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A group of San Jose police officers are on the other side of the law, after using what some experts call "excessive force" on an unarmed San Jose student after responding to a roommate dispute.A group of San Jose police officers are on the other side of the law, after using what... more
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According to the local Fox affiliate, "the man then crashed his bicycle and fell into the path of the officer's patrol car."
One witness who spoke to the press indicated that the Taser may have caused the cyclist to fall of his bike. The News Journal reports:
“The man on the bike was on the sidewalk, boogeying down, trying to get away,” [witness Jamison] Boler said. “The policeman fired a Taser out the window. The guy (on the bike) made a U-turn and ditched the bicycle and kind of did a somersault on the ground. Not two seconds later, the cop car just ran over him,” Boler said. “The cop ran up on the curb and hopped out of the car and said, ‘Where are you at?’ The guy was still underneath his car. You can still see his red shoe sticking out.”
Another witness, David Taylor, 25, said the male, who appeared to be a teenager, was dragged after being stuck beneath the police car. “The kid fell off the bike (after being shocked with a stun gun) and then was stumbling because of the momentum,” Taylor said. “It was probably about 10 to 15 feet that the man was drug.”
The police car came to a stop about 35 feet from the male’s bicycle. The man remained pinned beneath the car for more than three hours before the car was removed and his body was taken away.According to the local Fox affiliate, "the man then crashed his bicycle and fell into... more
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You can't be too careful with those guys face down on the ground and their hands behind their head... they might spontaneously combust or something.
Like I've said in the past, we need a system that will make this go away for good!You can't be too careful with those guys face down on the ground and their hands... more
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Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.
The state with the most recorded Taser deaths was California, with 55. Florida ranked second, with 52.
"They are used to protect students and faculties," he said, as well as police officers hired to patrol school grounds.
Just weeks into the 2009-2010 school year, at least one report has surfaced of a student being tased on school grounds. In Topeka, Kan., a teenager at Capital City School was sent to the hospital after being tased, reportedly after "attacking" a school police officer while a Topeka police officer handcuffed him. (According to local media, the student "was being suspended for violating school rules.")Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being... more
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An Oklahoma trooper accused of using excessive force while stopping and arresting a paramedic will receive a five-day suspension without pay for his actions, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol announced Wednesday.
This trooper getting off with only a 5-day suspension when he clearly has anger issues is just outrageous. A cop that abuses or misuses authority needs to be dealt with a lot harsher than that.An Oklahoma trooper accused of using excessive force while stopping and arresting a... more
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A fourteen year old was shot in the head by Tucumcari Police Chief Roger Hatcher, and has recently been released from an Albuquerque hospital after receiving several staples and stitches. The girl's mother brought her to the police station so that they could help her with an argument about the girl's cell phone. Apparently she had been, "sexting" and the mother thought the police could handle her better. Handle her they did after the girl ran out of the police station. Police Chief Hatcher ran after her, finally catching up to her at a park. The girl slowed down, but became scared after Hatcher yelled at her to stop and threatened force with the taser. She started to run again.
"Hatcher said he attempted to catch up to the girl by foot was unable to do so and believes he had no choice but to fire a Taser dart to stop her."
The girl's parents are very upset. Apparently, the girl already suffered from epilepsy, and now is having balance problems. She is also unable to climb steps.A fourteen year old was shot in the head by Tucumcari Police Chief Roger Hatcher, and... more
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An attorney for the family of a 16-year-old boy by shot by a sheriff's deputy in Compton says the teen did not brandish a weapon and posed no threat.
Attorney John E. Sweeney told the Los Angeles Times on Monday that Avery Cody Jr. initially complied with officers demands to stop and put his hands on the car, but ran for an unknown reason and was shot in the back.
Sheriff's Detective Steve Blagg said only that Cody had a loaded handgun when he was shot by a deputy Sunday. He would not respond to Sweeney's comments and said the shooting is still under investigation.
Cody was a high school student at Zinsmeyer Academy in Long Beach, Sweeney said. He had just finished eating with a friend at McDonald's when he was shot.An attorney for the family of a 16-year-old boy by shot by a sheriff's deputy in... more
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A Tennessee jury has found that police did not use excessive force in the case of the man who died after being tased a staggering 19 times.
The victim, 21 year old Patrick Lee was tased by police for resisting arrest outside a nightclub. Reports said that he was “acting strangely” and was under the influence of LSD at the time.
According to local reports, Lee’s parents sued the officers, the local Government authority, and Taser International citing wrongful death. The case against the local Government and Taser International were dismissed in 2006.A Tennessee jury has found that police did not use excessive force in the case of the... more
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Family members of Oscar Grant, the unarmed BART rider shot to death by a transit agency police officer early New Year's Day, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday that seeks $50 million from the agency, its chief of police and three officers.
John Burris, an attorney for the family, had asked for $25 million in a legal claim against BART after Officer Johannes Mehserle shot Grant on the platform of the Fruitvale Station in Oakland.
Grant, 22, of Hayward, and several other young men had been pulled off a Dublin-Pleasanton train by police investigating reports of a fight. He was face-down on the station platform when he was shot, an incident that several passengers recorded on cell-phone cameras.
Mehserle, 27, quit the BART force Jan. 7 and was subsequently charged with murder. His attorney said Mehserle had meant to fire his Taser when he fired a single shot with his pistol.
Burris said Monday that the actions by Mehserle and by BART Officer Tony Pirone, who first detained Grant and five of his friends in the aftermath of the fight, were "more egregious than I initially thought."
The lawsuit Burris filed in U.S. District Court in Oakland on the Grant family's behalf also named Pirone's partner, Marysol Domenici, and Police Chief Gary Gee. The attorney suggested that racism had played a role in Grant's detention and death, an accusation that a lawyer for BART said is not supported by evidence.
Burris wrote that an unidentified officer "directed a racial slur at one of the young men" after they were detained. Grant was African American, and the other detained men were black and Latino, Burris said in the suit.
Dale Allen, an attorney representing BART and the officers in civil court, said Monday that Grant's death was "a tragic accident," citing Mehserle's explanation about trying to fire his Taser.
"BART has been discussing mediation with Mr. Burris in an attempt to bring closure to the Grant family, and will continue to do so," Allen said.
Allen said evidence in the case will show that Grant and his friends "had been identified as having been involved in an altercation on the train" and that officers had properly detained them. He said racism was not a factor in the case and that officers had uttered "absolutely no racial slurs."
Burris said Pirone struck Grant without good reason minutes before Grant was shot, and that Domenici threatened to "tase" the young men in the face. Pirone's attorney, Bill Rapoport, has said Grant provoked Pirone's blow by trying to knee the officer in the groin.
Burris filed the lawsuit on behalf of Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, as well as Sophina Mesa, who was Grant's girlfriend and is raising the couple's 4-year-old daughter.
BART spokesman Linton Johnson said Monday that a criminal investigation into the actions of Pirone and the other officers on the platform will soon be turned over to Alameda County prosecutors for a decision on possible charges.Family members of Oscar Grant, the unarmed BART rider shot to death by a transit... more
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Nearly 98 percent of emergency room physicians report that they believe some patients were victims of suspected excessive force by police, a national survey concludes. Yet most of the suspected incidents went unreported because no laws require physicians to alert authorities.
The survey of 315 physicians, contained in the January issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal and based on 2002 data, is believed to be the first doctors' account of suspected police brutality, says H. Range Hutson, the lead author and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Harvard.Nearly 98 percent of emergency room physicians report that they believe some patients... more
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the debate continues... but even a UN Committee concluded "...these weapons cause(s) acute pain, constituting a form of torture"... how many dead civilians is it going to take?
"Human rights group Amnesty International is renewing its call for a moratorium on Taser use after recent tests commissioned by CBC News and Radio-Canada found some of the stun guns deliver a higher level of electricity than the manufacturer promises."
The posts on current alone, related to this subject, are grim:
- "video captues police repeatedly shocking UCLA student"
- "hospital security guard tasers man with baby
- "An Orlando police officer Tasered an autistic middle school student"
- "Michigan police taser newlyweds during wedding reception"
- "Missouri police taser injured boy 19 times"
- "Lieutenant in deadly taser case commits suicide"
- "man tasered, causing him to fall to his death"
- "Virginia cops taser autistic man for arguing"
- "Police taser a blind woman with cancer"
- "police punched teen 13 times in face, then taser him "
- "Police officer tasers black youth to death"
- "Minnesota state troopers killed a healthy 27 year old by taser"the debate continues... but even a UN Committee concluded "...these weapons cause(s)... more
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No on 8 Rally Police Brutality - How many LAPD officers does it take to restrain one protester?
No on 8 Rally Police Brutality - How many LAPD officers does it take to restrain one... more
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A New York police officer puts CBS cameraman in a choke hold while he was filming a peaceful protest. Ridiculous violation of freedom of the press.A New York police officer puts CBS cameraman in a choke hold while he was filming a... more
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A Grady County Oklahoma Sheriff's Deputy shot a dog belonging to Grady County resident Tammy Christopher and the incident is now making news as shown on a video clip posted at The Agitator blog by Radley Balko and on Youtube.
As reported by The Grady County Express Star, Christopher has filed a $25,000 claim against Grady County, The State of Oklahoma and Grady County Deputy Sean Knight for the wrongful shooting of her dog.
The claim states that Knight was on duty serving tax warrants when he pulled onto Christopher's property to ask for directions. When he got out of his vehicle, the dog reportedly approached Knight, who pulled his service weapon and shot the dog in the head.
The claim also says Knight "grossly over reacted and did not attempt to get back in his car or utilize any less than lethal methods" and that statements provided to Brunson's office "contain several glaring discrepancies compared to the security video of the shooting. It is clear the Grady County Sheriff's office is attempting to justify the shooting of the dog."
In the news clip, Christopher claims the Sheriff's department said the dog was trying to attack the deputy. When Christopher told the Sheriff's department that her home security video system captured the incident, the Sheriff's department changed their story, offered her money to keep quiet, and told her not to show the video to anybody.A Grady County Oklahoma Sheriff's Deputy shot a dog belonging to Grady County resident... more
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