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Texas Cop Killing Suspect had Sued for "Brutality"

A Houston man who is accused of gunning down a Pasadena, Texas, police officer last week had previously sued the city of Sante Fe for police brutality.

August 24, 2009

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Report Blames Cops for BART Shooting

The report reviewing the actions of BART police officers on the New Year's Day shooting death of Oscar Grant on an Oakland transit platform is another big coffin nail in the case against the regional transit agency.

August 24, 2009

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Saving Money Through Training

Officers who fall behind on core training and who stop getting regular updates on recent case law become a civil liability to themselves and their employers.

April 30, 2009

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Los Angeles to Pay $13 Million to Settle May Day Melee Lawsuits

The City Council on Wednesday agreed to pay nearly $13 million to people injured or mistreated in a May Day melee in MacArthur Park, bringing to more than $30 million the money spent over the last two weeks to settle lawsuits alleging LAPD misconduct.

February 4, 2009

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S.C. Trooper Charged with Federal Civil Rights Violation

A South Carolina state trooper seen on video hitting a fleeing suspect on foot with his patrol car at a Columbia apartment complex in 2007 has been charged with a federal civil rights violation.

January 7, 2009

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S.C. Deputy Won’t Face Civil Rights Charges for Tasering Handcuffed Suspect

Green was stunned initially several times after he wouldn’t give up his hands to be cuffed and was shocked twice again after he was cuffed because he refused to spit out crack cocaine in his mouth, the incident report said.

December 10, 2008

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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

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The Young and the Arrestless

Notwithstanding the explosion of youth criminality, the court has largely continued to treat juvenile offenders in a more lenient and paternalistic fashion than adults.

November 30, 2008

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Sean Bell's Loved Ones Say 'Serious' Chance of Civil Rights Case

Sean Bell's family met with federal prosecutors Tuesday and came away believing the feds could press a civil rights case against cops who gunned down the unarmed groom-to-be.

November 19, 2008

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L.A. to Pay Nearly $13 Million Over May Day Melee, Sources Say

The city of Los Angeles would pay nearly $13 million to immigration protesters and bystanders injured by Los Angeles police officers during a melee at MacArthur Park last year, according to sources familiar with a tentative settlement reached by both sides.

November 19, 2008

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Jury Rejects Minneapolis Sergeant's Claim of Retaliation

After a four-day trial, the jury didn't agree that Giovanni Veliz was passed over for a promotion because he had filed complaints with the Civil Rights Department.

October 22, 2008

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts S.C. Trooper

A white South Carolina state trooper who was seen on a dashboard video hitting with his patrol vehicle a black suspect fleeing on foot in Greenwood County last year has been indicted on a federal charge of violating the suspect’s civil rights.

June 10, 2008