Excessive Force

Source: www.cbc.ca --- 4 days ago
Halifax police are investigating a complaint that a Truro man was beaten by five off-duty members of the town's police service outside a bar last week. ...

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Source: www.nashuatelegraph.com --- 11 days ago
CONCORD -- Guards at the Hillsborough County jail didn't use Excessive Force on an inmate who was roughed up during a search in his cell nearly three years ago, a jury ruled Friday in U.S. District Court. ... - By ANDREW WOLFE Staff Writer ...

Source: sportsonmymind.com --- 1 day ago
Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe was one of nine people arrested - one man was hospitalized - at a wedding in Texas early Sunday morning: Police said Backe had attended a wedding at the Island Convention Center that night. Backe and other wedding guests went to the bar after the wedding was over. City officials [...] ...

Source: www.justiceflorida.com --- 10 days ago
          In a recent federal case called Buckley v. Haddock , the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was asked to decide whether a deputy sheriff's repeated use of a taser gun while trying to arrest a motorist by the side of the road in Washington County, Florida constituted Excessive use of Force in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution .  In ruling that the deputy did not use Excessive Force, the Court stated:           "Needless to say, officers acting alone may not always use any and all Force necessary to complete an arrest without assistance.  If Deputy Rackard had used more severe techniques (beaten [the motorist's] head with a club or shot him, for example), this case would be a different case.  Here, the record shows that Deputy Rackard only used moderate, non-lethal Force; and he did so only after reasoning with [the motorist], then after trying to lift [the motorist], and finally after repeatedly warning [the motorist]-a warning given before each use of the taser-that a taser would be used. In short, Deputy Rackard gave [the motorist] ample warning and opportunity to cease resisting before the deputy resorted gradually to more forceful measures. Even then, [the motorist's] injury was not great; and the deputy holstered his taser after using it briefly three times."           However, one of the judges on the appellate court disagreed stating:           "I write to express my view that the Fourt ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 6 days ago
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Two Duval County corrections officers were arrested after authorities said they assaulted inmates at the jail. The alleged incidents occurred on separate occasions, but are similar in that both officers have been accused of abusing their authority by using Excessive Force. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 12 days ago
Maryland State Police officers have agreed to investigate allegations that Charles County sheriff's officers used Excessive Force in arresting the son of Wayne Cooper, president of the Board of County Commissioners. ...

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 8 days ago
NEWSCHANNEL 4 OKLAHOMA CITY -- Members of a committee, that's looking for ways to improve the Oklahoma County jail, say it may need to be torn down and a new one built. Mike Means of the Adult Detention Advisory Committee says the jail is an albatross that was poorly designed and has never met the county's needs. The federal Department of Justice has criticized the jail for a lack of supervision, violence between inmates, and Excessive Force by guards. The department removed federal inmates from the jail. The committee has a December 31 deadline to make its recommendation. Copyright 2008 KFOR-TV-DT. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ...

Source: msn.foxsports.com --- 6 days ago
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez warned Manchester City ahead of Sunday's Premier League meeting that its newfound wealth will be exploited by clubs only willing to sell their players at Excessive prices. Man City's new Abu Dhabi owners are planning to splurge on players in January to turn the long underachieving club into a global Force. They began their mission last month with the surprise capture of Brazil forward Robinho. ...

Source: thedaily.washington.edu --- 2 days ago
For a country known in the West for its historic — and more often fictional — ninjas and samurai, Japan hardly has a strong military. In fact, Japan’s defense ministry recently announced that suicides in the Japanese armed forces are on the rise. This reflects, among other things, low morale in the ranks and the relatively low respect that the Japanese accord their armed forces. During World War II, Japanese soldiers were killing themselves out of Excessive pride in their military traditions. Today, they may perhaps be doing it because of a lack of military traditions. Neither extreme is desirable, nor is a weak Japan in the interests of the United States. During the war, Japan was a top-tier world power, albeit a thoroughly undemocratic and malignant one. The bloody fighting and atrocities that happened in the Pacific Theater were largely the result of Japanese aggression. With this in mind, the U.S. military occupation forces in Japan rewrote the country’s constitution in consultation with Japan’s new government. One of the 1947 constitution’s key provisions stated, “the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of Force as a means of settling international disputes.” By hard-wiring pacifism into the Japanese constitution, the U.S. hoped to prevent another war. Despite their foreign origins, the American officers who drafted this constitution clearly captured the contemporary ...

Source: www.charlotte.com --- 4 days ago
CMS student has whooping cough A Metro School student has whooping cough, and students and staff who have been exposed will be treated with antibiotics, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials said Monday. The Mecklenburg Health Department is working with CMS to inform staff and families at the uptown school for severely disabled students. N.C. law requires students to be vaccinated against the disease, also known as pertussis, unless they have a medical or religious waiver. Ann Doss Helms Meck briefs Charlotte The Charlotte Civil Service Board began a hearing Monday to determine whether Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Maj. Chuck Johnson, accused of Excessive use of Force, will be demoted. Johnson, a 26-year police veteran, was working off-duty during the Food Lion Speed Street festival uptown in May when the incident happened. He was placed on administrative duty, and Chief Rodney Monroe recommended to the board that Johnson be suspended and demoted. Johnson, who was working in internal affairs, has been reassigned to the watch commander's office, said Internal Affairs Director Capt. Chuck Adkins. The board may reach a decision today, Adkins said. The hearing is closed. Johnson could have requested it be open to the public but did not. Greg Lacour Regional briefs Caldwell County Four Caldwell County men recently won $200,000 playing Powerball. James Absher and Klaus, Richard and Jerry Hadschin, all of Granite Falls, bought a Powerb ...

Source: talk.collegeconfidential.com --- 4 days ago
I've decided she is really only smart at one thing: cheap politics. ---Quote (Originally by I'm a liar and idiot)--- “The Associated Press is wrong. The comments are about an association that has been known but hasn’t been talked about and I think its fair to talk about where Barack Obama kicked off his political career, in the guy’s living room. And he of course, having been associated with that group, a known domestic terrorist group, it’s important for Americans to know. Its really important for Americans to start knowing who the real Barack Obama is.” ---End Quote--- Besides the fact the quote is misleading and obviously distorting truth, she clearly doesn't believe that people may change a bit. Has Ayers engaged in terrorist activities recently? No, its been forty years. Its not like he's actively trying to disrupt life now. Maybe it was youthful imprudence, like Obama's drug use, McCain's Excessive cockiness, academic failure, and infidelity, or her eloping and marrying someone who denied the perpetuity of the United States. By her excessively moronic criteria, Barack Obama is a terrorist and drug addict, McCain is an immoral showoff, and she is a rebel against the United States. No, she is not a someone who sees: ---Quote (Originally by My IQ is 102 and my SAT score 920)--- ...America as a Force of good in this world...an America of exceptionalism. ---End Quote--- Certainly not if she associates with someone who wants Alaskan in ...

Source: www.desmoinesregister.com --- 10 days ago
There were more questions than answers Monday in the case of a Des Moines couple who claim police officers used Excessive Force on them during a traffic stop this month. ...

Source: www.nationmultimedia.com --- 1 day ago
Injunction against PM on Excessive use of Force ...

Source: www.officer.com --- 1 day ago
A federal judge ruled there is enough evidence that a jury could find two detectives used Excessive Force in fatally shooting a 15-year-old. ...

Source: www.punknews.org --- 2 days ago
The fifth album from the Chicago-based Rise Against, Appeal to Reason initially put me off due to the Excessive amount of boring filler, but after a couple spins, it stands up better than first realized: There's Tim McIlrath's passionate vocals, as always; Joe Principe's creative basslines are back in full Force; and even when he's not barreling away at full speed, Brandon Barnes continues to beat the living shit out of his drum kit. The first song, "Collapse" rips, living up to the Rise Against tradition of great opening tracks ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 3 days ago
More Top News Stories A wedding celebration in Galveston, Texas ended in a confrontation with cops and a Major League Baseball player in jail. Police say they did not use Excessive Force. A witness ... ...

Source: blogs.tnr.com --- 1 day ago
The Times Peter Goodman has a very good piece today about Alan Greenspan's role in the financial meltdown--particularly his efforts to beat back derivatives regulation. The most striking thing about the piece is how blinded Greenspan was by either a simple-minded or deeply ideological faith in markets. His various attempts at self-defense all have a stranglely circular logic. On the one hand, he strenuously opposed regulation because, in his view, people always obey their self-interest, and it's not in their interest to take Excessive risks: A professed libertarian, he counted among his formative influences the novelist Ayn Rand , who portrayed collective power as an evil Force set against the enlightened self-interest of individuals. In turn, he showed a resolute faith that those participating in financial markets would act responsibly. An examination of more than two decades of Mr. Greenspan’s record on financial regulation and derivatives in particular reveals the degree to which he tethered the health of the nation’s economy to that faith. ... Time and again, Mr. Greenspan — a revered figure affectionately nicknamed the Oracle — proclaimed that risks could be handled by the markets themselves. ... In his testimony at the time, Mr. Greenspan was reassuring. “Risks in financial markets, including derivatives markets, are being regulated by private parties,” he said. “There is nothing involved in federal regulation per se which ...