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NEWS ABOUT: police brutality

police brutality stories: 32 news summaries

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VIRAL VIDEO

 San Jose Suspends 
 Cops in Student Beating 

Officers suspended, officials 'concerned' over use of force

Oct 26, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four San Jose police officers videotaped as they beat and tasered a college student have been placed on administrative leave pending an official review. A grainy cell phone video shows the officers using nightsticks to repeatedly strike Phuong Ho, 20, after responding to a domestic disturbance call last month. Ho... More »

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California • police • San Jose • Taser • police brutality • college student

Police Brutality? It Could Just Be Excited Delirium

Research may help clear cops who end up with dead perps

Aug 8, 09 6:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - New research could help exonerate police officers accused of using excessive force to restrain unruly perpetrators, New Scientist reports. So far the American Medical Association has not recognized “excited delirium,” a condition describing an agitated, combative person who exhibits superhuman strength and high body temperature—a rare condition... More »

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police • cocaine • heart failure • dopamine • American Medical Association • police brutality • sudden death • body temperature

(Newser) - Henry Louis Gates and Barack Obama have been “very publicly slapped down for speaking up and speaking out about police misbehavior,” but African-Americans “need to roar out their anger at such treatment,” Bob Herbert writes in the New York Times. Gates, not the officer who arrested... More »

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Barack Obama • racial profiling • police brutality • African-Americans • blacks • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Skip Gates

 London Cops 
 Waterboarded 
 Drug Suspects: 
 Report 

Officers also accused of fabricating evidence, theft

Jun 10, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - London police subjected accused pot dealers to waterboarding, charges a major inquiry into corruption and police brutality in the British capital. The investigation also claims that officers fabricated evidence and stole property from suspects in a drug case. Six officers are facing criminal proceedings, reports the Times of London, but... More »

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torture • War on Drugs • London • United Kingdom • Scotland Yard • waterboarding • police brutality

New Yorker Who Cracked G20 Death Case Backs Probe

London visitor came forward with evidence of police attack

Apr 9, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New Yorker whose video revealed a police attack on a man who died during the G20 protests is glad the footage has led to an investigation, he tells the Guardian. The fund manager, who attended the London protests out of curiosity, came forward with the footage after hearing of... More »

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London • protests • Britain • police brutality • G20 • Ian Tomlinson

G20 Cop Attack Sparks Demand for Investigation

Officials seek probe in death of man knocked down by riot police

Apr 8, 09 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - British officials are calling for a criminal investigation into a police attack on a man who died during the G20 protests in London last week, the Daily Telegraph reports. Video of the incident, shot by a New Yorker in town on business, shows a "sickening and unprovoked attack" by... More »

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London • protests • Scotland Yard • death • police brutality • G20 • riot police

Man Died in G20 Protest After Clash With Cops: Witnesses

They saw news agent collapse after clash with cops

Apr 6, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - London police are interviewing witnesses who reported seeing cops attack a man shortly before he collapsed and died during last week's G20 protests, reports the Guardian. The 47-year-old news agent hit his head on the pavement after the clash, according to reports. The confrontation occurred as riot police with dogs... More »

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London • police • protests • riots • Britain • police brutality • G20 • protesters

(Newser) - The Seattle teen whose jailhouse beating at the hands of a sheriff’s deputy has sparked internet outrage screamed “I’m not resisting” during the attack, the Post-Intelligencer reports. “It was horrible,” said Malika Calhoun, charged with stealing a friend’s mother’s car. “My head... More »

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Washington • Seattle • police brutality • teenager • sheriff • car theft • Malika Calhoun • Paul Schene

ANALYSIS

Supreme Court Enters the Age of YouTube

Bringing video
evidence into cases changes judges' role

Mar 3, 09 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Florida man who was Tasered by police three times after being stopped for speeding has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear his case. But that petition begins not with an affidavit or legal precedent; rather, he included a link to a YouTube video depicting what seems to be severe... More »

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YouTube • Stephen Breyer • video • police brutality • US Supreme Court • evidence

 Video Captures 
 Cop Tackling 
 Teen Girl in Cell 

Girl tackled, apparently punched after kicking off her shoes in Seattle cell

Mar 1, 09 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A video of a Seattle cop hurling a 15-year-old girl to the floor of a holding cell and apparently punching her in the head has been released by prosecutors trying the officer for excessive force. "This case is beyond police misconduct, it's criminal misconduct," said the lead prosecutor.... More »

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crime • police • assault • police brutality • teenager • car theft

(Newser) - More than 1,000 protesters took to the streets of downtown Oakland this evening to protest the New Year's Day shooting of an unarmed black man by a transit officer, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The protest comes hours after the officer, who has since resigned, was arrested and charged... More »

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Oakland • police brutality • BART • police shooting




 SF Cop Charged 
 in BART Slaying 

Ex-officer surrendered on suspicion of murder

Jan 14, 09 7:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on New Year's Day, sparking San Francisco-area riots, was arrested last night in Nevada on suspicion of murder, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Sources say Johannes Mehserle, 27, had fled California after receiving death threats in the wake of Oscar Grant's... More »

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San Francisco • police • mob • protests • video • race riot • Oakland • Ron Dellums • riots • suspect • Taser • police brutality • shooting • BART • Oscar Grant • Johannes Mehserle

 SF-Area Riots Erupt Over 
 Fatal Shooting By Cop 

Storefronts, cars destroyed as 200 protesters storm Oakland

Jan 8, 09 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - An angry mob protesting a cop's fatal shooting of an unarmed man stormed Oakland last night, hurling rocks at cars and storefronts, and lighting garbage on fire. About 200 protesters—including a core group of self-proclaimed communists—began peacefully at the subway stop where an officer killed a 22-year-old passenger... More »

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San Francisco • police • mob • protests • race riot • Oakland • riots • police brutality

Britain Buzzes Over Plan to Give Bobbies Tasers

Opponents fret over potential misuse, loss of gentle image

Dec 11, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A plan to outfit London’s iconic, and traditionally unarmed, bobbies with Tasers has lawmakers and police worrying about potential misuse and tarnishing the UK’s gentle image—which has included arms-free policing since 1829, the Christian Science Monitor notes. Over the past 20 years, 37 officers have been killed... More »

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London • police • Amnesty International • Taser • police brutality

 Cops Egg On Greek 
 Rioters as Strike Fizzles 

Meanwhile, few attend economic protest

Dec 10, 08 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Athens police said yesterday that they were pursuing a de-escalation strategy, but the scene that unfolded outside Athens Polytechnic last night didn’t look like de-escalation. As black-clad rioters shouted slogans from behind the university’s fence, police on the other side threw rocks at them, yelling “Come on... More »

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police • Greece • Athens • riots • police brutality • anarchists

 30 Injured as 
 Greek Riots Rage On 

Police see no sign of protests' end

Dec 8, 08 3:08 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 30 people have been injured and streets ripped apart as thousands of protesters torched buildings, smashed windows and battled Greek police in a second day of pitched rioting in downtown Athens and other cities, the Guardian reports. "I've never seen anything like this," said a store... More »

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protests • Greece • unemployment • Athens • riots • police brutality • anarchists

Cop-Killer in China Inspires Strong Public Support

Many applaud man for taking on abusive arm of state; he confessed, will be executed

Nov 14, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Public sentiment in China seems to be coming down squarely on the side of a man convicted of entering a Shanghai police station and stabbing six officers to death, the Washington Post reports. Yang Jia, who confessed to the murders, had twice claimed to be the victim of police brutality;... More »

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China • crime • murder • cop killer • police brutality • Chinese judiciary • Yang Jia

Cops Made Mistake in Taser Death: NYPD Commish

Kelly underscores success rate of emergency-response units

Sep 30, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last week's Tasering of an emotionally disturbed man that led to his death was a "mistake" by New York police officers, commissioner Raymond Kelly admitted yesterday. Two cops involved in the incident have been put on desk duty, and the entire 440-member Emergency Service squad will undergo a retraining... More »

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NYPD • police • training • Taser • accidental death • police brutality • Raymond Kelly

 Naked NY Man Falls 
 to Death After Cops' Taser 

Stunned suspect falls to his death from fire Brooklyn escape

Sep 25, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A naked man fell to his death yesterday in Brooklyn after police fired a Taser at him, the New York Post reports. The man, 35-year-old Iman Morales, had been ranting on a second-story fire escape. His mother begged police not to hurt him, saying he was sick, but when Morales... More »

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NYPD • police • Brooklyn • Taser • police brutality • public nudity

OPINION

Obama Arrives Late for Race Debate

Cosby launched conversation in 2004, journalist argues

Jul 21, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The black community has already started the conversation Barack Obama wants, prominent conservative Myron Magnet writes in City Journal. Liberal icons Bill Cosby and Juan Williams have declared that it’s time for African Americans to take responsibility for their own destiny. They’re telling truths that have left black... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • race relations • Juan Williams • Bill Cosby • victimization • police brutality • conservatives

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