By Packratt, on February 6th, 2010
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, [...]
By Packratt, on February 4th, 2010
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, [...]
By Packratt, on January 25th, 2010
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 [...]
By Packratt, on January 24th, 2010
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 [...]
By Packratt, on January 22nd, 2010
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 [...]
By Packratt, on January 16th, 2010
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 [...]
By Packratt, on January 9th, 2010
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 [...]
By Packratt, on January 8th, 2010
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 [...]
By Packratt, on December 12th, 2009
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 [...]
By Packratt, on December 8th, 2009
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 [...]