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Police Misconduct
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New Orleans Police Assaults Caught on Tape
More controversy in New Orleans as a tape shows an NOPD officer hitting a 64 year old man, Robert Davis, who was arrested for public intoxication. Then, while Associated Press…
California Employment Law Update
Individual Who Lost Employment Opportunities May Sue Under RICO
By Tony Oncidi
Diaz v. Gates, 420 F.3d 897, 2005 WL 1949879 (9th Cir. 2005) (en banc) David Diaz sued Daryl Gates, Willie Williams, Bernard Parks and many others, alleging violation of the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Parental Rights
By Family Law
Robertson v. Hecksel, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 17201 (11th Cir. 2005) After her adult son was shot and killed by a police officer, Mother sued police officer and city under…
CrimProf Blog
New Flashlight Beating Rules in LA
Los Angeles authorities are planning to restrict LAPD use of flashlights as weapons. The videotaped beating that led to controversy is available here. Here's a police discussion board talking about…
CrimProf Blog
Can Cops Use Threats to Get a Kidnapper to Disclose a Victim’s Location?
A German prosecutor says no. In September, 2002, two officers threatened a suspected kidnapper to get him to disclose the location of the 11-year-old victim, the son of a wealthy…
CrimProf Blog
Blogwatch
Talkleft has a story on demotion of two Dallas police supervisors in the wake of a 2001 drug-frame scandal; informants, paid by the quantity of drugs recovered as a result…
CrimProf Blog
Ex-Miami Cops Receive Probation for Planting Guns on Suspects
The Associated Press reports: "Two retired Miami police officers whose testimony helped convict seven other officers were placed on probation Wednesday for their parts in cover-ups after guns were planted…
CrimProf Blog
Cops take 5th in Chicago Torture/Confessions Suit
A team of detectives who allegedly tortured 108 suspects to obtain confessions have taken the 5th in the subsequent civil suit. A number of those who confessed under torture have…
CrimProf Blog
Secret Police (Settlements in Brutality Cases)
In Secret Police and the Mysterious Case of the Missing Tort Cases, Marc Miller of Emory and Ron Wright of Wake Forest "consider the mysteriously conflicting evidence on whether civil…
California Employment Law Update
Individual Who Lost Employment Opportunities Has No RICO Claim
By Tony Oncidi
Diaz v. Gates, 380 F.3d 480 (9th Cir. 2004) David Diaz sued Daryl Gates, Willie Williams, Bernard Parks and many others, alleging violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations…