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Katie Bowman

Forensic science graduate bullied by police after splitting with PC lover

A forensic science graduate told of how she became the target of police officers, because of a jilted lover. Katie Bowman, 24, said that Thames Valley Police targeted her for nearly a year following a split from her boyfriend – who was a police officer. Despite never having been convicted of a crime, she was stopped 70 times for suspected[Read More…]

Another Trayvon Martin incident reported in the US

Another Trayvon Martin incident reported in the US

The murder of Trayvon Martin has sparked a copycat shooting in the US, after another black teenager was gunned down by a vigilante. Merritt Landry shot the 14 year old boy in the head for standing near his car. He was subsequently arrested and is being tried on second-degree murder. This comes less than two weeks after the Trayvon Martin[Read More…]

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

A 95 year old man has died after US police officers tasered him to death following a confrontation. John Warna, who was living in a retirement home in Park Forest, Illinois died  after police shot him with a stun gun after being called out to intervene in a dispute between the man and staff at the facility. The police alleged[Read More…]

New figures show boost in the number of people shunning hard drugs

New figures show boost in the number of people shunning hard drugs

The number of people turning to hard drugs like heroin or cocaine has fallen to a record low, according to new figures. The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) has recently revealed that in  2005 and 2006 there were 332,090 drug users, but this dropped to 298,752 users in 2010/2011. Part of this is due to drug treatment programmes[Read More…]

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…]