A popular tour guide in New Orleans’ French Quarter has filed a complaint with the New Orleans Police Department, claiming he was the victim of a beating by a police officer in November. Fifty-year-old Randy Bibb alleges that Office Willie Gant punched him twice in the jaw before taking him into custody on November 25th. [...]
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French Quarter Tour Guide Alleges Police Brutality (New Orleans, LA)
Posted in Brutality on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three New York Cops to Surrender in Sodomy Case
Posted in Brutality, Rulings on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three police officers surrendered and were charged with felonies Tuesday for an attack on a tattoo parlor worker who authorities say was sodomized with a baton in a subway station.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes announced an indictment charging Officer Richard Kern with aggravated sexual abuse and assault for allegedly ramming the baton into the victim’s [...]
Suspicions of Altered Video Evidence in Brutality Case (White Plains, NY)
Posted in Brutality, Rulings on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The lawyer for a Yonkers police officer accused of brutalizing a woman said today that a videotape of the incident appears to have been doctored.
Attorney Andrew Quinn said during a hearing in U.S. District Court in White Plains that he intends to ask for a dismissal of the indictment against the suspended police officer, Wayne [...]
Police taser autistic teen
Posted in Brutality on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An Orlando police officer Tasered an autistic middle school student after the teen refused to leave a bathroom and broke the officer’s hand.
The incident happened Friday at Glenridge Middle School after a teacher called police. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound student was washing his hands when an officer confronted him. The boy then swung around an punched [...]
POLICE BRUTALITY TARGETS MUSLIM CHILDREN
Posted in Brutality on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a vicious racist attack last week portraying the extent of anti-Muslim tactics employed by police in Britain today, a 46 year old Muslim father picking up his children from school was brutally attacked by police officers in Leicestershire over what started off as a parking dispute. Mr Baddru Musani, was incredibly assaulted outside Spinney [...]
Chicago Family Says They Were Victims of Police Brutality on Election Night
Posted in Brutality on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An African-American Chicago family has filed an Illinois police brutality lawsuit accusing four unnamed cops of hate crimes, excessive use of force, and battery. The incident allegedly occurred on Election Night, while the rest of the United States was celebrating the election of Barack Obama as the country’s first black president.
According to Christine Ballard and [...]
UPDATE ON POLICE BRUTALITY IN STOCKBRIDGE, GA
Posted in Brutality on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sean Edwards, the victim of a cruel act of police brutality on Saturday 11/08/2008, is experiencing severe pain secondary to his injuries. His face is swollen and the scars on his face are red and raw (see attached photo). He is taking pain killers (tramadol and Ibuprofen) to ease the pain.
An official complaint was filed [...]
Malaysian Police Attack and Arrest Protestors Singing Nat’l Anthem
Posted in Brutality on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Police Brutality Continues in Zimbabwe
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Riot police beat dozens of students and pro-democracy activists marching Tuesday in Zimbabwe’s capital to demand a new government to tackle the country’s worsening economic and political crisis.
Dozens of university students and activists from the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), a pro-democracy pressure group, held hands as they marched through downtown Harare.
Riot police used to [...]
