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Woman files $500,000 sex claim against Rialto police
Rialto police officers had group sex with employees of the Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen's Club at the police narcotics office and the police union headquarters, according to a claim filed against the Inland Empire city.
Nancy Holtgreve, a server at the club, says that more than two officers engaged in sexual conduct with... Read more
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Egyptian woman tells TV of alleged police rape
CAIRO — An Egyptian woman, wearing an all-encompassing black veil, has gone public with a rare television interview alleging that police raped her after she stopped to ask for directions in a rural part of the country.
The allegations add fodder to a growing debate in Egypt about police abuse, which human... Read more
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UK: Lying police officer caught punching off-duty soldier eight times on CCTV faces jail
A police officer is facing jail after assaulting an off-duty soldier as he arrested him and then lying under oath to cover up his actions.
Special Constable Peter Lightfoot, 40, was captured on CCTV striking Mark Aspinall's head on the ground, rubbing his face in the tarmac and hitting him with his... Read more
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Police accused of targeting young Africans and Afghans
POLICE in Flemington have been accused of unlawful imprisonment in routinely detaining African and Afghan youths at the base of housing estates while running a check on their names.
According to a complaint to the Office of Police Integrity, detention while names are being run through police databases is racial profiling and... Read more
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Egyptians Protest Police Abuse
Thousands of protesters shouted antigovernment slogans Friday in an unusually vocal demonstration against the death of a man seen as the victim of police brutality.
Earlier this month, witnesses say, Khaled Saieed, a young Alexandria resident, was allegedly beaten to death by police officers. Police say he died trying to swallow illicit... Read more
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Streamwood cop charged with be
A Streamwood police officer faces charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct after a video from a predawn traffic stop March 28 showed him striking the driver 15 times with his baton and twice using a stun gun on the vehicle's passenger, prosecutors said.
The incident was captured on the squad car's... Read more
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Police Misconduct Allegations
Allegations of police misconduct surround the arrest of a UC Berkeley student early Sunday morning at the scene of a Southside car crash involving a Berkeley Police Department patrol car.
UC Berkeley junior Evan Cox was arrested for failing to comply with police orders to move away from the crashed civilian... Read more
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Jury clears SJ police of exces
SAN JOSE, Calif.—A federal jury has cleared San Jose police officers of excessive force allegations brought by three students after a chaotic Mardi Gras celebration in 2006.
But the civil jury Wednesday deadlocked over whether the officers were liable for damages to a fourth student who claimed she was hit in... Read more
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"Policeman used excessive forc
A URANQUINTY man struck repeatedly with a police baton and sprayed in the face twice with capsicum spray has made an official complaint of excessive force, Wagga District Court was told yesterday.
The complaint was revealed by David Barron, solicitor for Lance Hume Hull, during 69-year-old Hull's appeal against jail terms handed... Read more
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Australia: Police discriminati
A survey of African residents in Melbourne has prompted more allegations of racism in Victoria, this time against the police.
The report by a coalition of Melbourne legal centres claims discriminatory treatment of African youths by police has led to increased tensions.
One such claim of discrimination comes from Ethiopian man Daniel Haile-Michael,... Read more
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Post-Katrina reports detail al
Baton Rouge police officers routinely harassed black people, resorted to unnecessary violence and conducted illegal searches in the days after Hurricane Katrina, out-of-state troopers claimed in reports recently released by the Police Department.
One trooper said Baton Rouge officers referred to black people as “animals” that needed to be beaten down. Troopers... Read more
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Montreal protesters fear cops'
MONTREAL – A group that organizes an annual and controversial anti-police brutality march that last year was the scene of more than 200 arrests says it had nothing do with an attack by vandals early yesterday that left 11 Montreal police squad cars smashed and a neighbourhood police station splashed with... Read more
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Son of Ex-Policeman Says He's
Vasily Astrashabov, a 19-year-old Moscow student, met with friends to go to a movie theater on New Year's Day but caught the eye of police officers seeking the attackers of a married Kyrgyz couple.
Astrashabov was detained, and the Kyrgyz wife identified him as one of the attackers. The husband, who was... Read more
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Woman jailed for asking ‘why'
A woman jailed for 10 hours after she challenged the authority of a policeman has filed suit in federal court against the officers and the Atlanta Police Department, claiming they violated her civil rights, used excessive force on her and subjected her to emotional distress.
The suit said the officers were acting... Read more
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Fresno police narcotics squad
A year after the Fresno Police Department disbanded its major narcotics squad, a criminal case under way in federal court is shedding light on what may have gone wrong.
The case involves Theresa Martinez, who is on trial in U.S. District Court in Fresno, accused of selling drugs to a police informant.
Martinez's... Read more
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Defense begins today in case o
The defense will begin presenting its case today in the official misconduct trial of Wildwood police Sgt. David Romeo.
Romeo, 39, is charged with kicking two handcuffed suspects without provocation while the men were on the ground in a North Wildwood parking lot July 24, 2007.
The two men, Gilbert Haege and Louis... Read more
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No bond for man who claims pol
Bond has been denied for a man who is awaiting a new trial for murder. Cortez Brown has been behind bars for almost 20 years for a 1990 double murder that he maintains he did not commit.
Brown was on death row until former Governor George Ryan gave him and others... Read more
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Man claims cop beat him in res
A south suburban man filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a South Holland police officer, claiming the officer beat him with a firearm in a restaurant bathroom and later gave false testimony about the incident.
Larry Hargrove, of Calumet City, claims South Holland police Officer Shawn Staples assaulted him in the... Read more
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San Francisco police disciplin
San Francisco's system of disciplining police is built to fail. The rules invite delays by accused officers and their union, saddle the part-time Police Commission with extra duties, and undercut efficient management of the 2,000-member force.
As a Chronicle news story on Sunday showed, the process is also costly, idling accused... Read more
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ACLU: Miami Beach cops arrest
'We're sick of all the f***ing fags in the neighborhood,' cops allegedly told gay man
Miami Beach has long had a reputation for being a refuge for gay Americans, but if the ACLU's allegations against the city prove true, people in the LGBT community may want to think twice about retiring to... Read more
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Indianapolis officer accused o
An Indianapolis police officer faces a charge of sexual misconduct after a woman accused him of raping her while he was on duty.
Thirty-three-year-old Courtney Harris was being held on $50,000 bond Tuesday in the Marion County Jail following his weekend arrest.
Court documents say a woman told investigators that Harris... Read more
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Pa. officers accused of beatin
The city of Pittsburgh has suspended three white police officers while officials investigate accusations that they beat up a black teenage arts student who was walking to his grandmother's house after dark, the mayor said Monday.
The city agency that handles police misconduct allegations has agreed to complete its investigation of... Read more
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UK: Police commander compared
A police commander on trial for attacking a web designer in London has been compared to a movie gangster.
Southwark Crown Court has heard Ali Dizaei, 47, fell out with Waad Al-Baghdadi after he demanded £600 for work on Mr Dizaei's personal website.
Mr Al-Baghdadi, 24, called him an "Iranian gangster" and... Read more
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FBI enters probe of police bea
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—The FBI has launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that a white police officer beat a black suspect with a flashlight during a traffic stop, leaving the man partially blind in one eye.
Mayor Domenic Sarno and Police Commissioner William Fitchet said Wednesday that the city had received notification from the... Read more
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Complaints Against NYPD Reache
The city's police watchdog agency released a report today showing that a record number of complaints against police officers was filed in 2009.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board says that last year a total of 7,674 New Yorkers complained about police misconduct, an all-time high.
The New York Civil Liberties Union's Associate Director... Read more
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Tale of the tape? Trial begins
The video clearly shows a King County Sheriff's deputy pummeling a 15-year-old girl inside a holding cell after she had kicked her shoe at him.
But will the video prove beyond a reasonable doubt that then-Deputy Paul Schene used excessive force and should be convicted of a crime? Or, could jurors be... Read more
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Canada: Nearly 1,000 complaint
There were 960 allegations of police misconduct against B.C. municipal police officers reviewed last year — with about one-tenth of those substantiated, according to the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner.
A report by the commissioner shows 97 of the complaints were substantiated — complaints ranging from officers severely beating up suspects... Read more
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India police file fresh compla
Police in Indian state of Haryana have registered fresh complaints against a former senior police officer convicted for molesting a 14-year-old girl.
Two "first information reports" were filed against SPS Rathore for allegedly charging the girl's brother falsely with a number of theft cases.
Mr Rathore sought anticipatory bail following the complaints.... Read more
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San Luis Obispo slated to pay
San Luis Obispo taxpayers are in line to pay $195,000 to a local business owner for alleged excessive force by police officers during a case of mistaken identity and police negligence.
Attorneys for both the city and Jeff Milne, owner of Babbo’s Pizzeria, have agreed to accept mediator Dave Peterson’s settlement suggestion.... Read more
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Witness suggests brutality by
A friend of Kenneth Howe, the Worcester man who died after an alleged confrontation with police last week, has described to investigators a series of events that differs dramatically from authorities’ official version - and suggests that police brutality may have played a role in the death.
The friend, who witnessed the... Read more
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