National Crime Watch: Police, Part 2 : Indybay

National Crime Watch: Police

Period: Tuesday, 2004/06/29 through Thursday, 2004/07/01

The Usual Suspects: continued

STREET: I WON'T TOLERATE ANY CORRUPTION
Philadelphia Daily News (subscription), PA - 21 hours ago
... slightest corruption.". "The word is out there, it's clear, that we aren't going to tolerate any kind of official misconduct. We ...

Former Police Chief Appeals Conviction
WKYT, KY - Jun 30, 2004
A Pulaski County jury convicted Godby on one count of official misconduct and one count of intimidating a witness. Special Judge ...

Court: Citizens can seek grand jury probe
Newark Star Ledger, NJ - Jun 29, 2004
... those people.". "It certainly opens up the door to a whole new area for going after official misconduct," Loigman said. Actually, the ...

Post-Rodney King reforms are tested
USA Today - 1 hour ago
... They have been condemning excessive use of force and are following investigation procedures put in place after earlier cases of police brutality. ...

Police brutality lawsuit ends with settlement Settlement keeps ...
Laurel Leader, MD - 12 hours ago
By Harold Goodridge. City officials have agreed to pay a man suing the Laurel Police Department $400,000, closing a three-year-old ...

LA Weekly's Patriot Acts
PR Newswire (press release) - Jun 30, 2004
... In addition, Robert Greene reports on the ceremonious act of addressing the police brutality inflicted upon car thief Stanley Miller and how it compares to the ...

Danville man alleges police brutality
Danville Advocate, KY - Jun 30, 2004
By TODD KLEFFMAN. A Danville man who was beaten by city police officers while being arrested Monday says the officers used excessive ...

Jury to get case of man claiming police brutality in Grand Rapids
The Grand Rapids Press, MI - Jun 30, 2004
... Boncher said police instigated the incident, and Navarro was the victim of police brutality -- including beating Navarro while he was handcuffed and kicked in ...

Elburn police put past behind them
Elburn Herald, IL - 7 hours ago
... residents. Among the allegations were reports that officers were writing too many tickets and were showing excessive force or acting in a threatening manner. ...

Rights groups protest shooting
The Californian, CA - 15 hours ago
... St., Salinas. The groups called for the district attorney's office to file excessive-force charges against Shaffer. Berkley Brannon ...

Ex-detective avoids prison pending outcome of appeal
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 20 hours ago
... lawyers the facility where the long-time law enforcement officer will serve his sentence of more than seven years for use of excessive force, obstruction of ...

Freak injury' kills man in police custody
Times Picayune, LA - 21 hours ago
... impaired if he or she is driving. Hunter said it does not appear the deputies used excessive force. He has placed the three deputies ...

Alabama man dies after altercation in New Orleans jail
Times Picayune, LA - Jun 30, 2004
... at least two officers. Hunter said investigators "don't feel at this point that excessive force was used.". Orleans Parish Coroner ...

Court orders Schenectady to turn over police conduct info
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - Jun 30, 2004
... The NYCLU sought the records amid a series of incidents in which citizens complained that Schenectady police were using excessive force, especially against ...

Man dies in Dallas police custody
WFAA (subscription), TX - Jun 29, 2004
Police said he was resisting arrest, but friends of Pedro Fernandez said officers used excessive force, which they believe lead to his death. ...

Paper: Man beaten by LA officer denies he had wire cutters; ...
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Jun 29, 2004
... The eight officers involved in Miller's arrest have been placed on administrative duty, and three will be investigated for possible use of excessive force. ...

Man slain by police was shot in back
Boston Globe, MA - 20 hours ago
... I'm trying to wait until they complete their investigation but I don't feel good about the fact that he was shot in the back of the head at all," said the Rev. ...

Officer says he was targeted after making bias charge
Palm Beach Post, FL - 25 minutes ago
... Pleasant was working an off-duty detail at the 45th Street flea market and was trying to break up an argument between the man and a woman he suspected of ...

State trooper allegedly shoots brother in altercation
WKRN, TN - 7 hours ago
... Investigators say she was off-duty Thursday morning when her brother, Bilbrew, came over. Police say there was an argument that turned violent. ...

Metro police to release more information on officer's arrest
KRNV, NV - 14 hours ago
Las Vegas police are expected to say more Thursday about why an off-duty police sergeant was arrested earlier this week. Lawrence ...

Real World fans present problems for city police
Daily Pennsylvanian, PA - 19 hours ago
... On May 8, a Philadelphia police officer detailed to The Real World house was assaulted by a group of five men -- including two off-duty police officers -- that ...

DALLAS & STATE DIGEST
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX - 19 hours ago
... of an internal probe found that McClain "failed to respond to a major police incident" when he instead went to his part-time, off-duty, neighborhood patrol job ...

BURNING A BUDDY
New York Post, NY - 22 hours ago
... labor fit. The police aren't on strike. But off-duty cops have taken to following the mayor wherever he goes. They're picketing ...

Sheriff's deputy hospitalized after accidentally shot
Bonita Daily News, FL - Jun 30, 2004
... At 12:40 pm while off duty, sheriff's Sgt. Donald Laurinaitis, 38, grabbed a small duffel bag by the handles inside his bedroom. ... (he accidentally shot himself...)

Burbank cop, his wife beat up at White Sox game
Chicago Daily Southtown, IL - Jun 30, 2004
... He provoked it. He's an off-duty cop abusing his authority.". Before the beating, a Sox usher told the Vicarios to stop cursing, prosecutors said. ...

Pekin police officer shoots self in accident
Peoria Journal Star, IL - Jun 29, 2004
PEKIN - A Pekin police officer was hospitalized in fair condition Monday after accidentally shooting himself while off duty and getting out of a canoe Sunday. ...

Ex-Cop Gets 2 Years In Prison For Sex With Minor
News4Jax.com, FL - 8 hours ago
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A former Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer was sentenced 2 years in prison and 3 years of probation for attempted lewd battery on a minor. ...

Wayne deputy is facing charges
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Jun 30, 2004
... for filing, both felonies. He was also charged with third-degree perjury, a misdemeanor. He has been suspended. The Sheriff’s ...

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