
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Former New Orleans police supervisor pleads guilty to aiding in "a cover-up of stunning breadth" in police shootings
| Quote: | Admitting a cover-up of shocking breadth, a former New Orleans police supervisor pleaded guilty to a federal obstruction charge on Wednesday, confessing that he participated in a conspiracy to justify the shooting of six unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina that was hatched not long after police stopped firing their weapons.
The guilty plea of Lt. Michael Lohman, who retired from the department earlier this month, contains explosive details of the alleged cover-up and ramps up the legal pressure on police officers involved in the shooting and subsequent investigation. It's unclear when Lohman's cooperation with federal authorities began, but he presumably is prepared to testify against the officers he says helped him lie about the circumstances of a shooting he immediately deemed a "bad shoot."
Lohman, who pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to obstruct justice, admits he failed to order the collection of evidence or canvassing of witnesses, helped craft police reports riddled with false information, participated in a plan to plant a gun under the bridge and lied to investigators who questioned police actions. |
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Profile of ex-narc who's declared war on the "War on Drugs"
| Quote: | Here's a great, long [~40-min.] profile of Barry Cooper, the ex-narc whose new reality TV show sets up stings for dirty drug cops and videos them making illegal busts and searches:
| Quote: | Several months ago, Officer Nassour had stumbled upon a little black bag at a self-serve car wash in Liberty Hill. Inside, he discovered a drug ledger written in Spanish, a glass stem seemingly burned on one end, $45, some beers, a half-eaten peanut butter sandwich, a pair of red and blue 3D glasses and various other personal effects. Wedged in the top of the vynil lunchbox, a cleverly disguised GPS tracking device.
In the words of Admiral Ackbar, it was a trap, laid by Cooper who'd called in an anonymous tip about a suspicious package.
Cooper said that Nassour was specifically targeted that evening because he'd seen video, sent to his Web site by a reader, which showed the officer forcing his drug dog to false alert on a vehicle, thereby giving probable cause for a search.
Crouched behind bushes near the car wash, Barry had his camera leveled at the officer. The goal was to catch Nassour on video stealing the money, then pick a time later on to confront the officer with a camera crew, ambush-news style.
On the video, Officer Nassour can be seen flipping the top of the box open and peering inside, then returning to his car and driving away. |
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Manitoba Mounties build skating rink in remote first nation. Why am I posting this? To me, this illustrates that the Mounties were affected by dealing with the troubles in the community, took seriously the idea of being peace officers, and decided to take steps to proactively prevent problems. The question in my mind is, how do we encourage more of this?
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Police torture methods questioned after "murdered" man reappears
| Quote: | A man whom everyone thought had been murdered in a hatchet fight ten years ago appeared in his village in Henan, China last week seeking welfare. The assumed killer, Zhao Zuohai, had admitted to the crime and already served 10 years of his 29-year sentence. The Chinese court system must now question whether their methods for obtaining confessions are a bit over the top. Zhao Zuohai, for one, lost pretty much everything when he was forced to make his:
| Quote: | The imprisoned Zhao's brother told the local Dahe Newspaper that police had forced him to drink chili water and set off fireworks over his head to force the confession.
The imprisoned Zhao narrowly escaped being executed for the crime. His sentence was commuted from a death penalty with two years' reprieve.
While in prison, his wife left him for another man and three of his four children were given to other families for adoption, the China Daily said. |
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