SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The fatal police beating of a mentally ill, homeless man, prosecutors say, began with one officer snapping on a pair of latex gloves and a single threat.HPD punishes 7 officers for conduct in wreck
Kelly Thomas was sitting on a curb in Southern California as police checked his backpack when Officer Manuel Ramos donned the gloves and made two fists in front of him. Prosecutors say Ramos then said: "Now see my fists? They are getting ready to F you up."
Ex-Des Moines cop charged with driving drunk in West Des Moines: W.D.M. police say former D.M. officer also had a gun.Houston police Chief Charles McClelland disciplined one of his assistant chiefs and six other police officers for their conduct after an eastside patrol sergeant allegedly crashed into a school bus while intoxicated earlier this year, HPD officials confirmed.
On Tuesday, the department said McClelland had taken disciplinary action against members of his own command staff, a rare punishment, according to Gary Blankinship, president of the Houston Police Officers' Union.
A former Des Moines police officer who lost his job over brutality allegations was found drunk in a vehicle with a loaded gun he doesn’t have permission to carry over the weekend, West Des Moines police said.Mersed Dautovic, 28, was found passed out in his vehicle at the stoplight at Westown Parkway and Valley West Drive at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a police report. The officer reportedly smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from the car.
(KMOV.com) -- A Belleville, Illinois police officer is facing multiple charges after attacking a man during a call.Milwaukee police arrest FOX6 photojournalist at the scene of house fire
The incident happened on June 14 when a Belleville couple was getting threatening phone calls. The couple called police for assistance. They claim Officer Sean Harris came to their home, but refused to file a report. When the couple asked for the name of the Harris' supervisor, they say he went into a rage and became violent.The victim's wife said officer Harris attacked her husband. The officer "grabbed him by the neck and threw him down on his back on the brick sidewalk," she said.
FOX6 News Photojournalist Clint Fillinger went to the scene of a house fire near 27th and Townsend late Sunday. He was shooting video behind yellow police tape alongside a small crowd that gathered to watch.South Florida blogger who supports cuts to North Miami Beach Police Department budget gets racist threatening emails, 'it only takes one bullet', from the North Miami Beach Police Department.
At that time, Fillinger says a Milwaukee police sergeant singled him out. He says the sergeant came at him quickly. Fillinger put up his hand in a defensive move and touched the sergeant. Fillinger was then knocked to the ground, handcuffed and arrested.
Fillinger was cited for resisting and obstructing an officer. In his 45 years as a news photographer, Fillinger says nothing like this has ever happened to him before. "I kept backing up, telling him I had a right to be there," said Fillinger.
On Tuesday, Fillinger went to a medical clinic to have his injuries checked. He has no broken bones. He does have bruises around his knee along with sore muscles. Fillinger will be off work for the remainder of the week.
Several days ago, Kinzle said, she received the email, which she did not publish, which lists the home addresses of two outspoken critics of the police department. "Criminals here it is ... Have fun..." the email reads. "We love our police department," she said, "don't get me wrong, but ever since this budget process started, they've been unbelievably childish, nasty, rude."Justice Department boosts activity to police the police (this is encouraging!)
There are not only allegations of threats but racism. The writer of the email called one of the residents and critics of the police department of German heritage a Nazi and the other critic of the police department, who happens to be a muslim, "al jazerri." Kinzle said, "That's a hate crime, that's racist, in my opinion."
Police have said they are looking into it and have launched an internal affairs investigation, and they could not comment any further.
The Obama administration is ramping up civil rights enforcement against local police nationwide, opening a number of investigations to determine whether officers are guilty of brutality or discrimination against Hispanics and other minorities.Veteran Gardner officer charged with child rape
In recent months, the Justice Department has begun inquiries into major city police departments such as Portland, Ore., where officers shot several people who had mental health issues, and Seattle, where police were accused of gunning down a homeless Native American woodcarver. The department issued a scathing report earlier this month accusing Puerto Rico police of a “staggering level of crime and corruption.’’
Landry is charged with statutory rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14, and assault to rape a child.Ex-cop accused of lying after arguing with motorist in funeral procession
Prosecutors say the 35-year-old Landry assaulted the boy starting in kindergarten until the sixth-grade. The alleged incidents took place in Winchendon. The alleged victim came forward on Monday.
Landry has been placed on paid leave by the gardener Police department.
A former Chicago police officer is accused of getting into an argument with a motorist in a funeral procession, then lying during a trial and to her superiors that the motorist had hit her with a bottle.Case may (hopefully) end Andrew Thomas' career
Sylshina London, 36, has been charged with perjury. She joined the department in 2002 and resigned earlier this year as the 2010 incident was being investigated.
During the investigation by Independent Police Review Authority, authorities said they obtained police camera footage of the incident "which proved London’s claims against the woman to be false."
"The evidence and testimony that we will present will establish a four-year period of prosecutorial abuse by Mr. Thomas and Ms. Aubuchon," said John Gleason, the attorney prosecuting the case. "Under the direction and supervision of Mr. Thomas, he and Ms. Aubuchon engaged in personal retribution against their enemies."
"If you crossed paths with the county attorney, Sheriff (Joe) Arpaio, or former (sheriff's) Chief Deputy David Hendershott, you should expect to be sued, criminally charged, or both, by the county attorney," Gleason said.
"The evidence will show that the primary purpose of the prosecutions was to punish those individuals with whom Mr. Thomas and Ms. Aubuchon disagreed."
A plea deal prosecutors say was prompted by a loophole in state law resulted in the promise of a maximum one-year jail sentence Friday for a former Anderson police officer charged with kidnapping and raping a woman he was taking to jail.
Under the plea bargain Bryan Benson pleaded no contest to assault by a public officer and soliciting a lewd act.SWAT Teams Execute Man's Farm Animals With Shot Guns
Benson, 27, was arrested last year after being accused of raping a Millville woman he was taking to jail. He had faced life in prison if tried and convicted of the original charges.
In addition to serving up to a year in jail he now faces formal probation for three years.
But he might be able to serve his jail sentence on electronic home confinement if he’s found eligible to do so.
After he’s served his sentence, he could petition the court to try to have his felony assault conviction reduced to a misdemeanor. He won’t have to register as a sex offender because that’s not a requirement of the misdemeanor lewd act count to which he also pleaded no contest.
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