Category: Local Issues
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Waveland takes tasers from officers after 3 new lawsuits
By Danielle Thomas WAVELAND, MS (WLOX) – Waveland police officers are no longer carrying tasers after the city was hit with multiple lawsuits alleging police misconduct this week. Mayor David Garcia said over the last few days three lawsuits were filed against Waveland. In one suit, a woman claims that Waveland officers roughed her up, broke her nose and tased…
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Oakland officials, NAACP address allegations of abuse and police brutality | abc7news.com
Cecilia Vega OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — Heavy-hitters met in Oakland in the wake of police shooting and killing a man who turned out to be unarmed. The NAACP, Oakland’s mayor-elect and the city’s police chief are all there addressing allegations of abuse and police brutality. The goal is to find solutions and ways to stop…
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NYPD Fakes Statistics, Downgrades Rape Charges — Feministe
by JILL on 12.16.2010 · 4 COMMENTS in ARE YOU SERIOUS?, CRIME, SEXUAL ASSAULT Anyone who’s seen The Wire knows the drill here: There’s political pressure to have lower crime rates, and so crimes are downgraded and not fully pursued. Which, in New York, has let serial rapists go free. An investigative report by the…
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Police brass tell patrol officers to watch their mouths
By CASEY MCNERTHNEY SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF The Seattle Police Department’s top commanders are telling officers to watch their mouths after several recent complaints about officers using profanity in their dealings with the public. The department is also clarifying its policy on profanity and wants employees to justify when they have to resort to swearing. Seattle police…
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Judge won’t seal evidence from Northwestern University’s student journalists and Center for Wrongful Conviction – chicagotribune.com
A Cook County judge on Wednesday denied a request by Northwestern University to seal evidence in a court battle over a decades-old murder in which university journalism students contend the wrong man was convicted. Circuit Judge Diane Gordon Cannon issued her ruling without comment after hearing brief arguments from prosecutors and an attorney from the…
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For nearly 7 hours, Council takes a hard look at police misconduct | Philadelphia Daily News | 12/15/2010
By JAN RANSOM Philadelphia Daily News ransomj@phillynews.com 215-854-5218 Passion, anger, frustration and optimism radiated from testimony at a City Council hearing yesterday on police misconduct. “I fully acknowledge that we have a problem in our organization now and I’m committed to fixing it,” said Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. Council members Donna Reed Miller and Curtis…
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Is the tide turning against the death penalty? | TEXAS DEATH PENALTY Blog | dallasnews.com
11:11 AM Mon, Dec 13, 2010 Michael Landauer/Editor A new report by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty illustrates how doubt is casting its shadow over the justice system in the state. Only eight people were sentenced to death by Texas juries this year, a record low since the death penalty was reinstated…
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South Beloit’s police chief faces misconduct charges – WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader
SOUTH BELOIT (WREX) – According to our media partners at the Rockford Register Star, Chief Waylon Weber stood before the fire and police commission Thursday for alleged misconduct. Mayor Randy Kirichkow filed the charges for an incident in 2009. Chief Weber stated he was on duty when his wife came home to find their underage family…
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Sealy sentenced for burglaries – Marion, IL – The Daily Republican
Marion, Ill. —A 19-year-old Herrin man will serve 12 years in prison for a variety of burglaries earlier this year. Aaron Sealy was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to the Herrin crimes. The burglaries included thefts from homes, garages and vehicles. The crimes took place between May and September of…
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It’s costing Cook County too much,
and it is sending state parole violators to IDOC to save money! Jail populations drop in big cities