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A man sued Evanston (Ill.) Police Chief Demitrous Cook in federal court, claiming he posted online, falsely, that the plaintiff is HIV-positive.
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Haiti Police Shoot It Out With Troops Near National Palace
Haitian police officers exchanged gunfire for hours Sunday with soldiers of the newly reconstituted army outside the national palace, in a dangerous escalation of protests over police pay and working conditions.
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US Student’s ‘Confession’ in Italy Cop Death Was Mistranslated: Lawyer
The apparent confession by a U.S. student that he knew an Italian he stabbed to death last year was a policeman was flawed due to a mistranslation, his lawyer said Thursday.
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A widower sued Oklahoma City for the wrongful deaths of his wife, 8-year-old daughter and dog, who were killed by a police car in an 80-mph chase through downtown Oklahoma City at rush hour, involving someone else’s minor traffic violation, in Oklahoma County Court.
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Hat’s Off: Court Reverses Trooper Firing Over Lost Headgear
A North Carolina state trooper shouldn’t have been fired for losing his hat and lying about it, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case that’s spanned a decade and multiple trips through the courts.
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Jury Slaps Detective With Punitive Damages in Death of Wrongfully Accused Man
A California jury awarded $50,000 in punitive damages Tuesday to the widow and estate of a crime lab worker who killed himself after being wrongly implicated in a murder investigation.
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Tiffany Vinson, a senior Homeland Security coordinator, claims the City of San Diego fired her to retaliate for her blowing the whistle on misconduct in the San Diego Police Department, in superior court.
Read moreJury Awards $6 Million to Widow of Wrongfully Accused Man
A jury of two women and five men awarded the widow of a crime lab worker implicated in a cold-case murder investigation $6 million Friday for injuries caused to the family by a San Diego Police Department detective’s investigation.
Read more42 Cats
A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that a 78-year-old man may pursue some of his due process claims against the police officer who threatened to “bust down his door” if he did not consent to a warrantless search and then seized and euthanized some of the 42 feral cats the man was providing with veterinary care, food and shelter in and around his property.
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Vast Horde of License Plate Photos Slammed by California Auditor
Solidifying concerns raised by civil liberty groups, California’s state auditor said Thursday that law enforcement agencies have flouted privacy laws meant to ensure that information captured by automated license plate cameras isn’t abused and safeguarded from hackers.
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Lab Worker’s Widow Says Detective Flip-Flopped in Cold-Case Probe
During terse questioning by a San Diego city attorney Tuesday, the widow of a crime lab worker said she and her husband didn’t seek a court order for the return of their property seized in a cold-case murder investigation because the detective on the case told them it would be given back.
Read moreActor Jussie Smollett Faces 6 New Charges in Chicago
Actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday for a second time on charges of lying to police about a racist and anti-gay attack he allegedly staged on himself last year in downtown Chicago.
Read moreOutrage After Gunman Ambushes NYC Police Twice in 12 Hours
A gunman was taken into custody Sunday after he ambushed police officers in the Bronx twice in 12 hours, wounding two in attacks that ignited outrage from officials who blamed the violence on an atmosphere of anti-police rhetoric.
Read moreExcessive Force Defense
An appeals court in New Mexico ruled that a woman who pointed a taser at a police officer and grabbed his wrist while her son was being arrested was improperly convicted of battery upon a police officer. The woman was entitled to a “defense of another instruction” against the use of excessive force directed at her son.
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‘Codfather’ Associate Raises a Stink Over Miranda Lapse
A First Circuit judge voiced concern Thursday with an interrogation of a former sheriff’s department captain convicted of aiding the overseas profit-smuggling activities of New England’s notorious fishing magnate “the Codfather.”
Read moreMarijuana and Discrimination
A federal court in California ruled that a commercial marijuana grower may pursue his race discrimination claims against Shasta County law enforcement who allegedly raided his property without cause, did not investigate a white neighbor who was also growing pot, and told him: “We don’t want this or your kind.”
Read more$22 Cab Fare
A man who says he lost his wallet and so could not pay a $22 cab fare sued Englewood, Colo. and three of its police officers, claiming they “mercilessly kicked, beat, punched, threw (him) into a glass cabinet, threw him face-first into broken glass, and angrily ground his face into broken glass,” then charged him with resisting arrest, in federal court.
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Major Screwup Reported From David Cameron’s Bodyguard
An investigation has been launched after former British prime minister David Cameron’s bodyguard left his gun in a toilet on a commercial flight — along with Cameron’s passport — police said Wednesday.
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