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Police Misconduct NewsWatch for 02-06-10

Normally, for the weekly Police Misconduct NewsWatch feature, I review a few of the numerous police misconduct stories that we’ve tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed during the preceding week that I think didn’t get enough notice or that people seemed to take an interest in….

This week was rather busy so there are, [...]

Massive Riverside California Raids Spark Community Outcry

Still image from television report covering a January 27, 2010 massive police raid operation in Riverside California showing militaristic-looking police returning from raids on 100 homes in an armored personnel transport.

From April to December of last year the NPMSRP tracked 61 reports of raid-related police misconduct ranging from wrong-door raids, faulty search warrants, [...]

You Said That On The Radio?!?

So I woke up this morning to see that the news segment on WFAE in Charlotte North Carolina ran where I was interviewed and asked about what Charlotte Police Department’s record means in terms of the number of police officers that have been brought up on criminal charges within the last year.

…and after listening to [...]

Police Misconduct NewsWatch - The Higher Standard Quiz Edition

Something a little different for our weekly police misconduct news wrap-up where we take the stories collected by our National Police Misconduct News Feed for the week and take a look at a few in a bit more detail. This time, I thought maybe it was time for a little quiz.

So sharpen your pencils and [...]

Paul Schene Trial Ends In Hung Jury, Surprised?

Video from a SeaTac holding cell that led to charges being filed against King County Deputy Paul Schene of misdemeanor fourth degree assault on 15-year-old Malika Calhoun.

King County Washington deputy Paul Schene’s trial on misdemeanor assault charges for the videotaped beating of 15-year-old Malika Calhoun has resulted in a hung jury today and the judge [...]

Police Misconduct NewsWatch for 01-16-10

It’s time once again for our weekly Police Misconduct NewsWatch where we select a few of the stories we tracked since last week, about 75 of them this week, and write a bit more about them than we can on the National Police Misconduct News Feed where we track all these reports.

However, I always find [...]

Police Misconduct News Watch for 01-09-10

Time once again for the weekly Police Misconduct News Watch where we review a few of the stories in the news over the last week as captured on our National Police Misconduct News Feed.

All This For Running A Stop Sign?

A West Valley Utah police officer is being sued by a man claiming he [...]

Officer-Involved Sexual Misconduct Starts New Years with Surge in Cases

William Grigg at LewRockwell.com wrote today about a few of the recent cases of sexual misconduct by law enforcement officers in the news over the last few months… it’s a good piece, I recommend it, yet he only grazes the very tip of the iceberg.

Of the 71 reports of police misconduct that we’ve [...]

Police Misconduct NewsWatch for 12-12-09

Time for another weekly Police Misconduct NewsWatch where we take a look at a few of the 93 incidents our National Police Misconduct NewsFeed has captured this week.

Canadian SciFi Author Beaten By Border Patrol

First, one story that’s burning up the blogosphere but hasn’t yet been reported in the MSM comes via BoingBoing. Canadian science fiction [...]

News Feed Miscellany

I’ve been exceptionally busy today, but at least the police misconduct news feed has been somewhat quiet for a Monday so it all balanced out. However, there were some interesting stories out today that deserve a little more detail than what was released in the press… so let’s take a look at a [...]