A team of private attorneys says it will
investigate whether a Brownsville police officer was racially profiling
when she attempted to pull over a man who was later shot and killed
during a police chase. The family of Kermith Sonnier Jr., 37, of
Centerville, also claims the Rev. Jesse Jackson is alleging the man's
civil rights may have been violated when he was killed by police May 5
off a dead-end road on the outskirts of Brownsville. [more]
A study funded by state police found no pattern
of racial bias in the decisions by police about which motorists to pull
over, but noted that once they are stopped, whites are far less likely
to be searched or arrested than blacks and Hispanics. [more]
A federal investigation has cleared two police officers
accused of putting a toilet plunger in a drug suspect's rectum, Police
Chief William McManus said Friday. The Justice Department's Civil
Rights Division found no evidence of "prosecutable violation" federal
criminal civil rights laws, McManus said at a news conference where he
stood side-by-side with one of the officers, Jeff Jindra. [more]
2 who resigned over tapes get thousands in disability Two state troopers who resigned last year after
the discovery of two videotapes showing them making offensive remarks
about minority motorists are now receiving disability pensions worth
tens of thousands of dollars annually. [more]
Every Single Day Police Officers LIE in Court: Officer pleads not guilty after kicking caught on tape A
Chicago Police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday in Cook
County Criminal Court to charges he kicked and beat a man
during an arrest --caught on home videotape -- at the
Cabrini-Green housing complex last spring. [more]
Baltimore police
officials have launched an internal investigation
after reports of police brutality
last weekend at the conclusion of the annual
SoWeBo Festival.Witnesses who attended Sunday's music
and arts celebration said they saw police
officers use a stun gun on a man and
throw a pregnant woman to
the ground, an action that they said caused
her to hemorrhage. They also said
police dragged a middle-aged woman
by her hair. [more]
Trial for White Cop Charged with Sexual Assault of 6 Black Women Underway Rosen is charged
with 18 sexual assault charges involving six women,including the alleged
rape of a 16-year-old girl in the back seat of his patrol car three years
ago while he was in uniform and on patrol in Del Paso Heights. [more]
Jury finds city officers acted improperly A man whose
neck was broken during his 1997 arrest by Baltimore police officers was
awarded $39 million yesterday by a city Circuit Court jury.The plaintiff,
39-year-old Jeffrey Adrian Alston, now a quadriplegic who receives
around-the-clock care at a nursing home in Ellicott City ,was present in
the courtroom when the verdict was returned against police Officers Lewis
Yamin and Mark Warble. [more]
Boy dies day after police car hits him Police cover-up alleged in accident- Suit cites reckless driving by cops in death of boy A federal lawsuit
alleged Tuesday that two Chicago police officers falsely claimedto be
pursuing a man with a gun to conceal reckless driving that resulted in
their unmarked car striking and injuring an 8-year-old boy and his niece
last month. The boy died the next day. [more]
Talkleft asks: Why Did This Man Die in Police Custody? Why did this
man die while in custody in Georgia? His family is asking
for an investigation--they say it's a David and Goliath situation [more]
The officer killed robbery suspect Erin Forbes in 2000. A federal civil jury
yesterday cleared Lower Merion Police Officer John Salkowski of using
excessive force in the Jan. 10, 2000, shooting death of robbery suspect
Erin Forbes. [more]
For the second time in as many days, protestors gathered to express their outrage at police. They say officers have been involved in too many fatal shootings. The protest was organized by New Black Panther Party Member Quanell X. [more]
A
city police officer was charged today with assault in the videotaped
beating of a landed Somali immigrant in a case that could have
resultedin the man's deportation. [more]
"Not when
everyone in the room knows where the dealers live, yet the police never
seem to visit those houses. Not when gunfire erupts almost everynight,
yet when the police come through, they rarely get out of their cars.
Not
when one woman I spoke to told of calling police to report at least
10 shots fired on the night before the 12-year-old was hit. No one
showed
up . The woman called again, and when police came, they did not knock
on
the door of the home of the bad guys, "but they did show up at my
door, so now all the thugs know exactly who called the police. Andall
the cops said was, 'Did you call?' And then they drove around and left.
So if I die, I just want people to know that's how it happened." [more]
Houston- Families of three Unarmed Black men shot and killed by Harris County Sheriff's deputies protest The
families of three men shot and killed by Harris County Sheriff's
deputies protested today, decrying the number of unarmed black men
killed by deputies. "I want to say today, gameover," said Pastor
ChrisWright of Grace Temple Ministries. "The game of killing our young
black brothers and sweeping it under the rug is over." [more]
Although
the police department has made substantial progress with the reforms
mandated by the Riders misconduct case settlement, a new report
also raises alarms about a pattern of potentially illegal
street strip-searches and long delays in reviewing
officer-involved shootings. [more]
Prosecutors plan
to drop the involuntary manslaughter case today against a
security guard charged four years agoin the racially tinged
death of Frederick Finley in the parking lot of Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn."I'm speechless,"
guardDennis Richardson said late Thursday. "I'm in
shock.I have no ideawhat to say." [more]
"It's a sad day for all Detroiters. Surely
the city will suffer greatly, and there will be more people,
mostly African-American, framed up by these deviant cops if they
are allowed back on the force." [more]
DAAA Collective conducted it's first Copwatch in downtown Modesto this Friday. It was done in response
to continued police harassment,abuse, and attacks against youth, people of
color, and homeless. Police continue to harass homeless people in
Tower Park, long seen as the "homeless park". Driving up and yelling
through amplification that all people in the park must leave it in 30
minutes after they finish whatever meal they are eating. Of course
if this were in any of the other parks happened by largely middle and upper class people, this would not be an issue. [more]
