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  • January 2008

    • At Least 13 Dead in Kenyan Protests

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 18, 08 11:35 AM CST

      At Least 13 Dead in Kenyan Protests

      At least 13 people were killed today in Kenya as police fired into crowds of protesters and rival tribes attacked one another in a continued response to the disputed presidential election, Reuters reports. Today marked the third and final day of oppositional political protests, which were met with lethal force. Police deny they have shot unarmed protesters. More »

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      protests  • Kenya  • police  • Kenyan elections  • ethnic warfare

    • Sarko's Son Pens Song for Angry Rapper

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jan 9, 08 10:53 AM CST

      Sarko's Son Pens Song for Angry Rapper

      A rapper who hates French President Nicolas Sarkozy has recorded a tune by the president's own 23-year-old son, the Times of London reports. Sarko junior, a hip-hop producer who goes by the name Mosey, helped produce rapper Poison's music and threw in some lyrics. "The guy brought me music," Poison said. "He does good sh**." But Poison didn't know Mosey was really Sarko junior. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • police  • hip-hop  • rap music  • music videos

  • December 2007

    • Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Dec 29, 07 10:30 AM CST

      Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

      The first chaotic hour after an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo killed a 17-year-old man on Christmas is revealed in riveting detail in the transcript of the police log released by authorities yesterday. The report shows that zoo employees first thought the injured man who reported the escaped Siberian tiger was crazy, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, perhaps slowing the urgency of the police response. More »

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      San Francisco  • police  • San Francisco Zoo  • tigers  • Tatiana

    • Chicago to Pay $20M in Cop Torture Cases

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 8, 07 3:12 PM CST

      Chicago to Pay $20M in Cop Torture Cases

      The city of Chicago has agreed to pay almost $20 million to settle lawsuits by four black men who alleged they were tortured into false confessions by police, the New York Times reports. The settlement with the former death row inmates, pardoned in 2003, "speaks volumes about the seriousness of the systematic torture, abuse, and cover-up that went on in the city of Chicago for decades,” said one lawyer. More »

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      lawsuit  • Chicago  • torture  • police  • race relations  • settlement  • police brutality

    • Drew Peterson Feels Betrayed

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 7, 07 11:20 AM CST

      Drew Peterson Feels Betrayed

      It really got to Drew Peterson: his picture on a pinata at a vigil last weekend for his missing wife, Stacy. The former Illinois police sergeant, a suspect in Stacy's presumed murder, complains to the Chicago Tribune that he's been shunned by friends and former buddies on the force. He laments that police officers "who I would have jumped in front of a bullet for" now give him the cold shoulder. More »

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      police  • Illinois  • Drew Peterson  • Stacy Peterson  • homicide  • missing woman

    • Cops Accused of Protecting Peterson

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 1, 07 9:09 AM CST

      Cops Accused of Protecting Peterson

      In the two years before Kathleen Savio was found dead in a bathtub, local police responded to 18 domestic disturbance calls at the suburban Chicago house she shared with policeman husband Drew Peterson, AP reports. Charges were filed twice—against her. Her death is now suspected to be murder and the town's residents wonder if  their cops protected one of their own. More »

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      murder  • police  • Illinois  • Drew Peterson  • Kathleen Savio

    • Taser Trooper Cleared

      newser  |  Deseret News (Salt Lake)  |  Dec 1, 07 6:46 AM CST

      Taser Trooper Cleared

      A Utah Highway Patrolman who Tasered a motorist in the back has been cleared of wrongdoing, the Deseret Morning News reports. A public-safety panel found that cop Jon Gardner had been justified in zapping motorist Jon Massey as he was walking back to his car after a traffic stop. Gardner has been getting death threats since Massey posted a dash-cam video on YouTube, where it's been viewed over a million times. More »

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      YouTube  • police  • Utah  • highways  • Taser

  • November 2007

    • Violent Crime Rate Down in Several Cities

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Nov 29, 07 10:33 AM CST

      Violent Crime Rate Down in Several Cities

      The crime surge of the last two years seems to be petering out, according to a new study by a police research group. The 2005-2006 rise in violent crime rates had been the first sustained jump in over a decade, but the new report shows that the numbers of murders, robberies and aggravated assaults are down in major jurisdictions in the first half of this year. More »

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      crime  • Los Angeles  • Detroit  • police  • Washington DC  • Boston  • Minneapolis  • Houston  • Denver  • Baltimore  • violent crime  • US cities

    • Man Dies After Police Zap Him With Taser

      newser  |  CNN  |  Nov 19, 07 4:26 AM CST

      Man Dies After Police Zap Him With Taser

      A 20-year-old man died yesterday after Maryland police shocked him with a Taser during a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy, according to police. Deputies responded to a call to find four people fighting. Police used a Taser on one of the men, who fell unconscious and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said. More »

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      police  • civilian casualties  • Taser  • stun gun

    • You'd Better Silence That Spray Paint

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 16, 07 9:11 AM CST

      You'd Better Silence That Spray Paint

      If you’re going out to tag in Montebello, Calif., consider using a paintbrush. The Los Angeles neighborhood has spent $1 million on an anti-graffiti system that can hear aerosol cans up to 80 feet away. The 25 “tagger traps” employ sound sensors to catch graffiti artists red-(or blue- or green-) handed the moment they deface public spaces, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      crime  • Los Angeles  • police  • graffiti  • aerosol

    • Italian Soccer Fans Riot After Shooting

      newser  |  BBC  |  Nov 11, 07 7:11 PM CST

      Italian Soccer Fans Riot After Shooting

      The police shooting of an Italian soccer fan sparked riots and police clashes across the country today, the BBC reports. Hundreds in Rome torched a bus, smashed cop cars, and attacked a police barracks. In Milan, one game was stopped when angry fans tried to storm the field; more violence erupted in southern Italy at lower league games. "It was a tragic error," a police chief said of the killing. More »

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      Italy  • protests  • police  • soccer  • Olympic Games  • Rome  • Milan  • riot  • Tuscany

    • Yank Changes Story in UK Roomie's Death

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 11, 07 2:37 PM CST

      Yank Changes Story in UK Roomie's Death

      The American flatmate of a murdered UK student has reversed her story a second time, telling Italian police that she wasn't home at the time of Meredith Kercher's death, the Guardian reports. Kercher's body, meanwhile, was flown home despite a move by lawyers for the suspects—Seattle native Amanda Knox, her Italian boyfriend, and local bar owner Patrick Lumumba— for more time to dismantle claims about time of death. More »

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      police  • Rome  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • Perugia  • Raffaele Sollecito  • exchange student

    • Cops Raid Gov't Offices in Olmert Fraud Inquiry

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 11, 07 10:05 AM CST

      Cops Raid Gov't Offices in Olmert Fraud Inquiry

      Israeli police confiscated documents from 20 sites today as part of a probe into fraud allegations against PM Ehud Olmert, reports Reuters. Some 100 department of fraud officers stormed the trade and industry ministry, the Jewish National Fund, and private law offices, among others. Olmert is accused of securing an illegal discount on a luxury home he purchased in Jerusalem. More »

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      Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • police  • fraud  • Jerusalem  • raids

  • October 2007

    • Slow Down! Your Neighbors May Have Radar Guns

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Oct 27, 07 9:57 PM CDT

      Slow Down! Your Neighbors May Have Radar Guns

      No more flying under your neighbors’ radar: Police departments across the US are enlisting residents to help catch speeders, USA Today reports. Officers loan radar guns to regular folks;  drivers going, typically, more than 13mph over the limit receive warning letters. And it’s not just teens who are caught putting the pedal to the metal. Soccer moms with lead feet get their share of warnings, says one officer. More »

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      police  • speeding  • neighbors  • radar gun

    • Hundreds Die in Police Custody Each Year

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 12, 07 3:20 PM CDT

      Hundreds Die in Police Custody Each Year

      More than 2,000 people died during arrests in 2003-05, the first Justice Department figures on suspect deaths reveal, and more than half of them perished at the hands of law-enforcement officers.  Officers reported 80% of suspects they killed had threatened or assaulted them with a weapon, the Times reports. More »

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      police  • arrest

    • Arrest of Woman Who Died in Custody Caught on Tape

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Oct 5, 07 7:45 AM CDT

      Arrest of Woman Who Died in Custody Caught on Tape

      Phoenix police yesterday released airport surveillance footage of a woman clearly distraught and resisting arrest shortly before her death in a security holding cell. The silent video shows Carol Gotbaum doubled over and apparently screaming as passengers stare. She struggles with police called to the scene and locks her legs when they take her into custody.  More »

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      police  • death  • airport  • rehab  • alcohol abuse  • Phoenix  • strangulation  • Airport Police  • Gotbaum  • Carol Gotbaum

    • Cops' Arrest Contests Spark Outrage

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 4, 07 3:54 AM CDT

      Cops' Arrest Contests Spark Outrage

      Contests by Southern California cops to see who can arrest the most people are sparking outrage across the nation. The object of one, called "Operation Any Booking," was the maximum number of arrests in a 24-hour period. The reward? "Bragging rights," said a Los Angeles deputy. "It's just a friendly competition to have a little fun,"  he told the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      Los Angeles  • police  • arrest  • contest

  • September 2007

    • Police Who Tasered Student Placed on Leave

      newser  |  CNN  |  Sep 19, 07 5:15 AM CDT

      Police Who Tasered Student Placed on Leave

      Two University of Florida police officers who used a stun gun on a 21-year-old student at a campus forum with John Kerry have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation, CNN reports. Disturbing video of the incident, in which the student pleaded with police not to taser him, has been viewed around the world. More »

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      police  • John Kerry  • University of Florida  • Taser  • stun gun  • forum  • Andrew Meyer

    • Officer Resigns After Racist YouTube Rants

      newser  |  Columbus Dispatch  |  Sep 15, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      Officer Resigns After Racist YouTube Rants

      The Ohio patrol officer who made racially charged comments in homemade videos posted on YouTube resigned yesterday, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Susan Purtee, who was reassigned to desk duty after the videos drew national attention, will resign effective Sept. 22 and seek retirements from an unnamed disability. “Clearly, she does not deserve to wear the badge,” Columbus’ mayor said. More »

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      YouTube  • police  • racism  • anti-Semitism  • Bill O'Reilly

    • Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Sep 14, 07 7:00 AM CDT

      Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead

      Miami-Dade police last night cornered and shot dead the man suspected of killing one cop and wounding three others with an assault rifle yesterday morning. Officers tracked Shawn Sherwin LaBeet to a suburban apartment complex and fired when they saw he was heavily armed. "He's dead and you can quote me,'' one cop told the Miami Herald. More »

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      murder  • police  • cop killer  • Miami Dade

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