THE first officer to taser Kevin Spratt at a Perth watchhouse concedes he used the weapon to force the Aboriginal man to obey his orders, a corruption hearing has heard.
Post a CommentMan dies after being stunned with Taser
December. 18th 2010
A southwest Florida man died shortly after being stunned with a Taser by Collier County deputies.
Post a CommentJulian Assange granted bail
December. 18th 2010
A British court today granted bail with strict conditions to Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website, who faces allegations of rape in Sweden.
Post a Comment‘Police tried to throw my son out of hospital’ / Disabled Man Pulled from Wheelchair, Dragged
December. 18th 2010
Metropolitan Police officers were accused yesterday of pulling a disabled man out of his wheelchair and attempting to prevent a seriously injured student receiving hospital treatment during last week’s student protests in London.
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Post a CommentSWAT officer’s wreck, DWI charge spur changes in elite Austin unit
December. 18th 2010
One SWAT officer, Michael Hamilton, was charged with drunken driving after investigators said he crashed his unmarked police car in Southwest Austin on Dec. 3.
Post a CommentThe SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit: How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches
December. 18th 2010
In August a team of heavily armed Orange County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies raided several black- and Hispanic-owned barbershops in the Orlando area. There were more raids in September and October.
Post a CommentWhy Are the Feds Cultivating Their Own Homegrown Terrorists?
December. 18th 2010
The FBI caught another homegrown terrorist this week, except like many recent plots the agency has “uncovered,” the attack was a plant, a plan concocted by the FBI itself.
Post a CommentTasered and hog-tied correlates with death in custody: RCMP watchdog
December. 18th 2010
The watchdog over the RCMP is urging the police force to clearly tell officers not to hog-tie people after finding the generally forbidden technique was used in 40 per cent of cases in which someone died after being hit with a Taser stun gun.
Post a CommentHoliday Shopper Hit With Taser Following Scuffle With Security Guard
December. 18th 2010
A security guard turned himself in to police following a fight with a holiday shopper, police said.
Post a CommentLee deputy fired for Taser misuse
December. 2nd 2010
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office fired a jailer who used his Taser excessively, turning it against his wife, his son and even the boy dating his daughter.
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