Kevin Spratt was tasered ‘to force compliance’

December. 18th 2010

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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.




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Man dies after being stunned with Taser

December. 18th 2010

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A southwest Florida man died shortly after being stunned with a Taser by Collier County deputies.




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Julian Assange granted bail

December. 18th 2010

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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.




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‘Police tried to throw my son out of hospital’ / Disabled Man Pulled from Wheelchair, Dragged

December. 18th 2010

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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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SWAT officer’s wreck, DWI charge spur changes in elite Austin unit

December. 18th 2010

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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.




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The SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit: How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches

December. 18th 2010

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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.




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Why Are the Feds Cultivating Their Own Homegrown Terrorists?

December. 18th 2010

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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.




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Tasered and hog-tied correlates with death in custody: RCMP watchdog

December. 18th 2010

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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.




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Holiday Shopper Hit With Taser Following Scuffle With Security Guard

December. 18th 2010

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A security guard turned himself in to police following a fight with a holiday shopper, police said.




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Lee deputy fired for Taser misuse

December. 2nd 2010

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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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