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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society August 21, 2009September 14, 2009

Police Officer Fired (and Three Suspended) for Photo of Twin Peaks Waitress Holding Assault Rifle

A Twin Peaks restaurant advertises scantily dressed waitresses and a “fun, friendly and sometimes flirty atmosphere.” It was a bit…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society August 21, 2009August 21, 2009

Police Taser Sets Homeless Man on Fire

We have another case of a man bursting into flames after being tasered. Recently, an Australian man burst into flames…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society August 21, 2009

Six Police Officers Shoot Man 43 Times in Self-Defense — Stopping to Reload in Three Volleys

Police insist that they were acting in self-defense when they shoot Alonzo Heyward in Chattanooga, Tennessee. There is no question…

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Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, Politics, Society August 20, 2009August 20, 2009

Nutter Threatens to Shutdown Court System and Cut Police Force

As we continue to pour money into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, cities are continuing to shutdown for lack…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society August 19, 2009August 19, 2009

Police Officers Arrested After Allegedly Smoking Pot at Police Softball Game and Then Fleeing Pursuing Officers

Two police officers fled a police softball game with thousands of police from around the country after they were found…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Media, Society August 17, 2009February 15, 2010

Boise Man Sues Police After Being Tasered in Buttocks and Threatened With Sodomy

A man in Boise, Idaho is suing after the Boise Police Department declared that an officer who tasered him on…

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Bizarre, Society August 15, 2009

Police Taser Man Sitting on His Front Porch

This video has raised objections over why police appear to walk up to a man sitting on his porch and…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Society August 14, 2009

Irish Police Finally Catch Notorious Prawo Jazdy

Step aside Keyser Soze. For years, Irish police have hunted notorious Prawo Jazdy, a motorist who had succeeded in evading…

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Criminal law, Politics, Society, Torts August 14, 2009August 14, 2009

Montana Police Release Man Who Shot Co-Worker at Wal-Mart Due to State’s Sweeping “Castle Doctrine” Law

For most prosecutors, it would seem an easy criminal case. Daniel Lira, 32, was working inside Wal-Mart’s loading dock area…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society August 6, 2009

Florida Police Officer Arrested for Coercing Sex From Illegal Aliens

Broward Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Bleiweiss, 29, has been arrested on charges of using his position to coerce sex from illegal…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society August 5, 2009August 5, 2009

Baptism Under Fire: Virginia Police Taser Grandfather and Mother At Baptism Party

Prince William County police are accused of abuse in the tasering of a grandfather and a mother at a baptismal…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law, International, Politics, Religion, Society August 5, 2009August 5, 2009

Sudanese Police Beat Women Protesting Pants Ban

Sudanese police beat women protesting outside a Sudanese court Tuesday during the trial of Lubna Hussein, a former U.N. worker…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Lawyering, Society August 4, 2009August 4, 2009

Following the Herd: Police Officer Charged With Sex With Cows

Moorestown Patrolman Robert Melia, 38, is every criminal defense attorney’s nightmare. First, Melia was charged with aggravated sexual assault on…

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Criminal law, Politics, Society August 1, 2009August 1, 2009

Two Georgia Police Officers Suspended After Allegedly Running Criminal Checks on President Obama From Police Cruiser

DeKalb Officers Ryan White and C.M. Route are suspended pending an investigation in why they used a DeKalb County computer…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society July 31, 2009August 2, 2009

Culp-able? Lawyer Arrested After Saying “I Hate the Police” in Front of D.C. Officers

Lawyer Pepin Tuma, 33, was speaking with friends on Saturday night about his outrage over the arrest of Harvard Professor…

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