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Jerad Wheeler, Georgia Police Officer, Under Investigation For Kicking Pregnant Raven Dozier
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 9:44 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A police officer in Georgia is under criminal investigation for allegedly kicking a woman who was nearly nine-months pregnant in the stomach before charging her with obstruction of justice.
Tasing a Pregnant Woman in Front of Her Kid? The Outrageous -- And Dangerous -- Abuse of Tasers by Police | Civil Liberties | AlterNet
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 3:41 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
In 2004, Malaika Brooks, seven months pregnant and accompanied by her 11-year-old son, was pulled over by two Seattle cops for driving 32 mph in a 20 mph zone. She was willing to accept a speeding ticket, but incorrectly thought signing it was an admission of guilt. She refused …
Pregnant Woman With Child in the Car Tased Three Times After Being Pulled Over for Speeding
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 2:47 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
What is it with cops and tasers? Why do so many of them seem compelled to use them in highly inappropriate ways? "Highly inappropriate" is about the only way to describe what happened to Malaika Brooks, who was seven months pregnant and driving her kid to school one day in 2004 …
American Heart Association Publishes Study Claiming Tasers Can Cause Death
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 7:25 AM EDT (ABC Action News)
An article just published by the American Heart Association's premier journal, "Circulation," presents the first ever scientific, peer-reviewed evidence that Tasers can cause cardiac arrest and death.
Tasering video raises border agent abuse concerns
Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:51 AM EDT (Reuters)
In a grainy video clip shot in May 2010 on the California side of the U.S.-Mexico border, an illegal immigrant lies on the ground in a fetal position, circled by at least a dozen federal agents as one repeatedly shocks him with an electric stun gun.
Sen. Feinstein Places Hold On NRA Concealed Carry Bill
Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:00 AM EDT (Think Progress)
These dangerous bills — which are opposed by leading law enforcement organizations — would undermine states’ rights by forcing nearly every state to accept the concealed-carry permits issued by other states, even if the permit holder could not qualify for a pe …
Several Denver Police Brutality Cases Lead to Changes in Lengthy Discipline Process
Seeded on Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:55 AM EDT (Denver News, Denver, Colorado News, Weather, and Sports - KMGH Denver's Channel 7)
Denver’s Police Chief and Safety Manager, Alex Martinez, announced changes to the officer discipline process after several cases of police brutality led to a prolonged procedure in which the decision to fire or suspend an officer occurred months, if not years later. O …
Unhinged Cop Goes After Camera-Wielding Black Men
Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2012 6:03 AM EDT (MSN)
​Muttering that "I've already been hurt here once today," an off-duty Houston cop working a second job as a Wal-Mart security guard blew a brain gasket after spotting two black men videotaping in the parking lot. The video appears to confirm that the officer allegedly hit and g …
OWS Protesters March in New York City Against NYPD
Seeded on Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:53 PM EDT (ABC News)
Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street supporters marched in New York City today to protest what they called the NYPD’s “acts of brutality” against demonstrators and to demand the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in the wake of what they say we …
Ex-Google Engineer Slams Former Employer On Microsoft Blog
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:24 PM EDT (AOL)
Just one day before a Goldman Sachs executive resigned by skewering the firm in an op-ed, a former Google engineer offered his own very public critique of his former employer. Now at Microsoft, James Whittaker wrote on the company blog that Google went from an "innovation fa …
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