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May 4, 2014 In an effort to protect the world from the evils of creative expression, police raided opening night at artist Laren Naji’s Ohio city gallery. The criminal elements inside the gallery dared to give away beer and wine to would-be customers. Six or seven black-clad liquor agents arrived …

gothamist.com May 3, 2014 Photographing and videotaping anything in public view—including federal buildings and the police—is legal in NYC as long as the documentation does not impede any law enforcement activity. Nevertheless, plenty of people—including journalists—continue to be arrested and harassed by camera-shy NYPD officers. Will Paybarah, a 24-year-old Brooklyn …

May 3, 2014 San Diego Sheriff’s Department is facing a lawsuit for a sickening display of police brutality. Police were searching for a domestic violence suspect when Antonio Martinez happen to walk by them while putting the hood of his sweatshirt on, on his way to work in his family’s …

“Unfortunately, I just reacted the way I’m used to reacting.” May 3, 2014 A New Mexico State Police officer was arrested Thursday after allegedly assaulting a repo tow-truck driver who was there to take his vehicle. Los Lunas PD said they were responding to a call that the driver and …

May 2, 2014 Meet Deputy Joseph Quiles, whose negligence changed a young woman’s life forever. Tanya Weyker was driving home one night when Quiles’s patrol car T-boned her car and sent it spinning into a tree. Her injuries were too severe to allow for any field sobriety tests. She couldn’t …

May 2, 2014 Jeremy Martin was driving his friends around in the UNM area when police claim that he ran a stop sign. According to the police report, APD Officer Padilla said Jeremy seemed drunk and admitted to having three beers. After a field sobriety test, Officer Padilla told Jeremy …

Peacekeeper: The Peaceful First Responders May 2, 2014 by Liz Reitzig   As difficult as it may be to acknowledge, the unfortunate truth is that we are in a place today where domestic police brutality has taken a dramatic toll on innocent lives. Another casualty of the inflated police aggression …

May 2, 2014 On Monday April 28, 2014 while traveler Brandon Carpenter and a friend were traveling through Sulphur La on their way to Lake Charles, his dog was shot dead by a Sulphur Police officer. Carpenter told KATC that he and his 21-year-old friend Logan Laliberte were traveling by …

May 2, 2014 Crushplate.com   On April 23rd, 2014, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed a new law that was the first of its kind in the nation. The new law requires an independent investigation of police officers when someone dies or is killed while in police custody.  It’s an important …

May 1, 2014 Robert Melia Jr. was sworn to protect and serve, but a Burlington County jury found he abandoned that oath when he and his former girlfriend repeatedly molested teenagers in the home they shared in Moorestown. The attacks, including a violent sexual assault on an incapacitated, bound and …