Really, it seems easier at this point to have one big omnibus thread to cover all examples of police brutality and misconduct from the USA.
Here's one that was new to me, but the story came out in February: a New Jersey man was accused of running from the police and resisting arrest, but the police's own dashcams showed that he had his hands up, and was beaten by officers. Prosecutors weren't originally given these tapes:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dash-cam-video-clears-nj-man-violent-traffic/story?id=22660928
And not as serious as that: officer at a traffic stop hounds a driver to confess that he smokes marijuana after seeing his frisbee golf bag in his car:
http://digg.com/video/cop-does-everything-he-can-to-trick-driver-into-saying-he-has-weed?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
Here's one that was new to me, but the story came out in February: a New Jersey man was accused of running from the police and resisting arrest, but the police's own dashcams showed that he had his hands up, and was beaten by officers. Prosecutors weren't originally given these tapes:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dash-cam-video-clears-nj-man-violent-traffic/story?id=22660928
And not as serious as that: officer at a traffic stop hounds a driver to confess that he smokes marijuana after seeing his frisbee golf bag in his car:
http://digg.com/video/cop-does-everything-he-can-to-trick-driver-into-saying-he-has-weed?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
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