Tag: Excessive Force: Page 14

Weapons

Federal Judges Set Standard for TASER Use, Specify Believable Threat

Police need reasons to believe a suspect is dangerous before firing a TASER and can't use their stun gun simply because the person is disobeying orders or acting erratically, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Monday.

December 28, 2009

Patrol

FBI Probes Excessive Force Allegations of Burbank PD

Issues relate to "use of force, defensive tactics, Tasers, pepper spray, or the rules and ramifications pertaining to the use of excessive force or a violation of civil/constitutional rights," according to the Los Angeles Times.

October 1, 2009

Patrol

4 Teens Claim "Excessive Force" Against Philly PD

Philadelphia police said that five officers were injured and 19 revelers were arrested Saturday after thousands of young people swarmed South Street. Cops had bulked up patrols on the street after "flash mobs" appeared on at least two weekends earlier this year.

July 15, 2009

Patrol

Birmingham Police Beating Video: Did Not Show Beating When First Given to DA

Video of five Birmingham police officers beating an unconscious suspect was edited before it was turned over as evidence to the Jefferson County district attorney's office to use in the suspect's prosecution, authorities said Wednesday.

May 20, 2009

Patrol

L.A. County Sheriff's Department Opens Criminal Probe into El Monte Officer's Kick of Prone Suspect

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Thursday opened a criminal investigation into the videotaped kicking of a prone suspect by an El Monte police officer after a high-speed pursuit the day before, authorities said.

May 14, 2009

Special Units

Officer Said to Have Kicked Suspect Owns Clothing Line Tailored to Gang Life

The police officer who sources inside El Monte, Calif., City Hall say kicked a gang member in the head after a long car chase Wednesday also owns a clothing company that glorifies gang and prison life.

May 14, 2009

Patrol

Three NYPD Officers Charged in Attack on Man in Subway Station

Three NYPD cops were charged today in the attack on a tattoo parlor worker who authorities say was sodomized with a baton at a Brooklyn subway station.

December 9, 2008

Patrol

15 LAPD Officers Face Discipline in May Day Melee

Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton announced Tuesday his plans to discipline 11 officers and called for the termination of four others for their roles in a May Day melee last year in which police were accused of using excessive force to clear immigration rights demonstrators and journalists from MacArthur Park.

September 17, 2008

Patrol

Northern Injustice

It took three trials—two resulted in hung juries— over five years before prosecutors managed to get a verdict in the case.

October 31, 2006

Patrol

Cops vs. Cars

At presstime many things had still not been publicly released regarding the Devin Brown incident. LAPD detectives, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, and the FBI were all investigating the shooting. So it’s not known where Garcia was standing when he discharged 10 rounds into the Camry. And it’s not known if his use of deadly force was justified.

May 31, 2005

Patrol

Policing Dissent

For more than a week, thousands of protesters waged a campaign of civil disobedience in the city's downtown area, blocking intersections, the entrances to government contractor companies like Bechtel, and generally causing confusion and consternation for anyone trying to get to work.

July 31, 2003

Patrol

Swimming the Witch

Police officers swept up in a high-profile case involving accusations of racism and excessive force probably sympathize with those poor swimming witches. Except their trial is not by water, it's by media.

September 30, 2002