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Former TV cameraman sues police!

OAKLAND, Kalifornia - June 1, 2010 - A local news cameraman filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Oakland Police Department for an alleged 2009 run-in with officers that occurred the same day four other officers were killed.

Attorneys for former KGO-TV cameraman Douglas Laughlin said Laughlin was on a sidewalk near Highland Hospital as an ambulance arrived March 21, 2009, when police

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Former cop gets probation for punching handcuffed man!

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - June 1, 2010 - A former East St. Louis police officer who punched a handcuffed suspect in the police station and lied about it was sentenced to probation and monetary penalties Tuesday.

Antonio “Tony” McWherter, 47, was angered by damage done to his uniform pants during the arrest of the man on January 30, 2006, and promised payback, Assistant U.S.

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Police State Files: Party patrol nets another bust!

All fun prohibited in Police State!

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - June 1, 2010 - The second weekend of the Bernalillo County Sheriff Department's new Party Patrol was fruitful and the program could be extended.

BCSO is going all out by utilizing 16 deputies and the department's helicopter to bust up underage parties.

Early Sunday morning, the patrol arrested Mi

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Disabled grandfather arrested by EIGHT cops for drunk driving mobility scooter!

LONDON, England - May 26, 2010 - Riding home on his mobility scooter at less than 4 mph, Eamonn Donohoe wasn't going anywhere in a hurry and didn't appear to be a menace to pedestrians.

But when the drunken Irishman ignored a policeman's attempt to flag him down, the local constabulary decided to take no chances.

As Donohoe, 62, was trundling along the pavement near hi

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Video captures officer kicking deaf man!

TAMPA, Florida - May 31, 2010 - There are many different ways you can interpret a video posted on YouTube, showing a police officer kicking a man on the ground.

From the view of the police officers, they were using a move they are trained to use when a person is not being compliant, which they say is what was happening.

Then there's the view of the man on the grou

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Trooper who was fired for killing cat wants his job back!

RALEIGH, North Carolina - May 29, 2010 - A North Carolina trooper is trying to get his job back after he says he was fired for killing a neighborhood cat.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Saturday that 39-year-old Shawn Houston of Granite Falls was charged in October with cruelty to animals and injury to real property. He was fired in January and appealed earlie

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Children as young as four to be fingerprinted by school library!

LONDON, England - May 28, 2010 - Students in Manchester are having their thumbprints digitally transformed into electronic codes, which can then be recognized by a computer program.

Under the scheme, pupils swipe a bar code inside the book they want to borrow then press their thumb on to a scanner to authorize the loan. Books are returned in the same way.