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ACLU Calls for Civil Rights Probe of Seattle PD

The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington called on the U.S. Justice Department Thursday to investigate whether there is a pattern and practice of civil rights violations by the Seattle Police Department, citing a newly released video showing an officer kicking an African-American teenage boy and other "unnecessarily violent confrontations with citizens" of color.

November 17, 2010

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Seattle Officer Seen Kicking Man on Video

In the past few months, Seattle police have been under constant fire for treatment of minority suspects -- and the newly aired videotape is only adding fuel to the fire.

November 17, 2010

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Former Memphis Officer Sentenced for Violating Detainee's Civil Rights

White pleaded guilty on Nov. 25, 2009, to violating the civil rights of Pierre Jefferson. After handcuffing Jefferson in May 2008, White rammed Jefferson's head into the corner of a building, and struck him in the face several times, causing him to fall to the ground. White also admitted to kicking Jefferson after he fell to the ground.

September 28, 2010

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Video: Dallas Officers Face Felony Charges In Alleged Beating

Officer Kevin Randolph, along with Officer Paul Bauer, may face misdemeanor assault and official oppression charges, as well as felony charges of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection with the Sept. 5 incident involving Andrew Collins.

September 15, 2010

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Denver PD Re-Opens Internal Probe of Videotaped Arrest

"Additional witnesses and new information has been made available to investigators," the department announced in a news release late Thursday. "As a result, the case has been reopened."

August 19, 2010

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Denver Officers' Association Calls FBI Probe Political

The association's vice president Vince Gavito said the move is "political grandstanding" and the officers involved in the incident have received appropriate discipline.

August 17, 2010

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Denver Settles Use-of-Force Claim From Nightclub Arrest

DeHerrera is calling for the firing of the officers, who he claims filed a false report. An independent monitor had argued that the officers used excessive force.

August 15, 2010

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Denver PD's Rough Nightclub Arrest

Denver PD has settled a lawsuit stemming from the rough arrest in April 2009 of a 24-year-old man outside a city nightclub. An independent monitor sided with the man's claim that officers used excessive force. The video is an ABC News report that includes interviews with the two men on Good Morning America.

August 15, 2010

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Texas Officer Appeals Excessive Force Suspension

Paris (Texas) Police Chief Bob Hundley released a three-minute clip of the dashboard video of the arrest, which took place Nov. 10, 2009. In the clip, Officer Jeremy Massey is shown throwing 18-year-old Cornelius Gill onto the hood, after handcuffing him.

July 15, 2010

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NYPD Officer Testifies Against Fellow Officer In Excessive Force Trial

As one of five officers involved in the arrest of Michael Mineo on Oct. 15, 2008 at a Brooklyn subway station, Officer Kevin Maloney testified that he watched Officer Richard Kern poke Mineo in the buttocks with his retractable baton.

February 2, 2010

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N.Y. Officer Brutality Case Opens With Vivid Testimony

A Brooklyn man who has accused three officers of assaulting him in a subway station gave his testimony in court today of the incident.

January 24, 2010

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Philly Officer to be Stripped of Badge for Off-Duty Killing of Unarmed Man

The off-duty police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 21-year-old man in November during a street fight will be stripped of his badge, Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey announced yesterday.

January 4, 2010