Aleksei Dymovsky was an average 32 year-old cop in Novorossiysk, Russia. Sick of the endemic corruption on the police force, he sat down and made a simple Youtube video of himself talking about the problem. How'd that work out?
New York City agreed to pay over $7 million to settle a civil suit over the shooting death of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old man killed by police on his wedding day in 2006. His fiancee will receive $3.25 million. [NYDN]
Sentencing time for the villainous Times Square Bike-Shove Cop! "The former officer, Patrick Pogan, had faced up to four years in prison, but will avoid any time behind bars. He also will not be placed on probation." Sheeeit. [NYT]
Fifty people have been arrested in Oakland in protests following the involuntary manslaughter verdict for BART cop Johannes Mehserle, according to Oakland police. Hopefully OPD can tell the difference between their tasers and their guns. [Pic via ABC7]
French affirmative action! Sexism in surveys! Oakland police racism riots! Gay Googlers! Blacks allowed to own land! It's your Thursday Equality Watch, where we watch equality—from a position of superiority!
Today in necessary and justified taserings: an Oklahoma man called 911 and asked for medical attention for his disabled, bedridden 86 year-old grandmother. Did she somehow end up being tasered? I'm surprised you even have to ask.
Earlier this week, prosecutors released portions of a video showing NYPD cop David London beating the hell out of Army veteran Walter Harvin. Now the full video's been released (below). It clearly shows Harvin being beaten after being handcuffed.
With recent high-profile police brutality videos coming out of Seattle and Detroit, the NYPD may have feared it was falling behind. Not to worry! They've just released a video of a cop viciously beating an Iraq War veteran in 2008.
Bill O'Reilly and his "culture warriors" discussed the Internet's police brutality video du jour: the Seattle jaywalking punch-out. Rather surprisingly, all three came down on the side of the woman who was punched by the cop.
If you're a police officer, how do you handle an angry confrontation with a 17-year-old girl who you've stopped for jaywalking? One thing you maybe shouldn't do is punch her in the head. Which is what one Seattle cop did.
Gowanda, NY police officer Jason Miller has admitted that "he hung his bulletproof vest on a tree and shot it two years ago," to fake his own shooting. He also pleaded guilty to accepting three pizzas as a bribe. [AP]
A task force reports that cops who get shot by other cops are often victims of—well, "race may play a role in an officer's instantaneous assessment." Color us shocked! Any other news today that reinforces conventional stereotypes even more?
New York cops are "livid" as well as "furious" at a proposed new bill that would require them to shoot to "stop" a suspect, rather than to kill. Wha...wha...what are cops, trained snipers? Listen to this outrageous libtard fantasy law:
What sorts of outrages against humanity have been perpetrated by the sworn protectors of society, police, in the last few days? We'll tell you in this week's Cop Watch—where we watch cops closer than ever, thanks to Sean Bell.
Seven-year-old Aiyana Jones was killed during a police raid early Sunday morning. Reports now indicate that the cops were being filmed for the A&E reality show The First 48—and that important evidence may have been caught on tape.
Seven-year-old Aiyana Jones was killed early Sunday morning when Detroit police conducted a raid while searching for a murder suspect. Apparently, the officer's gun accidentally discharged during a confrontation. According to Jones' family, the suspect wasn't in their apartment.
Speaking of police brutality, we don't want to give you the impression that shocking, scary, or shocking and scary police behavior is limited to the NYPD. Far from it! How else are cops offending our sensibilities today? Many ways!
Former jerk NYPD officer Patrick Pogan was instantly villainized after a video showed him shoving a rider off his bike in Times Square. But Pogan was a victim, too; the victim of a good videographer.
Minorities in NYC are nine times more likely than whites to be stopped and frisked by cops—but no more likely to be arrested. This proves that minorities are suspicious characters. And lo, Andrea Peyser spies suspicious Muslins, praying suspiciously!