List of cases of alleged police brutality

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Police brutality is alleged to occur in some cases of police activity. Below is an alphabetical listing of some of these cases.

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[edit] A-C

  • Martin Lee Anderson died in 2006 at a Florida juvenile detention facility after allegedly suffering a beating by as many as eight guards, recorded by videotape. An investigation is ongoing. [1]
  • Sean Bell died after police started shooting at his car outside of a strip club in New York City, hours before his wedding. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that what the officers did was against NYPD policy. This case is under investigation.[2]
  • Anthony Baez died in December 1994 after being arrested by NYPD Officer Francis X. Livoti.
  • Steve Biko was allegedly killed by police as a result of anti-apartheid demonstrations in South Africa in 1977. [3]
  • Oscar Elías Biscet is a Cuban political prisoner, arrested in December 2002, who is reportedly not allowed to have food or medicines brought to him by his wife, a situation which has caused his health to deteriorate.[4]
  • William Cardenas A video posted on YouTube shows two LAPD officers beating on 24 year old William Cardenas while arresting him on charges of receiving stolen property. The LAPD and FBI are currently investigating this case.[5]
  • Toni Comer Footage shown at her trial showed the 19 year old girl being repeatedly punched kicked and dragged to a waiting police van in Sheffield in 2006[6]

[edit] D-K

  • Robert Davis was filmed in an altercation with New Orleans police officers in October 2005. Two officers were later fired and charged with battery as a result of the incident.[7]
  • Amadou Diallo was shot and killed in February 1999 by New York City police officers while unarmed after the officers claimed they believed he was reaching for a gun. Four officers were indicted for second-degree murder but later acquitted.[8]
  • Johnny Gammage was a black motorist who died in a scuffle with white police officers. Three officers were charged with involuntary manslaughter, although at least one was acquitted.[9]
  • Frank Jude Jr. was beaten at a house party while unarmed by three off-duty Milwaukee Police officers, Andrew Spengler, Jon Bartlett and Daniel Masarik, who were charged but acquitted.[10]
  • Rodney King's March 3, 1991 arrest and beating by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department was videotaped by a bystander. Four law enforcement officers, including one sergeant, were charged locally with assault and other charges, of which they were acquitted, leading to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The officers were later charged in federal court of violating King's civil rights, and two of them were convicted.[11]

[edit] L-Z

  • Abner Louima was sexually abused by New York City police officers in 1997. A number of officers were convicted in the case.[12]
  • Benno Ohnesorg, a German university student, was shot dead by police officer Karl-Heinz Kurras during a demonstration in Berlin on 2 June 1967. Kurras was charged with manslaughter but acquitted.[13][14]
  • Randy Weaver White seperatist and survivalist whose home was assaulted by federal agents during the infamous Ruby Ridge incident. During the incident Weaver's wife was killed along with one of his friends, and several members of the family were wounded

[edit] References

  1. ^ FDLE Investigates Death of Martin Lee Anderson. Florida Department of Law Enforcement (2006-01-10).
  2. ^ Mayor of New York calls police killing of bridegroom 'inexplicable'. Times Online (2006-11-27).
  3. ^ Stephen Bantu Biko. South African History Online. Retrieved on August 5, 2006.
  4. ^ Boucher, Richard (2004-07-21). Treatment of Oscar Elias Biscet and Other Cuban Political Prisoners (Press release). United States Department of State. Retrieved on August 7, 2006.
  5. ^ Video Arrest Subject Pleads No Contest. The Free Press (2006-11-15).
  6. ^ Video of beating made me feel sick - Toni Comer
  7. ^ Alistair Leithead. "New Orleans policemen suspended", BBC News, 2005-10-10. Retrieved on August 10, 2006.
  8. ^ Officers acquitted of all charges in Diallo shooting. Courtroom Television Network (Court TV) (2000-02-25). Retrieved on August 11, 2006.
  9. ^ "White officer acquitted in death of black motorist", CNN, 1996-11-13. Retrieved on August 13, 2006.
  10. ^ Grinburg, Emanuella (2006-04-20). Off-duty Milwaukee officers cleared in beating of unarmed man. Courtroom Television Network (Court TV). Retrieved on August 14, 2006.
  11. ^ Rodney King reluctant symbol of police brutality (Press release). Associated Press NYC NY (2001-03-03). Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
  12. ^ "Louima Cop Sentenced", CBS Worldwide, 2000-06-27. Retrieved on August 11, 2006.
  13. ^ Thomas, Nick (2003). Protest Movements in 1960s West Germany: A Social History of Dissent and Democracy. Oxford: Berg. 
  14. ^ Seifert, Jurgen; et al. (1976). "Defining the Enemy of the State: Political Policies of West Germany". New German Critique 8: 42-53. 
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