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Dead Black Man Was Tasered Nine Times by White Cop

A 21 year old black man in Winnfield, Louisiana, named Baron "Scooter" Pikes, was tasered 9 times in 14 minutes by a white police officer in January after he was arrested and handcuffed. He died. Seems a tad excessive to me. However, here's the story of his arrest and subsequent death according to the police report by the arresting officers:

Father wants justice in Thai slaying

Leo John Del Pinto

Freed hacker could work for police - 16 Jul 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news

Who says crime doesn't pay?

Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

Senate Moves Forward on Orwellian Bill

n the wake of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins\\\\\\' (R-ME) alarmist report, "Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorism Threat," the Senate may be moving towards passage of the Orwellian "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" (S. 1959).

Transit riders tasered for trying to avoid paying fares

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: According to documents provided in response to a Freedom of Information request, police patrolling public transit in the Metro Vancouver area have used tasers 10 times in the past 18 months, including five occasions in which victims had been accosted for riding free.

Police lose sex offenders

Police have admitted losing track of eight sex offenders who are meant to be living in the community.

Mugger left me for dead

A pensioner has told how she was mugged on the doorstep of her home and left for dead.

TV crew blamed for traffic chaos

Thousands of motorists faced traffic chaos because a television crew was filming a documentary.

Inside the death flat

Man lay dead inside a Bristol flat for eight years

Hoover had plan for mass arrests

WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a plan to suspend the rules against illegal detention and arrest up to 12,000 Americans he suspected of being disloyal, according to a newly declassified document.

Primetime Lies: How ABC News Cheers Police Brutality / Pierre Tristam [Candide's Notebooks]

Why is ABC News so eager to justify cop brutality and belittle public reactions to videos of police brutalizing and murdering people?

Nypd Investigates Cabbies Against Bush

NYPD INVESTIGATES CABBIES AGAINST BUSH I was one of the founders of Cabbies Against Bush, organized during the Republican Convention of 2004. The Daily News and the New York Times have reported that Cabbies Against Bush were investigated by the NYPD during the convention.

FOXNews.com - Texas DA Won't Prosecute Any Pedophiles Nabbed in NBC 'Predator' Show - Local News Ar

MURPHY, Texas A sting in which police teamed up with "Dateline NBC" to catch online pedophiles was supposed to send a flinty-eyed, Texas-style warning about this Dallas suburb: Don't mess with Murphy. Instead, it has turned into a fiasco. One of the 25 men caught in the sting a prosecutor from a neighboring county committed suicide when police came to arrest him. The Murphy city manager who approved the operation lost his job in the ensuing furor. And the district attorney

GOP Convention Papers Ordered Opened

The city had contended that the documents should remain confidential, saying opening them would jeopardize the city's rights to a fair trial. Lawsuits allege that the city violated constitutional rights when it arrested more than 1,800 people at the convention. The judge stayed his ruling for 10 days. Peter Farrell, a city lawyer, said the city is considering an appeal.