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NJ trooper sought dates from women he pulled over, indictment says
A state trooper accused of trying to date the female drivers he stops and falsifying records to cover up the alleged abuse was indicted on six charges Wednesday, according to the state attorney general's office. Eric Richardson, 32, of Camden, faces up to 33 years in prison and $350,000 in fines if convicted. He was charged with:
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Police officer suspended over video of him kicking a handcuffed man in the head
The suspect in a car theft was face down on the ground and motionless. A Miami police officer had him handcuffed. Then, as seen in a video recorded by a witness earlier this week, another officer came running towards the suspect, David Vladim Suazo, kicking him in the head before joining the other officer in pinning him to the ground. It seemed to many on Facebook to be an entirely unnecessary use of force, as the man showed no resistance to the arrest.
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‘Highway Robbery’: Drivers Allege Rohnert Park Police Illegally Seized Cannabis, Cash
Nine drivers and several attorneys say Rohnert Park police officers have repeatedly conducted questionable traffic stops and illegally seized cash and marijuana. Freeman said he was carrying 47 pounds of marijuana in his rental car that day, Dec. 29, 2016, but said he wasn’t too worried about the weed because he had a permit to grow medical cannabis in Mendocino County. He was driving it down to his client, a licensed dispensary called The Higher Path in Sherman Oaks, near Los Angeles. And, he said, he had the paperwork to prove it.
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Guardians from Hell
At 92 years old, Virginia “Jean” Wahab hadn’t lost any of the vitality and health she maintained throughout her life. She raised two daughters as a single mom and made a home for them in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, Michigan. Wahab worked on her feet and didn’t retire from her job at a local family restaurant until she was 88.
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Trump piles on Sessions: 'I don't have an attorney general'
The president can't stop complaining about Jeff Sessions over the Russia probe, immigration, Hillary Clinton and other disappointments.
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One of Trump's top EPA officials was just indicted on state ethics charges
A senior Environmental Protection Agency administrator responsible for nine southeastern states has been indicted by an Alabama grand jury on charges he conspired to violate ethics laws, reportedly in connection with a messy bribery scandal that has links to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and has roiled local politics.
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Refugee Labor Abuses Run Rampant on Hazelnut Farms Used by Nestle, Nutella
Most of the world’s hazelnuts are harvested in Turkey. The workers harvesting them don’t earn enough to live, according to a New York Times report.
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UK government urged to suspend export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to US
The government is being urged to suspend the sales of British tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to the United States amid fears they are being used against civil rights protesters. The US has been rocked by angry demonstrations for nearly a week following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died pleading for air while a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for eight minutes.
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I Told Riot Cops I’m a Journalist. They Forced Me to the Ground and Pepper-Sprayed Me in the Face.
"I am press," I said. It didn't matter.
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Activists Intimidated by FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force
“I’VE NEVER HAD any run-ins with the cops before. I’ve never been to jail and have no criminal record, so when the FBI showed up to my workplace, it scared the piss out of me,” says Katy, a 22-year-old who works for a custodial services company in Cookeville, a small college town in middle Tennessee. “I really thought I was going to lose my job. The whole experience was terrifying.”
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Ohio deputy who killed Casey Goodson has used faith to justify use of force before
The Franklin County Sheriff's SWAT deputy who shot and killed Casey Goodson Jr. on Dec. 4 is also a Baptist pastor and has used his faith to justify law enforcement's use of force. Michael Jason Meade, a 17-year sheriff's department veteran who goes by Jason, described use of force as "righteous release" in a 2018 video interview posted on YouTube by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
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