Read more police brutality stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18506/police-brutality.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:51:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72524/san-jose-suspends-cops-in-student-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour San Jose police officers videotaped as they beat and tasered a college student have been placed on administrative leave pending an official review. A grainy cell phone video shows the officers using nightsticks to repeatedly strike Phuong Ho, 20, after responding to a domestic disturbance call last month. Ho...http://www.newser.com/story/72524/san-jose-suspends-cops-in-student-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 1:49:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66434/police-brutality-it-could-just-be-excited-delirium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew research could help exonerate police officers accused of using excessive force to restrain unruly perpetrators, New Scientist reports. So far the American Medical Association has not recognized “excited delirium,” a condition describing an agitated, combative person who exhibits superhuman strength and high body temperature—a rare condition common to...http://www.newser.com/story/66434/police-brutality-it-could-just-be-excited-delirium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 18:31:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65846/african-americans-must-get-angry-about-racial-profiling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHenry Louis Gates and Barack Obama have been “very publicly slapped down for speaking up and speaking out about police misbehavior,” but African-Americans “need to roar out their anger at such treatment,” Bob Herbert writes in the New York Times . Gates, not the officer who arrested him, is in the...http://www.newser.com/story/65846/african-americans-must-get-angry-about-racial-profiling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 11:35:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61443/london-cops-waterboarded-drug-suspects-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLondon police subjected accused pot dealers to waterboarding, charges a major inquiry into corruption and police brutality in the British capital. The investigation also claims that officers fabricated evidence and stole property from suspects in a drug case. Six officers are facing criminal proceedings, reports the Times of London, but...http://www.newser.com/story/61443/london-cops-waterboarded-drug-suspects-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 7:41:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55724/new-yorker-who-cracked-g20-death-case-backs-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New Yorker whose video revealed a police attack on a man who died during the G20 protests is glad the footage has led to an investigation, he tells the Guardian . The fund manager, who attended the London protests out of curiosity, came forward with the footage after hearing of...http://www.newser.com/story/55724/new-yorker-who-cracked-g20-death-case-backs-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 8:58:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55605/g20-cop-attack-sparks-demand-for-investigation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish officials are calling for a criminal investigation into a police attack on a man who died during the G20 protests in London last week, the Daily Telegraph reports. Video of the incident, shot by a New Yorker in town on business, shows a "sickening and unprovoked attack" by police...http://www.newser.com/story/55605/g20-cop-attack-sparks-demand-for-investigation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 3:40:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55407/man-died-in-g20-protest-after-clash-with-cops-witnesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLondon police are interviewing witnesses who reported seeing cops attack a man shortly before he collapsed and died during last week's G20 protests, reports the Guardian . The 47-year-old news agent hit his head on the pavement after the clash, according to reports. The confrontation occurred as riot police with dogs...http://www.newser.com/story/55407/man-died-in-g20-protest-after-clash-with-cops-witnesses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 5:43:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52317/im-not-resisting-cried-seattle-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Seattle teen whose jailhouse beating at the hands of a sheriff’s deputy has sparked internet outrage screamed “I’m not resisting” during the attack, the Post-Intelligencer reports. “It was horrible,” said Malika Calhoun, charged with stealing a friend’s mother’s car. “My head hit the wall when he first came in...http://www.newser.com/story/52317/im-not-resisting-cried-seattle-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 15:58:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52230/supreme-court-enters-the-age-of-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Florida man who was Tasered by police three times after being stopped for speeding has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear his case. But that petition begins not with an affidavit or legal precedent; rather, he included a link to a YouTube video depicting what seems to be severe...http://www.newser.com/story/52230/supreme-court-enters-the-age-of-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 8:11:58 CST