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Prison for New Orleans cop in Katrina shooting
A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced to five years in prison for helping cover up a deadly shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005. Ten New Orleans police officers have been convicted in a federal probe into a police shooting on September 4,…
Rally against police abuse and rape
I'm angry but not surprised to hear that the jury acquitted the NYPD police accused of rape and burglary. Not surprised, because the belief that some women are fair game has not only not disappeared from our society, but it's probably only grown stronger in recent years as the tabloid…
The ‘non-lethal’ Taser: 400 dead since 2001
Law enforcement agencies in Canada are banning the shock device in the wake of a study by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: The study includes a medical analysis that concluded someone shot with a Taser could face as high as a 50 percent chance of cardiac arrest. The Taser company, however,…
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