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Florida police terrorise family with roadside strip searches and racial slurs

Florida police terrorise family with roadside strip searches and racial slurs

A family in Palm Beach, Florida was planning for a relaxing weekend while visiting relatives, but say they ended up being targeted by deputies in upstate Florida who mistook them for wanted drug dealers. What followed next was the stuff of nightmares. The family claim they were so terrorized by deputies in rural northern Florida they filed a federal lawsuit[Read More…]

Police informant caught on camera planting drugs on business owner

Police informant caught on camera planting drugs on business owner

A shocking video has recently emerged of how a police informant tried to plant drugs in an African-American business store, apparently unaware that his actions were being filmed. Police planting drugs and framing citizens should never occur in a free and democratic society but, unfortunately it does. Rarely is the criminal act and abuse of authority ever caught on camera.[Read More…]

Daniel Somers

US soldier commits suicide after being forced to commit war crimes

A US soldier has committed suicide after leaving a note describing how he was left to commit ‘crimes against humanity.’   Daniel Somers, 30, was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and served with Task Force Lightning, an intelligence unit.   He ran more than 400 combat missions as a machine gunner in the turret of a Humvee and interviewed[Read More…]

Police conduct public cavity search on two women

Police conduct public cavity search on two women

Two women in Texas are suing the police after they conducted an illegal roadside cavity search after claiming they could smell marijuana. A cavity search is a particularly invasive search where all openings in the body including the anus, vagina and mouth are searched. The person conducting the search is also given position to search around the breasts to decipher[Read More…]

Too smart to be a cop? Police reject applicant for being too intelligent

Too smart to be a cop? Police reject applicant for being too intelligent

There are many qualities and skills needed to become an officer, but apparently, being smart is not one of them – it’s official. A US man who has had his application to join the police force rejected because he scored too highly on an intelligence test has lost his lawsuit against the city. The Court of Appeals in New York[Read More…]