Category Archives: Law Enforcement

Stateside Oklahoma: Training Documents for the Reserve Deputy Who Killed Eric Harris Were Reportedly Falsified

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Tulsa World reported this morning that supervisors at the Tulsa Sheriff’s Office were ordered to falsify training records for Robert Bates, the reserve deputy who accidentally shot Eric Harris with a gun instead of a Taser on April … Continue reading →

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New Jersey Cops Watch While Police Dog Mauls Man Who Later Dies While in Custody (VIDEOS)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last week, James Joiner wrote in a Daily Beast article that “Policing in this country really seems to be going to the dogs” after seeing a video that  appeared to show Vineland “police allowing a K9 dog … Continue reading →

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WTF: Department of Justice Defies Congress and Claims It Can Prosecute Medical Marijuana Cases…at a Time When a Government-Funded Group Admits New Research Shows That Cannabinoids May Be Helpful in Treating a Deadly Form of Brain Cancer

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Timothy Phelps (Los Angeles Times) reported last week that the Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that it can prosecute medical marijuana cases despite the fact that Congress passed a bipartisan amendment last year which prohibited the DOJ from … Continue reading →

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Kevin Bollaert, Creator of a “Revenge Porn” Website, Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last Friday, Kamala D. Harris, California’s Attorney General, announced that Kevin Christopher Bollaert, “the operator of a cyber-exploitation website which posted nude photos of individuals with personal identifying information without their consent, was sentenced to 18 years in … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Police Officers To Be Dismissed for Sending Racist and Homophobic Text Messages

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Timothy Williams (New York Times) reported on Friday that Greg Suhr, San Francisco’s police chief, said that “he had moved to dismiss seven officers who sent or received text messages that spoke of lynching African-Americans and burning crosses. … Continue reading →

Posted in Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Racism, Society, United States | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

NYPD Detective Who Verbally Abused Uber Driver Placed on Modified Assignment

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Patrick Cherry, a New York police detective assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force with top-secret security clearance, has reportedly been stripped of his badge and his gun and placed on modified assignment after verbally abusing … Continue reading →

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Municipal Violations, Debtors’ Prisons, For-Profit Probation Companies…and a John Oliver Video

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Two years ago, I wrote a column for Res Ipsa Loquitor on the subject of debtors’ prisons in the United States. In that posting, I told about a 2010 report published by the America Civil Liberties Union … Continue reading →

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Fort Lauderdale Police Officers Fired Over Racist Text Messages and Video

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro WSVN reported today that the FBI “is launching an inquiry into the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s internal affairs investigation that led to the firing of three police officers over racial slurs’ that they used in personal text … Continue reading →

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A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: “Racist EZ-Cash”

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, posted a video last week titled Racist EZ- Cash following the release of the Justice Department’s report on the city of Ferguson, Missouri. Fiore said that the veil had “been … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Democracy, DOJ, Equal Rights, Government, Humor, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Missouri, Political Science, Politics, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Family of Mentally Ill Man Who Was Killed by Dallas Police Releases Video of His Shooting (VIDEO)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro A recently released video of the officer-involved shooting of Jason Harrison in Dallas last year shows what happened in the moments before the mentally ill mandied. Harrison, 38, was shot by police while holding a screwdriver.  His … Continue reading →

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