Civil Rights | Police Brutality

2010-03-13: Headlines

Daily Nation: PM orders swift action on drivers' killings 2010-03-13
“I am very, very disturbed by what is becoming a culture of police brutality and impunity in our country,” he added. Only last year, the PM and other ...
Capital FM: Kenya PM protests police killings 2010-03-13
Mr Odinga said the coalition government was concerned over the increasing cases of police brutality against innocent Kenyans, a trend he maintained should ...
Sunday Star Times: NZ reviewing aid to Vanuatu after judge threatened 2010-03-13
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says the threat, and revelations of police brutality, are "profoundly disturbing" and could ...
TheChronicleHerald.ca: 'Shame on them' 2010-03-13
On Monday, protests, marches and lectures will be held around the world to mark the International Day Against Police Brutality.
Montreal Gazette: Vandals hit 11 cop cars, police station 2010-03-13
In what may have been a precursor to Monday's planned march against police brutality, vandals struck a police station in St. Henri Saturday ...
Vineland Daily Journal: POLICE BEAT 2010-03-13
While being restrained by officers, Garcia pulled away from officers and yelled, "This is police brutality," according to police reports.
Philadelphia Daily News: Arbitrator to Ramsey: Reinstate cops punished after taped beating ... 2010-03-13
... a cat-and-mouse chase between cops and three suspects, and a wild televised arrest that looked to many like out-and-out police brutality.

2010-03-12: Headlines

China Daily: US, stop acting as guardian of human rights 2010-03-12
If one is bent on digging into the dark side of this vast country, he could find all kinds of examples -- police brutality, judicial injustice ...
BBC News: Protests over case against Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas 2010-03-12
A human rights organisation in Egypt has accused the interior ministry of manipulating the legal system to target a blogger who exposed police brutality.
The News International: Geo glimpses 2010-03-12
KARACHI: Is Chitrol a kind of police brutality or a method of getting someone to confess to a crime? What is the public opinion regarding the action to ...
The News International: SC orders closure of all police torture cells 2010-03-12
... torture cells in private houses and directed the Punjab government to issue show-cause notices to DIGs, SPs concerned in the police brutality cases.
Washington Post: Justice Department picks ex-Brooklyn prosecutor to lead public integrity unit 2010-03-12
He was a member of the trial team in the police brutality case of Abner Louima, an immigrant who was sodomized with a broomstick in a station house bathroom ...
Vanguard: NULGE protests killing of member by cop 2010-03-12
... police authorities should ensure justice on the matter, adding that that members of the union in recent times have been subjects of police brutality .
San Francisco Bay Guardian: Dare you take offense at Steven Wolf Fine Arts? 2010-03-12
The old black and white photographs of the Birmingham freedom marches, with their nightmarish displays of police brutality, disturb and shame us deeply.
Cocorioko: Sierra Leone gets favourable human rights record report from US State Department 2010-03-12
There were fewer cases of police brutality during the year, but police corruption was a serious problem, in part exacerbated by low salaries.
Register: Clinton report warns human rights are online too 2010-03-12
... include a look at internet access and censorship but its real focus is good old-fashioned torture, wrongful arrest, censorship and police brutality.
CTV.ca: 25 Filipino police charged with murder of father, daughter 2010-03-12
... incompetence but also showed "blatant disregard for standard operating procedures, brazen police brutality and reckless disregard for human rights.
Sydney Morning Herald: 25 Filipino police charged with murder 2010-03-12
... incompetence but also showed "blatant disregard for standard operating procedures, brazen police brutality and reckless disregard for human rights".
thebahamasweekly.com: 2009 Human Rights Practices Report on The Bahamas 2010-03-12
In November a magistrate sent to the hospital a man charged with serial rape after he showed the judge welts on his torso and alleged police brutality.
Seattle Times: 'Remember Me': Young love, bad luck and impressive hair 2010-03-12
In this moody tale of young love, the main characters cope with murder, suicide, street crime, police brutality, bullying, parental violence ...
City Pulse: Isn't it woe-mantic? 2010-03-12
... painstakingly details the lackluster love story of a bitter rich-kid-turned-rebel and a sunny social-worker-to-be brought together by police brutality.
Armenialiberty.org: Armenia's Rights Records Again Criticized By US 2010-03-12
... saying that they have continued to stifle dissent, manipulate elections, tolerate police brutality and restrict judicial independence over the past year ...
WSHM-TV: Bring back the Police Commission 2010-03-12
Most of this unrest coming after Officer Jeffrey Asher repeated police brutality accusations. The most recent being the alleged beating of Melvin Jones.
The West Australian: Stop search oversight 'not always possible' 2010-03-12
Responding to criticism of the proposed laws in the wake of several cases of alleged police brutality, Mr O'Callaghan said that while the laws were aimed ...
New York Times: Has This Taboo Lost Its Power? 2010-03-12
His gesture had been a protest against police brutality, he explained last week. His was not an impulsive response to getting a ticket: “There's rage ...
Buffalo News: Falls seeks dismissal of police brutality suit 2010-03-12
NIAGARA FALLS—The City of Niagara Falls has filed a motion in federal court to dismiss a $4.5 million lawsuit alleging police brutality lodged by a city ...
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM: Police Brutality Remains A Problem In Caribbean – US 2010-03-12
12, 2010: Say police brutality and visions of tortured Haitian migrant Abner Louima may come to mind. But according to the US, Caribbean cops in the regi ...
CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM: Police Brutality Remains A Problem In Caribbean – US 2010-03-12
12, 2010: Say police brutality and visions of tortured Haitian migrant Abner Louima may come to mind. But according to the US, Caribbean cops in the regi ...
MovieRetriever: Movie Review: Remember Me 2010-03-12
There's suicide, familial estrangement, murder, more familial estrangement, middle-school Mean Girls-esque torture, police brutality, alcoholism, assault ...
NOLA.com: Residents tell Mitch Landrieu integrity is key in search for new police chief 2010-03-12
... in some cases, scathing criticism of the department, with some alleging police brutality, accusations fuel by the ongoing federal investigation.
The Rafu Shimpo: INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Cho Gets a Girlfriend, Goes on the War Path 2010-03-12
Well, the team knew the shady guy had sexually harassed his secretary, so they threatened to expose him if he didn't drop his charge of police brutality.
SW Radio Africa: SA police use rubber bullets on Zimbabweans in Johannesburg 2010-03-12
The police brutality, that included baton-charging the passengers, has provoked widespread outrage and anger among Zimbabweans who described the unprovoked ...
Seattle Times: Monfort's rantings shake packed King County courtroom 2010-03-12
... Monfort appears in Judge Ronald Kessler's courtroom delivering a rambling message about police brutality and freedom of the press, among other topics.
L.A. Watts Times: Through Adversity, I 'Caught' the Dream 2010-03-12
I was the victim of police brutality. I went from earning $60000 a year to being unemployed and homeless. I cried nearly 24 hours a day.

2010-03-11: Headlines

Party for Socialism and Liberation: 855 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles 2010-03-11
Is it possible in the US? * Students & teachers rise up--education is a right! * Stop police brutality and racist oppression. Justice for Oscar Grant!
The Indypendent: NYPD Memoir Expose: A Review of NYPD Confidential 2010-03-11
... of race relations in the city, he describes the Diallo and Louima assaults as “tragic incidents,” not as evidence of systematic police brutality.
San Francisco Bay View: NOLA vs. the po-po 2010-03-11
Another means by which New Orleanians have been fighting back against police brutality and impunity has been through artistic subversion.
TwoCircles.net: UK petition launched to free anti-Israel protesters 2010-03-11
... the demonstrations, which included very disturbing eyewitness accounts of unprofessional police conduct and in some cases amounting to police brutality.
Pakistan Observer: SC orders torture cells closure 2010-03-11
The SC on Thursday also directed the Punjab government to issue show cause notices to the concerned DIGs, SPs in the police brutality case.
San Diego Union Tribune: Jury awards federal agent $2.2 million 2010-03-11
Last August the city settled another police brutality lawsuit for $85000. Iredale said Lopez's back was hurt — he needed surgery and was on desk duty for ...
The Guardsman Online: Area high school students inaugurate Oscar Grant Memorial Hall at SF State 2010-03-11
“The issues interlink — Oscar Grant, racism, police brutality and budget cuts.” Sanchez helped organize the impromptu inauguration of the Oscar Grant ...
Hip-Hop Wired: Black Panther Charles Barron Invades New York City Council 2010-03-11
... heart because in the 10-Point Program we talked about an immediate end to police brutality and exemption from us going to the military because we're ...
Malaysia Star: Cops won't bow to pressure in toddler's murder case 2010-03-11
To a question, he denied allegations of police brutality while the suspect was in custody. ACP Arjunaidi said police would apply to extend the remand order ...
The Tribune: Man accused of rape collapses in court 2010-03-11
PARAMEDICS had to be called yesterday after an alleged rapist who claimed he was the victim of police brutality collapsed inside a courtroom.
The Gateway Online: Copwatch bridges protection, public 2010-03-11
WINNIPEG (CUP) — March 15 is International Day Against Police Brutality, and Winnipeg Copwatch is ready to make sure citizens know.
KDKA: Public Voices Opinion On Police Reform Proposals 2010-03-11
A public hearing was held last night about proposed new reforms in the wake of a police brutality case involving a teenager.
The Nation, Pakistan: Police brutality 2010-03-11
The latest incident of police brutality, aired on almost all the television channels, was that several policemen were mercilessly beating a young man at ...
DAWN.com: SC orders closure of police torture cells 2010-03-11
After numerous cases reporting police brutality, the footage of Chiniot police has caused the Supreme Court to order the closure of police torture cells ...
Jefferson City News Tribune: Chief: Police turned over evidence in '91 deaths 2010-03-11
He later recanted, sued police after testifying in the Clemons trial and received $150000 to settle claims of police brutality and fabrication.
Malaysia Star: Cops won't bow to pressure to release couple accused of killing Hareswarra 2010-03-11
To a question he denied allegations of police brutality on the suspect while in police custody. Meanwhile, about 40 people gathered outside the court ...
United We Blog!: A study of DDR and SSR in Nepal (ii) 2010-03-11
This is partly because many have suffered from police brutality,… corruption … inefficient policing practices…. police force has been overtly misused ...
Tribune: Lawsuit: Harvey mayor, cop threatened murder frame-up - Chicago Breaking News 2010-03-11
The allegations are some of the most explosive and serious leveled against Harvey, which has been sued dozens of times by people claiming police brutality ...
Bernama: CCTVs For District Police Stations Nationwide - CID Director 2010-03-11
... Closed- circuit television (CCTV) cameras are being installed at district police stations nationwide to prevent allegations of police brutality.
Diamondback Online: Donors and alumni criticize student body following riot 2010-03-11
An anti-police brutality march was held on the campus the next day. “I was unhappy with the students but also how it was resolved by the police,” Heuver ...
TODAYonline: CCTVs linked to combat street crime 2010-03-11
... being installed at district police stations across the country to prevent allegations of police brutality, according to a report by Bernama news agency.
Allentown Morning Call: Judge tosses lawsuit against Easton police 2010-03-11
Mayor Sal Panto Jr. described the decision as a vindication for the city's police department, which has faced a string of police brutality lawsuits in ...
Youngstown Vindicator: Probes focus on city cop, brutality 2010-03-11
Police and lawyers are digging into accusations of police brutality in the city, while more is learned about the accused officer and the man lodging ...
Worcester Telegram: Openness in blue 2010-03-11
Legal arguments aside, and there are many, core issues are at work concerning a recent police brutality lawsuit in Worcester. First, the public has a right ...
NBC San Diego: Agent Wins $2 Million in Police Brutality Lawsuit 2010-03-11
A federal jury in San Diego has awarded more than $2 million to a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who says he was roughed up by Chula Vist ...
San Diego Union Tribune: Immigration agent gets $2.2 million for injuries 2010-03-11
Last August, the city settled another police brutality lawsuit for $85000. Iredale said Lopez's back was injured — he needed surgery and was on desk duty ...
Fiji Times: Bail for rob suspect 2010-03-11
ONE of the four men accused of the Dee Cees Buses robbery has been granted bail by the magistrates court in Suva following claims of police brutality.
The Associated Press: Ex-nuclear chief condemns Egypt security beatings 2010-03-11
... for political reform, with my backing." International and local rights activists allege that police brutality is widespread in Egypt's police stations.

2010-03-10: Headlines

Washington Post: Reviews of short stories by Sam Shepard, Richard Bausch, Jabari Asim, Ron Rash 2010-03-10
Despite the serious themes of police brutality and institutional racism, these tales are characterized by a winning lightness of touch and tone -- ...
Fight Back! Newspaper: Gainesville University cops shoot African grad student 2010-03-10
The Coalition for Justice Against Police Brutality, formed out of groups including Students for a Democratic Society, the Student Labor Action Project ...
Contra Costa Times: Black plaintiffs say Fairfield arrests were race-based 2010-03-10
... suing the city of Fairfield, several police officers and In-N-Out Burger for $1 million, claiming racial profiling, police brutality and false arrest.
Washington Post: Pr. George's settles police brutality lawsuit 2010-03-10
A civil lawsuit alleging that a Prince George's County police officer beat a young man outside a nightclub without provocation and then collaborated ...
Elmira Star-Gazette: Mistrial declared in harassment case 2010-03-10
His family has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the Elmira Police Department alleging police brutality and civil rights violations.
The Journal News | LoHud.com: Yonkers police criticized for arrest of black NYPD sergeant 2010-03-10
Not the normal justice you see in Westchester County where the victims of police brutality are vigorously prosecuted and the District Attorney's Office doe ...
WETM-TV: Joseph Piper Mistrial 2010-03-10
... incident in 2009 at his home on East Miller Street. Several members of the Piper family are also suing the city for 43 million dollars for police brutality.
Gothamist: NAACP Protests More "Brutality Against Black Officers" 2010-03-10
Together with the NAACP they are calling the incident “another case of police brutality against black officers and black men.” "It's thuggery in Yonker ...
Worcester Telegram: T&G report unsettles suit pact 2010-03-10
WORCESTER — The city mailed a check for $47500 to Trung Huynh of Worcester late last month to settle his police brutality lawsuit, in which he claimed ...
Richmond County Daily Journal: Parker argues to keep his job 2010-03-10
In later testimony, a deputy admitted to knowledge of an investigation Parker opened in November into allegations of police brutality against the sheriff' ...
Forward: Promoting Israel As a 'Cultural Hotbed' Isn't Always a Winner 2010-03-10
... a disturbing picture of Israel — one of crime, gang violence, police brutality and, above all, discrimination against the country's Arab citizens.
CTV.ca: Villanueva's mother breaks down at coroner's inquest 2010-03-10
please someone stop this guy. this is insane. so irrelevant. this is not a case of police brutality. were all these kids beaten by the cops in the park th ...
Worcester Telegram: Gag orders aren't the way to earn respect 2010-03-10
... it seems fair to ask just how the city, a public entity, justly serves its constituents with such agreements, particularly in police brutality cases?