February 15, 2013 @ 12:52 PM
Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, February 14, 2013: Cottage Grove, Oregon: The mother of an elementary school student who says local police coerced her 10-year-old son into confessing to alleged sex offenses is suing … Continue reading
February 8, 2013 @ 1:46 PM
Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, February 7, 2013: Minneapolis, Minnesota: A state trooper, who was named Officer of the Year in 2002, has been found guilty of theft by swindle and four counts of … Continue reading
January 20, 2013 @ 9:44 PM
From Reason.com: Jerrie Brathwaite was not in her car when Washington, D.C. police seized it in January 2012. She had lent her 2000 Nissan Maxima to a friend, and that friend was pulled over, searched, and found to be in … Continue reading
December 10, 2012 @ 12:16 PM
Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, December 7, 2012: Lawrence, Indiana: A police officer is facing criminal charges. He as been accused of using excessive force during an arrest. ow.ly/fVhLe Hurricane, West Virginia: A man … Continue reading
December 5, 2012 @ 2:09 PM
From the Philadelphia City Paper: The size of Philly’s forfeiture program isn’t just unprecedented within Pennsylvania. In 2010, for example, Kings County (Brooklyn), with a population 1.5 times that of Philadelphia, reported taking by forfeiture about $1.2 million in assets … Continue reading
October 8, 2012 @ 12:07 PM
Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, October 5, 2012 Boynton Beach, Florida: A man and his mother have filed suit for alleged false arrest. They were arrested while sitting in the man’s car in front … Continue reading
October 5, 2012 @ 1:27 PM
From the New York Sun Opinion Page: The Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments guarantee a grand jury (implicitly, though this is not expressly stated, to ensure against capricious prosecutions), just compensation for seized property, due process, access to counsel (of … Continue reading
September 17, 2012 @ 12:42 PM
Here are the 10 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, September 14, 2012: Highland Heights, Kentucky: The former police chief pleaded guilty to two felony counts in federal court. He admitted to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft by … Continue reading
September 13, 2012 @ 12:39 PM
Here are the 11 stories of misconduct tracked for Wednesday, September 12, 2012: Quartzite, Arizona: The police chief was fired for gross negligence and willful misconduct; he had workers run criminal background checks on people that he didn’t like. bit.ly/RFQP5t … Continue reading
September 6, 2012 @ 12:35 PM
Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, September 5, 2012: Youngstown, Ohio: Two deputies have been placed on leave while there is an investigation going on into a deputy that was caught on video beating an … Continue reading