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Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Friday, October 26, 2012:
- Trenton, New Jersey: A trooper has been suspended without pay after he allegedly punched a man, cutting him above and below the eye. He was charged with simple assault and threatening a police officer. ow.ly/eNtFF
- Washington, DC: A FBI agent has been charged and convicted with vehicular manslaughter and related charges. He killed one teen and injured another in a car crash. ow.ly/eNpzH
- Update: Dallas Texas: A deputy got a 38 day suspension for stopping a motorcyclist without cause and seizing his helmet camera. When the motorcyclist was pulled over the officer told him, “the reason you’re being pulled over is because I’m gonna take your camera and we’re gonna use it as evidence of in the crimes that have been committed by other bikers.” Said a criminal justice expert, “I think we should applaud the agency. There were days in American law enforcement when nothing would’ve happened.” ow.ly/eNuLf
- Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: An officer was accused of murdering his wife almost 30 years ago. He has been suspended and is currently being held in jail. ow.ly/eNoS0
- Cokeville, Wyoming: A motorist has filed suit the town after he says that the police chief took cash from drivers for ‘traffic tickets’ and then took the money and disappeared. ow.ly/eNheH
- Varnall, Georgia: An officer was indicted for 1st degree vehicular homicide and reckless driving in the death of a contract newspaper carrier. He has resigned. The police chief said that an internal investigation showed the officer violated several department policies. ow.ly/eN9K1
- Parkersburg, West Virginia: An officer was suspended after he was arrested in Ohio. He was charged initially with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He failed a series of field sobriety tests, at one point losing his balance and nearly falling onto the parking lot, says the report. “He talked to the police officer and the prosecuting attorney and said they were not going to charge him with DUI, but with another offense,” said the Parkersburg Mayor. ow.ly/eNgmg
- Dekaulb, Georgia: A police chief was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison for conspiring to take bribes. He admitted that “no one should sell their badge” and that he did just that. ow.ly/eN6Xl
- Update: Downey, California: An officer who killed a man he mistook for a robbery suspect will not face criminal charges. ow.ly/eM0Vl
National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 10-26-12 is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
