Toms River, NJ-area taxpayers billed $350,000 for botched drug raid
Tuesday, 3 June 2008 by Mike Gogulskipolice | No Comments »
Just another isolated incident... and what better way for the clown suits to avoid culpability than just stealing more of the slaves'citizenry's money to buy off the case? From the Asbury Park Press: Beaten in raid, man gets $350G EXCESSIVE FORCE ALLEGED A Toms ...
Instant justice, Mississippi style
Sunday, 25 May 2008 by Mike Gogulskipolice, torture | No Comments »
As is so often the case, there is no underlying charge here. Concerned that uniformed thugs are brutalizing someone and dare to make noise about it? Well, that's "interfering with police duties". Twitch a little when 50,000 volts is zapped ...
Seattle citizens to be billed $268,000 for uniformed thuggery
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 by Mike Gogulskipolice | No Comments »
There's not even an underlying charge here to justify stopping the guy in the first place. "Contempt of cop" indeed. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle to pay for unlawful arrest, excessive force [caption id="attachment_70" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Stencil / Plantilla sobre asfixia policial by ...
Victoria, BC citizenry to pay $60,000 to brutalized teen
Friday, 16 May 2008 by Mike Gogulskipolice, prison, surveillance | 6 Comments »
Willow Kinloch, then aged 15, got picked up three years ago by the Victoria police for the victimless crime of being drunk in public. For her own protection, or something. Somehow unable to manage taking an intoxicated, frightened young woman back ...
Electroshock torture new penalty for expired tag?
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 by Mike Gogulskipolice, torture | No Comments »
Ah it's great how a victimless status crime such as driving with an expired license plate can lead to electroshock torture these days. Didn't pay your tax on time? Ride the taser. Sure, the officer wasn't "adequately trained in the ...
San Francisco taxpayers billed $235,000 for aggro cop
Sunday, 11 May 2008 by Mike Gogulskipolice | 2 Comments »
From the San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. settles excessive force suit for $235,000 Sunday, May 11, 2008 Kelly Medora, a petite preschool teacher who weighed about 118 pounds, went out with a friend in North Beach one Saturday night in 2005 for some fun. Instead, ...
