Tag: police brutality
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canadian transit riders tasered for not paying fares
from cbc: Transit police on SkyTrain stations in Metro Vancouver have used Taser stun guns on passengers who didn’t pay the fare and tried to run away, CBC News has learned. Transit police have fired Tasers 10 times since January last year, and three cases involved non-violent suspects, according to internal police reports obtained by…
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killer karolina kops & a suicide robot
s. carolina cops mow down suspects with cruisers from kprc: Videos have surfaced showing two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol using their cruisers to ram fleeing suspects, just weeks after two leaders of the agency resigned because of a furor over a trooper’s use of a racial slur. In one of the two…
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taser, fema, deutsche, scotus, guinea pigs & spooks
deputy tasers student against direct ordersfrom raw story: Outside a Maryland high school gym last Wednesday, sophomore Brandon Bennett got into a small altercation with a fellow student. It was after a basketball game and tempers were high, but the the two were separated by officials and students without much problem. Only then did things…
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man dies after being tased, troopers put on leave
from wcco: Five State Patrol troopers have been put on paid administrative leave after a Fridley, Minn. man died after being tased Tuesday afternoon, according to the state Department of Public Safety. The troopers’ administrative leave is standard procedure following such events. Troopers had been summoned to a traffic crash on Interstate 694 in New…
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Police Brutality & Torture Are Normal After 9/11
State control of the police-justice-law triumvirate guarantees low quality of service, high prices, inefficiency, injustice and chaos.
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17 witnesses dispute police warnings to de menezes
from the scotsman: None of the 17 commuters who witnessed the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes heard police shout a clear warning before opening fire, in stark contrast to evidence given by eight officers. The discrepancies in the testimony of the Tube passengers and the police, who insisted they had identified themselves, were revealed…
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news on the march
army’s robotic, armed combat vehicle rolls outfrom wired: We now know that there are robotic cars smart enough to drive themselves around a city. The next step: give those vehicles automatic weapons, of course… Last month, a set of South African remotely-operated 35 mm guns spun out of control, and killed nine soldiers. The Black…
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2,000+ dead in US during arrests in three years
from afp: More than 2,000 people died in the United States during arrests between 2003 and 2005, according to data published by the Department of Justice for the first time Thursday. As many as 54 percent were killed by police… According to the statistics, almost all succumbed to gunfire, while 17 were killed by “Taser”…
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news on the march
american labs mishandle deadly germsfrom ap: American laboratories handling the world’s deadliest germs & toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing steadily as more labs across the country are approved to do the work. american lockdown: law enforcementout of control & beyond the palefrom carolyn…
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violent crackdown launched in myanmar
from ap: Security forces in Myanmar opened fire on demonstrators Wednesday, and witnesses said police beat & dragged away dozens of Buddhist monks. The government said at least one person was killed, while dissident groups & media reported up to eight dead. The military junta’s announcement on state radio and television was the first acknowledgment…
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tasers and censors and god, oh my!
56yr old wheelchair-bound woman dies after being tasered 10 times from local6: A Clay County woman’s family said it’s seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police. The family of 56-year-old Emily Delafield said it would take the Green Cove Springs Police…
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student tasered at kerry speech
from raw story: Police Tasered and arrested a University of Florida student Monday when he engaged in “combative diatribe” following a question of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at a student forum about why he didn’t contest the 2004 presidential election or impeach President George W. Bush. According to the Gainseville Sun, University of Florida College…
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uk police can use tasers on kids
from daily mail: Police have been given the go-ahead to use Taser stun guns against children. The relaxing of restrictions on the use of the weapons comes despite warnings that they could trigger a heart attack in youngsters. Until now, Tasers – which emit a 50,000-volt electric shock – have been used only by specialist…
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‘giuliani time’
update: the full-length version of ‘giuliani time’ has been pulled from google video. so i’ve posted the trailer for now & you can still download it if you’re hip to torrents… from google video: This documentary examines Giuliani’s rise to power, his policies and his so-called turnaround of New York City. Interviewing journalists, activists, legal…
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cops plead guilty to botched drug raid death
from blacklisted news/ap: Two police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a botched drug raid last fall. A third officer still faces charges. Officer J.R. Smith told a state judge Thursday that he regretted what had happened. “I’m sorry,” the 35-year-old said, his voice barely audible.…