Badge Abuse

“Hey Youtube, right now I am being detained because apparently I look like a dark skinned Hispanic man.” Nate Fisher is no stranger to police harassment. Fisher has literally been stopped dozens of times, for no reason. Because of his excessive police harassment, he has since implemented a policy to …

Confrontation resumed on Monday night in Ferguson, Missouri, as police used tear gas to disperse protesters. Live ammo was shot in the altercation, with two people injured. Thirty-one people, including a journalist were arrested. RT.com Protests over the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 9 by a police officer …

An independent autopsy of police brutality victim Mike Brown seemed to confirm eyewitness testimony that he was executed while attempting to surrender to officer Darren Wilson. The family hired Dr. Michael M. Baden, a well respected forensic pathologist, to do a second examination of their son, because they did not …

Ferguson, Mo.- As the National Guard has been called in, and chaos reigns in Ferguson, it has become crystal clear that the alleged theft of cigars from a local market had absolutely nothing to do with the murder of Michael Brown. According to Daily KOS, the attorney for the Ferguson …

Officials in Georgia’s Habersham County are refusing to pay for the mounting medical expenses of a toddler seriously injured by a flash grenade after a failed SWAT team raid earlier this year. RT.com Bounkham ‘Bou Bou’ Phonesavanh was just 19 months old when a Habersham SWAT team initiated a no-knock …

Tear gas is a chemical weapon that stimulates the corneal nerves in the eyes to cause tears, pain, vomiting, and even blindness. Their use as chemical warfare agents is prohibited by various international treaties, such as the Geneva Protocol. However, the international ban does not prevent the heavily militarized American …

As tensions continue to mount in Ferguson, police officers were captured on video threatening to shoot one journalist and mace another. Other reporters allege they were arrested while covering the protests. RT.com Shortly before midnight Sunday, a police officer was recorded on video giving a reporter a verbal dressing down …

U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller, of Alabama, was arrested last week after he allegedly assaulted his wife during an argument.  The argument apparently started when Fuller’s wife questioned him about an affair that she believed he was having. According to the police report, an argument at a Ritz Carlton hotel between …

Manderson, S.D.- A startling display of police brutality was captured on camera on Friday, Aug. 15th. Officer Becky Sotherland, 32, of the Pine Ridge tribal police screams at a man to get into her vehicle as he lay on the ground helpless and handcuffed. The man, incapacitated, unresponsive, and unable …

A new app will become available for IPhone and Android devices later this month that will allow people to rate their local police department, as well as their individual police encounters.  Possibly the most impressive thing about this app, is that it was created by a few young teenagers who …