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“Could you have made a phone call before showing up, I mean, that’s a lot of resources,” WISN 12 News investigative reporter Colleen Henry asked.

“If a sheriff’s department is going in to do a search warrant on a drug bust, they don’t call them and ask them to voluntarily surrender their marijuana or whatever drug that they have before they show up,” Niemeyer said,

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Hefferon pleaded guilty to second-degree menacing and reckless endangerment, both misdemeanor crimes. Hefferon is expected to face virtually no punishment whatsoever for his crimes. He will likely not face jail time and he still has his job. He will not be able to carry his firearm, for what it’s worth.

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Upon further investigation, Cummings realized that Williams was driving with a suspended registration so he headed over to her house because that in itself was a misdemeanor.

'This wasn't personal, it was a matter of law. The violation happened in my presence, so I made the arrest,'

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Syracuse man plans to sue after tasing incident on bus is caught on tape
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) -- A legal battle is brewing in the city of Syracuse after a disabled man was tased by a police officer on a city bus after his refusal to sit down.

Security camera footage shows a dramatic scene as it unfolded on a Centro bus in May.

That day, passenger Brad Hulett planned to do what he says he always does: ride the bus while standing.

Hulett suffered neurological damage in 1991 after being hit by two trains, causing him to be handicapped.

"Because my back feels better standing up that sitting down...puts more pressure on two herniated disks," Hulett said.

When the driver asked him to sit down, he refused.

Syracuse Police were called and officers ordered Hulett to get off of the bus.

He again refused, saying he was doing nothing wrong.

"I paid to be on the bus, therefore, I was not on there illegally. And I was not doing nothing that was not in my right," Hulett said.

After approximately a minute of back-and-forth with police, the incident escalated and police deployed a taser.

In the video, an officer appears to lift up Hulett's shirt and then fires the taser.

Hulett can be heard apparently howling in pain in the video.

Now, Hulett and his lawyer, Rick Guy, will sue the city of Syracuse, Onondaga County, and Centro.

Guy says the case is based on excessive and unnecessary force.

Hulett says he was discriminated against in not being allowed to stand.

He says other passengers that day were not forced to sit and he stood on a different bus earlier in the day.

On other occasions, he had been told to sit, but got off the bus and lost his fare. This time, he did not want to lose his fare.

"But I cant do so cause I sound and look like I do, which is discrimination on their part," Hulett said.

Following the first taser shot, Hulett can be seen being picked up and dragged outside and onto the sidewalk, where he was tased again. He was then dragged away and arrested.

Hulett said he suffered a broken hip after the altercation and still walks with a cane.

He says he regrets not telling police about his back problems, but his lawyer says he did not have the chance.

"The officers were not in a listening mode. And they seemed intent on jumping right to the use of force," Guy said.

Police charged Hulett with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

The charges are still pending, but Guy insists they be thrown out of court.

Now, Hulett and Guy say they plan to sue the city, the county, and the bus service.

NewsChannel 9 reached out to all three parties.

The mayor's office, Onondaga County, and the police say they can't comment because of pending litigation.

Centro replied via email:

Centro does not comment on matters of pending litigation. Centro drivers are trained to constantly assess passenger safety and take action where they feel passenger safety may be a concern. This includes requesting passengers to sit when seats are available.

In addition to the incident on the bus, Hulett plans to sue the county for the aftermath in jail.

He claims he was forced to stand up in his wheelchair with a broken hip and a nurse at the jail declined to give him proper care.

Syracuse cop uses a taser on a handicapped man
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) -- A Syracuse man is planning legal action after police were captured on surveillance video using a taser on him.

Three months ago, Brad Hulett says he was planning to do what he always does -- ride the bus while standing up -- when a driver told him to sit.

When he refused, Syracuse Police responded. When Hulett declined to get off the bus, police deployed the taser.

Now, Hulett and his attorney, Rick Guy, say they plan to sue the city, the county, and the bus service.

NewsChannel 9 reached out to all three parties.

The mayor's office, Onondaga County, and the police say they can't comment because of pending litigation.

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HOBART, IN -- The Hobart Police Department set up a roadblock on a main road which forced all drivers into the parking lot of a private business, where they were questioned, ID'ed, and searched with dogs.

Drivers were prevented from traveling freely down a public road, and forced by government agents to prove their innocence. Without any probable cause whatsoever, everyone was stopped, had flashlights shined in their faces and in their cars, had their papers checked.

This took place at the CVS Pharmacy in Hobart, IN. 7/27/2013 roughly 11pm.

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An Iowa woman is consulting with former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica's law firm as she contemplates a lawsuit against a Davenport police officer who has faced disciplinary action for the beating he gave her while she was questioned on suspicion of shoplifting.

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Prior to being hit about the face and head, Redell was being questioned by police after store employees reported she attempted to steal $388 worth of women's clothing. The officer, Scott Crow, said in his report he hit Redell because she bit his finger and wouldn't let go.

The video, however, shows Crow striking Redell with both fists.

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Phoenix Police Helicopter responds to a 1&4 Amendment Test while open carrying 8/5/13

Tonight I set out to test the Phoenix Police Department with a 1st and 4th Amendment test while open carrying. I arrived at the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse around 11pm. I parked my truck on Jefferson St and proceeded to walk the courthouse's perimeter and towards the PPD HQ all while taking pictures. I had circled the PPD HQ and was on my way back to my truck when I saw two officers ahead of me about a block away, which is when I activated my camera. Just then, I was suddenly illuminated by a spotlight from a low flying Police Helicopter. That's when I turned around to see what was going on (I had headphones in and was listening to music and didn't realize the impending unlawful detainment) and I was being swarmed from every angle by PPD officers. The PPD officer who initiated the contact tried to disarm me right off the bat. (I was open carrying my 1911 in a holster on my right hip). He was unsuccessful as I stood my ground and stated that I do not consent in seizures. Now I know I could have just kept my mouth shut and not played along with their game and not answered any of their questions, but I guess I have to admit it was kind of fun, as you can tell from some of my answers to the PPD questions. Nothing dramatic ever really happened but I must say they sure did have one hell of a show of force with 15+ officers and an Air unit. I will admit, I totally forgot to get officers names and badge numbers. In the video you'll hear me make a comment about how "the only thing in my backpack is not a pressure cooker", I said this because I overheard one of the officers behind me state that "we need to search his backpack", I felt like responding with a smart ass answer. This has changed my mind.... Phoenix in now also a Police State.

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A law enacted by the D.C. Council in 2004 imposes strict guidelines on police when they investigate or attempt to infiltrate First Amendment-protected groups. The Police Investigations Concerning First Amendment Activities Act of 2004 specifies that the MPD departments can only investigate free speech activities if they can prove sufficient cause that protestors are engaged in crime and they have the authorization of the Executive Director of the DC MPD Intelligence Fusion Divisions (or an appropriate supervisor of similar rank). To send in undercover officers, they have to go through the same authorization process again.

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“If they are putting an undercover [cop] there, then they are putting undercover [police] everywhere. That is a big problem for a lot of these groups,” says Light. “You are trying to get people to come out and protest knowing that there is a undercover cop there—it’s a huge problem.”

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Santa Ana Police Officer Shoot Kill Unarmed Homeless man for calling her a 'bitch'

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Shawn Nee is an award winning street and documentary photographer living in Hollywood, California. He says that on June 2, 2013, his right to take photos under the First Amendment was violated when Los Angeles Police Department officers detained him while working in Hollywood. Nee wears multiple body cameras on his person when he shoots photos in public and provided an edited version of June 2nd's events exclusively to Reason TV.

"People have the right to take pictures in a public space and that includes photographing [police]," says Nee. "People have the right to know what goes on in their communities and in public."

Nee was standing on a residential sidewalk taking pictures of a man he had been photographing for years when LAPD officers showed up about 90 feet away to investigate a domestic dispute. Nee took photos of the dispute from behind two chain link fences when he was approached by an officer. The transcript was as follows:

OFFICER: What's your name?

NEE: Am I being detained, sir?

OFFICER: How am I detaining you if I've got a fence between me? You want me to come around and detain you?

NEE: Why would I be detained, sir?

OFFICER: I'm not detaining you, I'm asking you a question. What's your name?

NEE: I'm not required to answer that question, sir.

Reason TV showed the video to Andy Neiman, the officer-in-charge at the Media Relations Section at the LAPD. He said he could not comment on the video specically but said of individuals taking pictures, "If their physical proximity to the investigating officers becomes interfering where an officer has to stop what they're doing to admonish that individual that they're too close or could you stand back because they are distracting from the officer's business, then that's where it becomes an issue."

But Nee says he was so far away from the investigation that the officers had to walk down a 60 yard driveway, enter their squad car, and drive to the location where he was taking photographs around the corner from the initial investigation just to detaine him. This is the conversation that happened once they got there:

OFFICER: Could you put your camera down for me?

NEE: Am I being detained, sir?

OFFICER: Yes.

NEE: For what purpose, sir?

OFFICER: Put your camer down.

NEE: Why am I being detained, sir?

OFFICER: For interviewing ... interfering with a police investigation.

NEE: How was I doing that, sir?

Later, a supervisor, identified as Sergent Rudy V. Vidal showed up and interacted with Nee:

NEE: My understanding is that I was detained for taking photos in a public space.

VIDAL: When it interferes with the job of police then it becomes a problem. At that point, you no longer have that freedom to go ahead and take your pictures.

Sergent Vidal was named as a "problem officer" by the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department (Christopher Commission) in the early 1990s, as reported by the Los Angeles Times in 1995. The Commission named 44 officers with "six or more complaints of excessive force or improper tactics between 1986 and 1990."

Nee is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department along with two other photographers and is represented in that case by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

Nee has been published by National Public Radio, F8 magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and blogs at boywithagrenade.org.

Produced by Paul Detrick. Shot by Detrick and Zach Weissmuller.

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CRANTON, Pa. (Associated Press) — A longtime northeastern Pennsylvania judge has been ordered to spend nearly three decades in prison for his role in a massive juvenile justice bribery scandal that prompted the state's high court to toss thousands of convictions.

Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in federal prison for taking $1 million in bribes from the builder of a pair of juvenile detention centers in a case that became known as "kids-for-cash."

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The officers began to question Faith about his cats on his property. Faith, who is legally blind, was not forthcoming. When the officers threatened to write him a ticket, Faith responded, "Well, write me a ticket or get the f**k out." However, things escalated when the officers threatened to “take care of” some of Faith’s cats. Faith answered, “No, you ain’t touching none of my cats,” and told them he’d pay the ticket when he received his paycheck.

At this, officer Cruche told Faith they were taking him to jail. Faith wrapped an arm around a post in his front yard and reached for a phone. Seeing this as an obstruction, officer Cruche pulled out his Taser.

He writes, “I deployed the Taser to Faith's left side arm. During the attempt to control Faith's arm, I realized the Taser was not having a meaningful affect.” The Taser had, in fact, a “meaningful affect,” but not on Faith. Officer Cruche had shot his partner, police chief Rodriguez. Rodriguez, shot in the forehead, was bleeding. Officer Cruche then attached another probe cartridge to the Taser and shot himself. Faith was then also shot.

Faith was then taken into police custody after receiving treatment at a hospital. He was given a summons for breach of peace and "interference with a peace officer causing injury." Eventually the charges were dropped and Faith was reunited with his cats.

Faith, who is already legally blind, lost his vision completely for an hour and half. He has since sued the police department for violating his constitutional rights.

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Last week, a police officer for the San Marcos Police Department in Texas was jailed for knocking a woman’s teeth out during an illegal arrest on May 29.

James Angelo Palermo, 40, was charged with aggravated assault by a public servant.

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Warrington, Florida (PNJ) -- Escambia County deputies climbed through the window of a Warrington couple's home in search of a suspect, despite having no search warrant, and shot two dogs, one of which died.

Cristina Moses, 32, and her fiancé, Travis Nicholas, 22, on Tuesday recounted what they said was a horrific scene that included one of about a half-dozen deputies shooting the dogs in the couple's bedroom after awakening the couple at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and dragging them to the hallway.

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A little girl was confiscated from her loving parents because they smoked marijuana, and given away to a foster mother who put her into a coma and killed her. Alexandria Hill, age 2, succumbed to her injuries after being “thrown to the ground.”

“We never hurt our daughter. She was never sick, she was never in the hospital, and she never had any issues until she went into state care,” said Joshua Hill, the girl’s natural father.

Hill says that his daughter was put in to more than one dangerous foster home.

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SWAT teams and similar law enforcement tactics are an integral part of effective policing. In the battle against violence, gangs, and terrorism, they are law enforcement’s most potent weapon, and over the years have saved many innocent lives.
The FBI, which has earned the reputation of the world’s best trained, most professional, and most effective law enforcement agency, has used SWAT-type tactics since the Al Capone days, often stopping crime and criminals in their tracks.

But SWAT teams at the IRS? The Fish and Wildlife Service? EPA? NOAA (they predict the weather)? They all are reported to use them, often to enforce obscure and unintelligible regulations. Each time they do, it makes it more difficult for the FBI and urban police departments to effectively fight real crime.

In one outrageous example, a couple of weeks ago nine agents from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, together with four deputy sheriffs, all armed with assault weapons, raided the Society of St. Francis in Kenosha, Wisconsin to retrieve an abandoned baby deer named Giggles (you cannot make this stuff up). After shooting the defenseless fawn, the officers carried it out in a body bag. “It is just our policy,” explained the head of the assault unit.

It is no wonder that there’s been a growing pushback against the so-called “militarization” of the police in general and SWAT teams in particular. The editorial page of the Ogden Standard-Examiner—published in a Utah community where two such notorious incidents have occurred in recent years—has warned against “late-night, high-adrenaline police procedures leading to the increased possibility of violence.”

A couple of things going on in America are dramatically increasing the possibility of violence in these situations, which in the process undermines public support for legitimate law-enforcement tools. The first is the use of SWAT teams to serve search warrants on nonviolent offenders, enforce evictions, and otherwise get involved in cases where the use of force is unlikely to be necessary.

The second is the growing use of SWAT teams and paramilitary tactics by government agencies that have no business employing such methods. As mentioned, these include the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the National Fish and Wild Life Service, the National Park Service, and, perhaps the worst of all, the hated Internal Revenue Service.

The last thing this country needs is gun-toting government bureaucrats with battering rams as they carry out a liberal agenda. Not only is this level of force entirely inappropriate for such government agencies in a free society, but it is almost certain to empower untrained amateurs to make huge mistakes with deadly consequences.

Consider the case of Kenneth Wright. In 2011, an Education Department Inspector General’s Office SWAT team broke down his door because of unpaid student loans. Wright was at home with his young children. He was grabbed by the throat, dragged out of the house wearing his boxer shorts, and handcuffed.

Wright’s children, aged three, seven, and eleven, were then placed in a squad car while the government conducted a search of his home. “All I want is an apology for me and my kids and to get a new door,” Wright said later.

The Education Department, using predictable bureaucrat-ese, later argued that the Inspector General’s Office is semi-independent, so it wasn’t really their SWAT team that conducted the search. They also claimed the issue was more complicated than unpaid student loans. But the bottom line was a government entity not involved in law enforcement broke down the door of a man with no prior criminal record early in the morning while his children were at home.

South Carolina Republican Rep. Jeff Duncan, who chairs the House Homeland Security oversight subcommittee, came back from a May tour of a federal facility concerned about what he saw: IRS agents training with semi-automatic weapons.

“When I left there, it’s been bugging me for weeks now, why IRS agents are training with a semi-automatic rifle AR-15, which has stand-off capability,” Duncan was quoted as saying by Politico. “Are Americans that much of a target that you need that kind of capability?”

“I think Americans raise eyebrows when you tell them that IRS agents are training with a type of weapon that has stand-off capability. It’s not like they’re carrying a sidearm and they knock on someone’s door and say, ‘You’re evading your taxes,’” he added.

The IRS was unapologetic. In a statement, the agency said, “As law enforcement officials, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agents are equipped similarly to other federal, state and local law enforcement organizations. Special Agents receive training on the appropriate and safe use of assigned weapons. IRS Criminal Investigation has internal controls and oversight in place to ensure all law enforcement tools, including weapons are used appropriately.”

That would be the same IRS implicated in improperly scrutinizing the applications of Tea Party-aligned nonprofits groups; the same IRS that is hiring 18,000 new agents to enforce the obscure and Byzantine provisions of Obamacare. How many Americans would feel comfortable with AR-15-wielding IRS auditors digging through their files and roaming around the streets?

This is big government, Obama-style big government, and hardly what the framers had in mind.

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Not long ago, five LAPD officers came to my apartment in the middle of the night, pinned me to the ground, and handcuffed me, sort of by accident. Before they left, I forgot to get a card or a phone number from them, so instead I'm writing this open letter and hoping they read it.

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2) So this is why no one on COPS is ever wearing a shirt.

I misjudged you based on your appearance, meth head. It turns out we are the same.

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Sal Culosi is dead because he bet on a football game — but it wasn’t a bookie or a loan shark who killed him. His local government killed him, ostensibly to protect him from his gambling habit.

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WEST VALLEY CITY — Two West Valley police detectives were not legally justified when they shot and killed Danielle Willard during an undercover drug investigation.

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Cowley told investigators that he fired his weapon after Willard backed up her car into him and because he believed Salmon had been hit by the vehicle and was down. But Gill said the evidence doesn't support those statements that he fired from the rear of her vehicle or that Salmon had been hit. He said Cowley later admitted that he didn't see Salmon get hit, just that he could no longer see him.

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Police forces around the world have had the problem that when their officers get a bit carried away and start pepper spraying tied captives there is someone on hand filming the event on their mobile phones.

While six police lay into prone grannies on the floor with long batons, the pictures can be on the net in seconds, meaning supervisors have to answer embarrassing questions.

But they may not need to fear scrutiny much longer - Apple has patented a piece of technology which would allow government and police to block transmission of information, including video and photographs, whenever they like.

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In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers, and called for a federal monitor to oversee broad reforms.
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In a decision issued on Monday, the judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, ruled that police officers have for years been systematically stopping innocent people in the street without any objective reason to suspect them of wrongdoing. Officers often frisked these people, usually young minority men, for weapons or searched their pockets for contraband, like drugs, before letting them go, according to the 195-page decision.

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Me being harassed by the Colorado Springs Police Department in a Kohl's parking lot after an issue with my Kohl's credit card not working. I have been in the parking lot for 15 min talking with Kohl's Credit customer care on my cell when all of a sudden 3 Officers approach me demanding "How are you today, Hands" They claimed to have a complaint about a suspicious man carrying a gun around, they asked for my ID when I requested a law that requires such compliance with a demand for id I was forced into detainment, when I requested probable clause their reply was avoid-ant and suggested I agree and find it suspicious someone would open carry a firearm in a lawful manner, after 45 min, of wasting my time, getting me soaking wet, intimidating me, threatening to have my friends vehicle towed, having my friends bronco soaked and all of the contents either ruined or soaked, they convinced Kohl's to trespass me and told me to leave. Kohl's management or staff never approached me nor did they suggest open carry was not allowed. They have no visible signs as statute mandates that would forbid my entry nor did they request I leave as statute mandates. After further review I found that Kohl's never made such a call or complaint and that CSPD libeled me and convinced Kohl's to trespass me.

In a state that allows an individual the right and liberty to open-carry to be disarmed, harassed by and libeled by the very individuals charged and given oath the duty to uphold that right, to without probable cause, take into custody, detain, disarm and kidnap me and create a later cause to justify this behavior, makes me sick, these individuals have violated numerous laws of which the most severe being 18 USC SS 242, for a lack of a better word treason.

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after the whole ordeal CSPD told Kohl's I was crazy and had me trespassed.... well if you are trespassed anywhere in the state you cant conceal carry.

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First thing I saw was a violation of Arizona v. Gant. The subject was detained in handcuffs, unable to reach and weapons or evidence in the vehicle. Therefore it was unlawful for the officer to search both sides of the vehicle.

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"I think the officers should sue the family for putting the officers lives in danger, making detectives work past the time they were suppose to get off, the gas it took for them to get to the scene, the bullets used, the hospital bills, the equipments needed for forensics, and making me work the channel instead of reading my hot sexy book...LOL."

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American policing really needs to return to a more traditional role of cops keeping the peace; getting out of police cars, talking to people, and not being prone to overreaction with the use of firearms, tasers, or pepper spray. Also (said the old crank) those damn polo shirts and blue jean alternate "uniforms" have got to go too. Don't get me wrong, I've been in more than my share tussles and certainly appreciate the dangers of police work, but as Joseph Wambaugh famously said, the real danger is psychological, not physical.

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Arlington SWAT team harasses 'counterculture' gardeners for 10 hours at gunpoint, with little effective result. What a great use of public funds.

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Arlington, Texas — A family with a passion for gardening and conscious living was raided by the Arlington SWAT team early Friday morning. All 8 adults present in the house were initially handcuffed at the gunpoint of heavily armed SWAT officers, including the mother of a 22 month old and a two week old baby who was separated from her children during the raid.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana suffers from the eighth highest murder rate in the nation, and yet local law enforcement apparently considers it a top priority to conduct sting operations on gay men seeking consensual sex.

According to an investigation by The Advocate, deputies have been going undercover and busting gay men using an anti-sodomy law the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional ten years ago. (Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says he hadn't heard about the Supreme Court decision.)

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A man who recently refused to comply with an internal checkpoint in Pine Valley, Calif. filmed a border patrol officer smashing his way into his vehicle while he was inside. He was then detained for over nine hours before being released without charge. When Robert Trudell of Yuma, Ariz. was stopped at the checkpoint miles from the border a few weeks ago, he refused to wind down his window and speak to the Border Patrol officials, or consent to a warrantless search of his car.Instead he picked up his camera and started photographing the agents that began to surround the vehicle.

Trudell had rigged his car up with several video cameras in anticipation of passing through the checkpoint, having previously driven through it in the preceding days. Trudell is actively opposed to internal checkpoints and makes a habit of protesting them by filming his non compliance and then uploading the footage to his YouTube channel.

After several minutes of refusing to comply and photographing the agents, they brought out a drug sniffing dog, which failed to turn up any narcotics. Agents then consulted the Sheriff before literally smashing through the car window, sending shards of glass towards Trudell?s face and torso.

The agents then ordered Trudell to get out of his car, before putting him in handcuffs.

Responding to queries on the incident from news websites and blogs, Trudell explained what happened after the cameras stopped rolling.

?I was detained for 9 hours following, handcuffed for 6, fingerprinted, photographed, criminal history check, FBI Interview looked up, stripped everything but my shoelaces, ID and Credit Cards and placed on foot in El Cajon that night at 10:30. The ACLU was waiting to see if they are pursuing Criminal Charges against me before filing a Civil Suit against them.?Rob?

Trudell also gave the following comments to reporters with The Blaze:

?The event started in Pine Valley, California, at 12:35 in the afternoon and I was released on foot in the city of El Cajon, California at 10:30 p.m. that night by two plain clothes agents driving an unmarked black Dodge Charger,? Trudell explained. ?The agents placed a brown paper bag in the parking lot which contained my shoelaces, ID and credit cards along with asset forfeiture receipts for my computers, cameras, car, phone and glasses.?

He also clarified that he has not been charged with any offense that he is aware of.

Trudell gave more details in answers to questions posed to him by viewers of his video:

Q. What happened after?

A. ?I was hoping the window would be broken open. I bought a spare ahead of time. Afterward everything I had was confiscated other than ID and Credit Cards. They held my Computers, Cameras, Phone for 21 days with no sight of when I?d get it back. I was handcuffed for 6 hours of my 9 hours in Detention. I wasn?t offered a toilet for most of that time. I was set on the? streets of El Cajon at 10:30pm on foot 200 miles from home and 100 miles from my destination. I was denied covering events. ?Rob

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A deputy is now suing a woman who called for help during an emergency. It all stems from a deputy-involved shooting that happened in Katy last year.

The deputy says he was injured when she made that call from her subdivision. In this lawsuit, he claims the homeowner failed to adequately warn 9-1-1 of the dangerous situation he was walking into.

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Milwaukee police officers who were chasing Terrance Fleetwood last winter were sure they saw him swallow a bag of suspected cocaine.

So sure, they persuaded a judge to sign a search warrant to perform a surgical procedure on Fleetwood to retrieve the suspected contraband by sucking it from his stomach up through his nose.

The case came to light this month when the search warrant was finally filed.

Fleetwood's attorney, Bridget Boyle, said it was the first and only time she's ever seen police seek, and get, a warrant to have something as serious as nasogastric aspiration done to get evidence from a suspect.

"Thankfully, the doctors refused to do it," Boyle said recently.

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It took about six months before the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department realized it was missing one of its M-16 rifles, a department official said Wednesday.

Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said it appears the fully automatic-capable assault weapon vanished in early February, though he could not say how officials reached that conclusion and why they just recently discovered it was gone.

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- A Brooklyn family is claiming a 43-year-old father of eight collapsed and died after NYPD officers wrongfully stormed their home in a morning raid.

The NYPD says they did respond to the address on Rockaway Parkway in the Brownsville section, but they dispute the family claim.

The incident took place after 5 a.m. Thursday morning after the NYPD was on a foot pursuit and somehow came through the family's back door.

According to the family, police raided their home early Thursday morning and Carlo Alcis collapsed and died during the raid after suffering a heart attack.

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A West Virginia State Police trooper who federal prosecutors claim was involved in helping a judge plot against a romantic rival previously was named the state's top trooper.

Trooper Brandon Moore was placed on administrative leave Thursday following the indictment of Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury on federal conspiracy charges.

Federal prosecutors said Moore agreed to file a false grand larceny charge against a man at Thornsbury's request.

U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said Moore will not face charges. But state police said they are investigating

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