Trial for White Cop Charged with Sexual Assault of 6 Black Women Underway

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]

Man injured during arrest is awarded $39 million

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]

Police cover-up alleged in accident-

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?

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]

Jury clears officer in shooting of motorist

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]

The New Black Panther Party Leads Protest Against Houston Police Department

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]

The Police Beat Down Blacks in Canada Too -Beating of man recorded on videotape

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]

DC Police, Protecting People or Property?

"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]

Families Protest Death of 3 Unarmed Black men at Police Hands

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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]

Oakland Police are tripping! Report cites a spike in strip-searches

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]