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●● Police Watch: January 2014

Posted in Action at 5:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Police abuses reported in the UK, as well as the US, with more interesting stories from Australia, Germany, and Argentina

“I witnessed and reported animal abuse… and now was being charged with a crime myself.”Taylor Radig worked undercover at a cattle company and documented horrific abuses of dairy calves. She turned her footage over to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office, and police said they were charging three of the farm workers with animal cruelty.But when Radig walked into the sheriff’s office to provide a formal statement a few months ago, the police turned around and told her that she, the whistleblower, was also being charged with animal cruelty for her investigation.Is he your best friend? Or an undercover cop?Mark Kennedy undercop cop spyThe story of Mark Kennedy, the undercover cop who targeted social activists throughout Europe, was shocking to activists and the general public alike — among them Kennedy’s former friend Jason Kirkpatrick. Now, Kirkpatrick is creating a documentary about Kennedy’s spy ops. He’ll be in New York City and San Francisco this month to preview clips from Spied Upon.Oakwood prison: G4S ‘must shape up or ship out’Labour calls on justice secretary to give private firm six months to improve situation at prison facing series of disturbancesAt last, a law to stop almost anyone from doing almost anythingProtesters, buskers, preachers, the young: all could end up with ‘ipnas’. Of course, if you’re rich, you have nothing to fearMark Duggan inquest: Furious protesters drown out police statementTrigger happy Britain? How police shootings compareOne piece still missing from puzzle of fatal theater shooting: Why?The corruption of Britain: UK’s key institutions infiltrated by criminalsIn 2003 Operation Tiberius found that men suspected of being Britain’s most notorious criminals had compromised multiple agencies, including HM Revenue & Customs, the Crown Prosecution Service, the City of London Police and the Prison Service, as well as pillars of the criminal justice system including juries and the legal profession.Revealed: How gangs used the Freemasons to corrupt policeSecret networks of Freemasons have been used by organised crime gangs to corrupt the criminal justice system, according to a bombshell Metropolitan Police report leaked to The Independent. Revelations About Massive UK Police Corruption Shows Why We Cannot — And Must Not — Trust The SpiesAs Mike reported recently, the NSA has presented no credible evidence that its bulk metadata collection is stopping terrorist attacks, or keeping people safe. Instead, the argument in support of the secret activities of the NSA and its friends abroad has become essentially: “Trust us, we really have your best interests at heart.” But that raises the question: Can we really do that? New revelations from The Independent newspaper about massive and thorough-going corruption of the UK police and judiciary a decade ago show that we can’t…Deadly Argentina looting spreads as police go on strikeAt least five people have been killed as looting spreads through Argentina.Hundreds have been injured as people took advantage of a police strike to rob shops and homes.Police have refused to go on patrol until their demands for a salary rise are met. Unbelievably lenient sentence for cop who fingered suspects’ anusesLegal challenge questions reliability of police dogs (last year but relevant)Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessnessPolice in north London have seized blankets, sleeping bags and food donations from rough sleepers in a crackdown on homelessness.A local paper reported that the belongings, mostly donated by sympathetic members of the community, were snatched by police from a group of homeless people as they sheltered in an abandoned public baths for the night.The nine people, including a man in his sixties, were seeking cover from a cold night in Redbridge and were left stunned when their worldly possessions disappeared into the back of a police car.One of the men targeted in the action, Adam Jaskowiak, pleaded with officers to be allowed to keep his possessions for warmth. The 34-year-old said: “They [the police officers] were just taking the sleeping bags and chucking out everything. I asked to keep it, and the food, but they said ‘No’.Jury Finds Two Officers Charged In Beating Death Of Homeless Man Not Guilty The incident, which began with Officer Ramos putting on gloves and announcing to Thomas that his “fists” were getting ready to “fuck him up,” and ended with Thomas in an irreversible coma, was caught on surveillance tape and synched to Ramos’ body mic recording. The tortured screams and gasps of the 135-lb. Thomas were unable to convince the jury find one of the cops guilty of lesser charges (Officer Cicinelli — charged with involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force). Even Cicinelli’s own words — “I ran out of options and just started bashing the hell out of [Thomas'] face [with the butt end of his taser]” — failed to persuade the jury that the force used was excessive. Fullerton police officers not guilty in homeless man’s death, prosecutors won’t try 3rd copPolice: Cops who pulled Cushingberry over wanted to arrest himPolice officials are refuting City Council President Pro Tem George Cushingberry’s claim that officers pulled him over Tuesday because he was black, pointing out that one of the officers involved was African-American.He Stood Up Against the Steubenville ‘Rape Crew’, Now Let’s Stand Up For HimLostutter believes that the FBI investigation and raid of his house been motivated by local officials in Steubenville. “They want to make an example of me.” Now, he is facing 10 years in prison for his “crime” of exposing the Steubenville rapists.Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in WebsiteA teenager in Australia who thought he was doing a good deed by reporting a security vulnerability in a government website was reported to the police.Kid who found PTV website flaw deserves a medalCops kill mentally ill teen after parents call police to help himA Boiling Springs Lakes, North Carolina family is looking for answers after local police shot and killed their mentally ill teenage son while responding to a call for help.The family contends that Keith Vidal, 18, was “killed in cold blood” after police were requested to help calm the teenager down during a schizophrenic episode. UVa Student Arrested and Jailed For Water Mistaken for Beer Plans Civil Lawsuit Against StateStemming from an incident in June where plainclothes Alcoholic Beverages Control (ABC) agents attempted to apprehend her, Elizabeth Daly is now planning on pursuing legal action for a wrongful arrest and a night spent in jail.Using Mirrors To Show Police What They Have BecomeAt noon on Dec. 30, protesters in central Kyiv held mirrors in front of police for 30 minutes to commemorate the night of Nov. 30 when riot police used excessive force to breakup a peaceful rally on Independence Square consisting mostly of university students.Police impose martial law, locking section of Hamburg into “danger zone”Police obtained legal permission to impose a curfew by conservative politicians a while ago, and they use it to retaliate against people who defend Rote Flora from being evicted in the name of capitalist gentrification policies. Cops claimed that they were attacked at their police station “Davidswache” on December 20th and on December 28th, in separate clashes from the demonstration on December 21st, but a lawyer in Hamburg says there was no second attack at the police station Davidswache on the 28th. He has demanded the videos of the incident from the surveillance cameras.Dozens of police injured as eviction protest turns violent in Hamburg (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Zeit Online has reported, citing a non-government organization, that about 500 protesters being injured, 20 of them seriously. However, this information cannot be independently verified.The cultural center’s squatting history dates back to 1989, when the Schanzenviertel area’s Rote Flora center was first occupied. Since then, its reputation as the central point for leftist rallying has been further cemented.But the public anger itself had also to do with the wider issue of migrant and refugee rights, including those of the squatters at a run-down apartment block in Hamburg’s Reeperbahn area – also the city’s red-light district, which contains the so-called Esso Houses. The buildings, also often home to Germany’s Lampedusa refugees, were evacuated last weekend because of their poor condition.After the initial chaos at the Rote Flora had subsided, the crowds migrated toward the Reeperbahn, where they were chased around the streets by the police.

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