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Caught on Film – Police Misconduct and Brutality

by John P.

Police BrutalityI’ve seen a ton of videos out there that show officers giving someone the beat down during the commission of a crime, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. The following compilation of videos are, in my opinion examples of police going way beyond the limitations imposed by the laws of the United States.

Some people have argued that videos such as these may be terrible, but they are only an extremely small and not representative sample of police conduct in general. Well, forgive me for being skeptical, but I believe that for every one of these that actually gets caught on video there are probably hundreds that do not. In fact it has been my experience with police officers that they tend to selectively enforce laws as they deem suitable to their individual benefit at the time – even when they are inappropriate or flat our incorrect.
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Speed Trap Proof: Cops Are Out to Get You

March 23, 2007

A study just released from George Mason University’s economics department has finally proven what everyone always sort of just knew. Local law enforcement officials target certain drivers and issue more, and higher dollar fines whenever they can get away with it. Police officers have long argued that they issue tickets solely in the public interests, [...]

Undercover Police Kill Innocent Homeowner

February 3, 2007

From the Florida Times-Union Last Saturday Police in Jacksonville, Florida were working under cover, selling drugs and busting users. When they went over to 81 year old Issac Singletary’s front yard and started up he tried to run them off his property, apparantly threatening them with his .38 revolver. Problem is, rather than the police [...]

Atlanta Police Manhandle Tufts Professor for Jaywalking

January 10, 2007

Imagine this… you’re a rookie cop staking out the mean streets of the Atlanta Convention Center where the raucous American Historical Association is holding their “Annual Meeting”. As you stand there eating your doughnut you witness a man in a three piece suit carrying conference materials cross the middle of the street right between the [...]

Your Rights When Interacting with Police

December 30, 2006

In the new era of citizen reporting there are a number of new questions regarding issues such as audio and video recording interactions with police officials. Add these to the traditional questions about what is required, or not, and you’ve got one very confused public. After all the publicity about police abuse of power I [...]

Coming Soon – Tickets for Tailgating!

December 5, 2006

The state of Arizona has recently unveiled a new laser unit designed to detect the distance at which cars are following one another. Using a new laser device that measures the distance between two moving vehicles, officers are citing hundreds of motorists with tailgating tickets that can run more than $100. And they are promising [...]

Police Tasers 11 Year Old at School

December 1, 2006

Wow. I wish someone had a video of this… on one hand it would be hillarious. On the other hand, I wonder why a police officer had to resort to using a Taser to separate a little boy from a fight with a girl. I mean, what the heck? When I was a kid a [...]

Mapping Botched Police Raids

November 30, 2006

Did you know that even if you’re an 80 year old god-fearing woman, if the police kick your door in at 2am and kill you, you have no recourse so long as some criminal drug using informant previously swore that there were drugs in your home? And that’s not just a hypothetical situation. It actually [...]

Police Taser UCLA Student

November 18, 2006

WESTWOOD, CA (AP) — A student shocked with a Taser gun by a campus police officer after refusing requests to show his ID card thought he was being singled out because of his Middle Eastern appearance, his lawyer said. Attorney Stephen Yagman said he plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the UCLA [...]

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