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Danziger Bridge case suggests
When an investigator needed an identity for a fabricated witness in the Danziger Bridge police shooting, prosecutors say, he looked to his fellow officers for help.
"Hey, somebody give me a name!" the veteran NOPD supervisor allegedly called out to a group of officers. Another cop, former New Orleans police detective Jeffrey... Read more
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Residents of NJ city say cops
CAMDEN, N.J. — Prosecutors say some police officers in one southern New Jersey city have bullied residents for years, making cases by planting drugs on suspects, falsifying police reports, and conducting searches without warrants.
Now four Camden officers are being investigated by a federal grand jury and have been suspended; one officer... Read more
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Officer’s Testimony Supports A
At first, Officer Kevin Maloney kept it all to himself.
During an arrest in a Brooklyn subway station on Oct. 15, 2008, he watched a fellow officer jab a baton between the buttocks of a suspect, and he thought he heard the man moan, Officer Maloney testified on Monday. He listened as... 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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UK: Stephen Lawrence case pair
Fresh suspicions of foul play in the Stephen Lawrence murder case surfaced todaywith the arrest of a former police constable and a serving member of Metropolitan police staff for allegedly withholding evidence from the original murder inquiry.
The swoop on the homes of the men, aged 62 and 53, came after detectives... Read more
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Feds arrest city cop
WOONSOCKET — A city policeman was arraigned Thursday in federal court on criminal charges of beating a 16-year-old boy in police custody and then attempting to engineer a coverup by pressuring fellow officers to lie about his actions to FBI investigators, the U.S. attorney's office said.
Patrolman John H. Douglas, 34, a... Read more
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Hermosa Beach settles police m
The city of Hermosa Beach this week paid more than $200,000 to settle a long-running lawsuit that alleged police misconduct and sparked a federal investigation.
The $212,000 payment finalizes a settlement reached in August, just weeks before the trial date of the suit filed by three people who were arrested in... Read more
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Was Gillette a rogue deputy or
John Gillette was either a rogue deputy or a “squared away” cop whose way of doing business was a model for others in the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office.
Department brass have said Gillette was the latter, even after he had accumulated dozens of internal-affairs complaints. But 42 people -- including accused criminals,... Read more
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LAPD officers charged with per
Three officers are accused of lying under oath in a drug-possession case after defense attorneys show a video that contradicts their testimony. Formal perjury charges against officers are rare.
Three Los Angeles police officers were charged with perjury and conspiracy Tuesday for allegedly lying under oath in a drug-possession case that was... Read more
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Sheriff Indicted
Witness Tampering Charges for Ex-S.C. Lawman who Investigated Susan Smith, Mother Convicted of Drowning her Children in 1994.
The former South Carolina sheriff who investigated the Susan Smith case has been indicted by a federal grand jury with lying to authorities and witness tampering.
U.S. Attorney Walt Wilkins said Monday former Union... Read more
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Denver cops planted bag of pot
A defense attorney for Leo Cisneros accused the Denver police this morning of planting drugs in a child's pocket and of conducting sloppy investigative work, and criticized them for focusing on the victim of a crime rather than the perpetrators.
Cisneros is charged with reckless child abuse resulting in death of his... Read more
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