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One current and one former Ambridge police officer pleaded not guilty today to federal civil rights and obstruction of justice charges.
A grand jury accused Richard Heitzenrater, 60, of Ambridge of using excessive force during the Feb. 20 arrest of David Andrew Baker, 41, of Ambridge. Baker is awaiting trial on state charges of public drunkenness, indecent exposure, open lewdness, corruption of minors and disorderly conduct.
During the arrest, Heitzenrater struck and kneed Baker in the head and body, according to an indictment. Heitzenrater has since retired from the police f... Read more
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Times of India - India
20 December 2005
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'Moral police' beat up Meerut
MEERUT: Even as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chief has demanded a report from the police, the officials have ordered a probe into the circumstances in which scores of girls in a park were brutally beaten by the Meerut police on Monday afternoon.
Meerut police range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) R K Vishwakarma said, "It can not be denied that there have been excesses. We have taken the matter seriously. Meerut SP (rural) has been ordered to inquire and submit a report. The guilty will not be spared."
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, there were protests against Monday's police high-handedness in the Company Gardens of the cantonment area. At the university gate, students shouted slogans and burnt an effigy of the police chief, demanding suspensions of police officers involved in beating up of girls.
According to eye witnesses, a strong police force stormed into the Company Gardens on Monday afternoon, rushing to spots where males and females were seated in couples.
Woman police officers pulled women by their hair, repeatedly slapped, kicked and abused them.
Then, they actually dragged the women to vehicles that were waiting to take them to the police station. Here, their parents were summoned. And, finally, with oral warnings against public misbehaviour, they were finally allowed to go.
None of the victims were willing to speak to the media. But, university student leaders said the police behaved in a sadistic manner.
Said former Students Federation of India Meerut vice chief, Soran Singh, "The most respected people go to Company Gardens. And, nobody had complained about any obscenity or misbehaviour. The police behaved uproariously in beating up women."
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