[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ayton police "mistook" a mentally handicapped teenager's speech impediment for "disrespect," so they Tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat him and called for backup from "upward of 20 police officers" after the boy rode his bicycle home to ask his mother for help, the boy's mom says.
Pamela Ford says her "mentally challenged/handicapped" son Jesse Kersey, 17, was riding his bike near his Dayton home when Officer Willie Hooper stopped him and tried to talk to him.
The mom says that "Prior to the incident described below, defendant Hooper knew Jesse and was aware that Jesse was mentally challenged/handicapped and a minor child."
Nonetheless, Ford says, Hooper "apparently took Jesse's speech impediment for disrespect ... [and] began yelling at Jesse and after Jesse attempted to communicate with him[.] Jesse, being a minor and mentally challenged/handicapped, turned and rode his bike back to his home in an attempt to ask his mother, Ford, to help him communicate with defendant Cooper," according to the complaint in Montgomery County Court.
On the way, the mom says, "A neighbor attempted to communicate with Officer Hooper about Jesse's disabilities and was told to go back into his home, or he would be arrested."
As Ford opened her front door, she says, Hooper and co-defendant Officer John Howard, "fired their Tasers, striking Jesse in the back with both probes."

[aldente]

It is not uplifting what you guys are focussing on here, rather humorless.
What if I'd tell you that I as a poster have been diagnosed with a limited lifespan (cancer) and will stop posting in six months, since terminal?
Fact is that I'd rather see the Brotherhood of Eternal Love come back than validating the above statement. Let's rather crack a bottle of good wine open than dissapear without trace.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')etropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday amid a phone-hacking and police-bribery scandal that has tarnished the police in Britain's capital.

His resignation comes amid a growing uproar in the U.K. over the reporting tactics of News Corp.'s now-closed Sunday tabloid News of the World, which is being investigated by British authorities for allegedly intercepting voice mails and paying bribes to police in pursuit of scoops.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')histleblower in phone-hacking scandal found dead

[Oneaboveall]

Homeless man killed in Fullerton police brawl; witnesses sought

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')nvestigators are seeking witnesses to a brawl involving Fullerton police that led to the death of a homeless man.

Kelly Thomas, 37, became involved in an altercation with officers (links to video that contains strong language) at the Fullerton bus depot July 5 that left him in critical condition on life-support.

He died five days later at the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') police security camera may shed light on what happened during the beating of a homeless man by Fullerton police officers, but the Orange County District Attorney’s Office won’t release the video.

[Oneaboveall]

They tried to give the dad $900,000 in hush-money but he refused.

[Lumpy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aldente', 'I')t is not uplifting what you guys are focussing on here, rather humorless.
What if I'd tell you that I as a poster have been diagnosed with a limited lifespan (cancer) and will stop posting in six months, since terminal?
Fact is that I'd rather see the Brotherhood of Eternal Love come back than validating the above

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oneaboveall', 'T')hey tried to give the dad $900,000 in hush-money but he refused.

[dinopello]

It's hard to believe this actually happened

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')amished, the former Air Force staff sergeant picked up the two sandwiches that together cost $5. She openly munched on one while they shopped, saving the wrapper to be scanned at the register later.

But they forgot to pay for the sandwiches as they checked out with about $50 worth of groceries.

[mattduke]

Man Loses $22,000 In New 'Policing For Profit' Case
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;Why didn't you arrest him?" we asked Bates.

"Because he hadn't committed a criminal law," the officer answered.

Bates said the amount of money and the way it was packed gave him reason to be suspicious.

"The safest place to put your money if it's legitimate is in a bank account," he explained. "He stated he had two. I would put it in a bank account. It draws interest and it's safer."

"But it's not illegal to carry cash," we noted.

"No, it's not illegal to carry cash," Bates said. "Again, it's what the cash is being used for to facilitate or what it is being utilized for."

NewsChannel 5 Investigates noted, "But you had no proof that money was being used for drug trafficking, correct? No proof?"

"And he couldn't prove it was legitimate," Bates insisted.

[dissident]

You can thank the abuses recorded in this thread to the 24/7 propaganda campaign by the media to focus all attention on wrong doing and problems in some foreign sh*thole. Since America is supposed to be the best in the world, therefore it cannot have any serious abuse of power and human rights issues. This logical BS is what the masses lap up day in and day out. Instead of bombing Libya or Syria to install some Al Qaeda regime the US should deal with issues inside its own borders first.

We have the exact same culture of police immunity here in Canada. They always get a break no matter what they do. If they send you to jail for murder by planting evidence then they don't even get fired. It seems like for some of the cases in the US the killer cop does a bit of time. I have not heard of any cases in Canada where the cop(s) spent jail time for killing some harmless (to trained cops with batons) person with psychological issues. Why do they bother carrying batons? Just shoot first and ask questions later.

The fish rots from the head. These bad cops have too much protection from the top levels. Instead of being fired at the first hint of "power tripping" issues they are coddled. Police training is not that intensive and prolonged that they couldn't routinely get rid of the scum. These are not doctors. It makes my ears wilt listening to some police union drone going on about police morale. WTF, their bunker mentality is supposed to be precious and in need of protection? It's "to serve and protect" and not "rule and abuse".

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')n Feb. 29, a judge set Greer's bail at $7,500, and his mother called the Brown County jail to see where and how she could get him out. "The police specifically told us to bring cash," Greer says. "Not a cashier's check or a credit card. They said cash."

So Greer and her family visited a series of ATMs, and on March 1, she brought the money to the jail, thinking she'd be taking Joel Greer home. But she left without her money, or her son.

Instead jail officials called in the same Drug Task Force that arrested Greer. A drug-sniffing dog inspected the Greers' cash, and about a half-hour later, Beverly Greer said, a police officer told her the dog had alerted to the presence of narcotics on the bills -- and that the police department would be confiscating the bail money.

"I told them the money had just come from the bank," Beverly Greer says. "We had just taken it out. If the money had drugs on it, then they should go seize all the money at the bank, too. I just don't understand how they could do that."

[Shaved Monkey]

Interesting times in India
80% of their fuel is imported and their Rupee is not doing well
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')EW DELHI: A day after petrol prices were hiked by an all-time record of Rs 7.50 per litre, leading car makers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor today announced discounts of up to Rs 50,000 on petrol models for a limited period.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')merica's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen.

A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. That is more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf War in the early 1990s, top government officials told The Associated Press.

What's more, these new veterans are claiming eight to nine ailments on average, and the most recent ones over the last year are claiming 11 to 14. By comparison, Vietnam veterans are currently receiving compensation for fewer than four, on average, and those from World War II and Korea, just two.

[SeaGypsy]

This is a serious emerging problem. Some of my close friends aged between 30 and 50 are disabled veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. I also know one guy who worked at the VA in disability claims processing, who was able to rort the system claiming PTSD as a result of working with so many sufferers of PTSD. The guy never heard a shot fired, never left the homeland on duty, retired on full disability after 14 years of service and a psychology degree (paid for by the army). He gets the same amount as one friend who has multiple spinal fractures and steel rods holding him together, bits of several comrades and shrapnel from IEDs, 3 tours of Falujah, one in the Sandbox. Another guy is the same age as me, retired on time, having trouble getting PTSD disability on top of his regular pension. He spent 9 years in Afghanistan as a junior officer and shakes uncontrollably.

These people tell me that the wars are really that horrific, the exposure to up close and personal extreme violence, the psychology of the situation is such that most of these claims are probably genuine. PTSD was barely spoken about in 1991, it is now common knowledge.
Previous generations buried their PTSD ('shell shock') victims either literally or figuratively; this generation is different. The entitlements for qualifying veterans are very generous by world standards. The support services are said to be world class, but still debriefing sometimes taking 18 months doesn't do the job.

Some of these young men are going to become dangerous if they are not carefully and fairly treated.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', '
')Some of these young men are going to become dangerous if they are not carefully and fairly treated.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he widow of a Baltimore, Maryland man that died after being assaulted by cops and repeatedly stunned with Taser guns is hoping that a just-filed lawsuit will bring justice following the slaying of her husband.
Linda Johnson is seeking more than $10 million in punitive damages stemming from a May 27, 2010 run in with the law that left her husband, a 48-year-old, dead.
Carl D. Johnson was driving home from a Bible study class two years ago, his wife says, when he suffered a severe diabetic reaction. Several 911 calls were placed by automobile drivers who witnessed Johnson drive erratically on the shoulder of a Baltimore-area highway after he allegedly went into shock. When cops made it to the scene to investigate the incident, though, things took a turn for the worst.
Responding officers say Mr. Johnson did not cooperate with them as they approached his vehicle, but his wife writes in a court filing that things were different. According to the complaint, State Trooper Davon Parker arrived on the scene first, tapped on the window or Mr. Johnson’s car and then blasted the man with a burst of pepper-spray.
Still suffering from the diabetes-related episode, Johnson exited the car only to be clubbed at least once in the knee. Police accounts attest that Johnson tried to fight off the officers, but the just-filed lawsuit insists that a second officer then arrived and assaulted Johnson similarly with his own nightstick.
According to the complaint, Baltimore County Police Officer Nicholas Wolferman then arrived, struck Johnson "at least three times" with his baton and then, along with another officer, "grabbed Mr. Johnson and threw him over the guardrail.”
His widow says she believes five cops were present when Officer Andrew O’Neill fired his Taser gun at Johnson twice. Then, reads the complaint, another officer punched the man in the face before he was handcuffed.
By the end of altercation, 52 individuals in all were believed to be dispatched to the scene. More than a dozen were on the scene, says Mrs. Johnson, when cops removed the man’s wallet — which included a medical alert cart explaining his condition — as he laid dying on the ground.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')re low interest rates good for the economy? Many argue we need low rates to increase spending, since these rates make borrowing money cheap. Prof. Davies explains, however, that lower rates don't mean more spending; they mean more spending now rather than in the future. The choice for every individual is to spend more now (borrow), or spend more in the future (save).

So what interest rate is best overall? Prof. Davies says the best rate is the market rate—the rate we get when the Federal Reserve doesn't meddle in financial markets.

[Oneaboveall]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')homas D. Raffaele, a 69-year-old justice of the New York State Supreme Court, encountered a chaotic scene while walking down a Queens street with a friend: Two uniformed police officers stood over a shirtless man lying facedown on the pavement. The man’s hands were cuffed behind his back and he was screaming. A crowd jeered at the officers. The judge, concerned the crowd was becoming unruly, called 911 and reported that the officers needed help.

But within minutes, he said, one of the two officers became enraged — and the judge became his target. The officer screamed and cursed at the onlookers, some of whom were complaining about what they said was his violent treatment of the suspect, and then he focused on Justice Raffaele, who was wearing a T-shirt and jeans. The judge said the officer rushed forward and, using the upper edge of his hand, delivered a sharp blow to the judge’s throat that was like what he learned when he was trained in hand-to-hand combat in the Army.