AP Exclusive: Texas liquor cops rarely disciplined

The Texas alcohol agency under fire for its raid at a gay bar rarely punishes its officers for misconduct, and officers' supervisors are usually the ones who conduct disciplinary investigations. Experts say that method increases the likelihood of flawed probes.

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4 Puerto Rico police officers convicted in beating

A jury in U.S. federal court has convicted four Puerto Rican police officers in the beating death of a man in their custody.

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Police attack US citizen in drug bust mix-up

An American teacher who was attacked by Austrian police who mistook him for a drug dealer said Monday he believes he was singled out because he was black and that he is taking legal action against the police for assault.

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Paralyzed man says Chicago cops dragged, beat him

A paralyzed man claimed in a lawsuit Thursday that seven Chicago police officers dragged him from a car and beat him unconscious when he was too slow to obey their order to get out of the vehicle.

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Group Protests Alleged Police Brutality

Hundreds of people marched for two hours Saturday to protest the injuries a man suffered during a traffic stop, saying police used excessive force.

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Feds to Probe Police Brutality Charge

Police chief Henry Whitehorn said Wednesday the district attorney and the Justice Department will investigate the case of a woman who is seen in a police department video lying in a pool of blood in an interrogation room. Angela Garbarino, 42, said she was beaten after her Nov. 17 arrest on a drunk driving charge.

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Japan Cracks Down on Abusive Police

No beatings. No threats. No overnight interrogations. Facing mounting accusations of brutality, Japan's National Police set their first-ever guidelines for questioning methods Thursday in an attempt to rein in agents who go too far in pressuring suspects to confess.

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A San Francisco transit police officer shoved a rider into a window, shattering the glass and cutting both men - an incident captured on video by a train passenger and posted on YouTube.

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Now we tase 10 year old girls...where do we draw the line? A father tasered his child and was charged with child abuse. What is the difference?

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It took the strength of two sheriff's deputies to keep a middle schooler still enough to receive a shot of the swine flu, or H1N1, vaccine at a recent clinic.

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Another scumbag cop gets nailed for abuse. He apparently pistol whipped a person while ordering chicken and 2:30 AM last year.

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Cop who assaulted teen now in jail on rape charge; shot ex-wife's new husband 24 times in 'self defense'

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MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee Common Council committee has approved a $3 million settlement in an accused police brutality case. Curtis Harris is now a quadriplegic after his attorneys said a Milwaukee police officer used excessive force in 2003.

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The Denver City Council is poised to settle for $225,000 a federal lawsuit alleging that Denver police brutalized and repeatedly used a Taser on a man who died from injuries he sustained during the conflict.

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Berlin police are investigating some of their officers after witnesses filmed them beating a demonstrator at a protest against government infringement of Germany's data protection laws.

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A San Bernardino man was shot and killed by police after he attacked an officer and pointed a stun gun at him during a traffic stop, San Bernardino police said Tuesday.

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disturbing video of police brutality in India. Police lift a 6 year old girl up by the hair, dragging a young adlt behind a motorcycle, etc..

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Why Americans increasingly distrust law enforcement.

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Funny that people like George Galloway and Tony Benn aren't out on the streets crying havoc after watching testimony like this.

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Des Moines police used pepper spray to disperse an angry crowd Sunday afternoon. Police were called to the 1100 block of 12th Street around 3:30. When police arrived, a crowd of about 30 people was surrounding a man who was allegedly on drugs.

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excerpt: ""Shari Barman, the homeowner who was arrested at this past weekend's fundraiser for Democratic Congressional candidate Francine Busby (CA-50), put out a statement yesterday evening.

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I question the motives and involvement of the same corporate-media that sold an unnecessary preemptive war and profited from its prosecution.

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Iran's supreme leader will deliver a sermon Friday at Tehran University, just days after a bloody crackdown at the school, according to a statement from the pro-government Basij militia. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will give his sermon during Friday prayers.

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Defying threats of arrest or worse, witnesses to protests in Iran are managing to leak reports of violence after the country's disputed presidential elections. "Censoring is very bad here and they have reduced Internet speed," two Iranians said to a friend outside the country.

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White Cop Attacks Black Ambulance Personnel

You have to see the Video to believe the willful disrespect for the life and health of American citizens. If your mother is in an Ambulance you better be in there with her with a video camera.

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The pile of BS gets deeper.

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Cops are way out of control today. Luckily more and more are getting caught in their crime-ridden careers.

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Christopher Harris, a 29-year-old Edmonds man is in a coma, with skull fractures after being pushed into a wall by a King County sheriff's deputy working the Metro Transit overnight shift on foot patrol.

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A group of Birmingham police officers beat an already-unconscious suspect with fists, feet and a billy club, a battering caught on videotape until a police officer turned off the patrol car camera.

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The first officer to catch up with Rodriguez kicked him in the head.

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KARACHI, Pakistan - Fauzia Abrar had finally gotten her crying baby to sleep when screaming men pounded on the steel doors of her home in the mostly Christian slum in the port city of Karachi.

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Following the G20 protests in London, the Guardian has received video footage from a number of people that appears to show police using excessive force or questionable tactics in dealing with demonstrators and the press.

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