Stories listed below hit the news in the last week and are not meant to defame the reputation of almost one million law enforcement and corrections officers.
They do however show that corrupt, brutal, criminal and stupid police conduct is not that uncommon. This is no surprise, since cops, like most humans are far from perfect. Putting on a badge should not automatically make one above reproach or the normal rule of law.
Official corruption and law enforcement conduct is a fundamental aspect of a livable- or unlivable city.
I spent several hours compiling this list which lists a large number of very, very serious reports, - in only a week! There is no official database of people killed or injured by police.
Cleveland
Cleveland cop involved in Tanisha Anderson death lied about past use-of-force case (Cleveland.com)
Cleveland police officer charged, accused of staggering, urinating in public while wearing loaded gun
Suburban Cleveland Police chief and former social media sensation resigns after charges of sexual harassment (
Disturbing picture of abuse and harassment by former Brimfield, Ohio Police Chief (WKYC News)
Brimfield officer who stood up to chief Oliver, recounts bullying, vulgarities and retaliation (Akron Beacon Journal)
Pittsburgh
Mentally Ill, 62 year old man arrested for cursing dies in jail, 10 days later (Opposing Views) (January 12)
Two inmate deaths prompt county to review privatized prison infirmary
Pennsylvania
Lawmakers, advocacy groups push for civil asset forfeiture reform (Pennsylvania Independent)
West Virginia
Moundsville, West Virginia police officer charged with having sex with 15 year old girl
Other police abuse, corruption and civil liberties news
Video shows man shot and killed by Bridgeton, New Jersey police was raising his hands (The Salt Lake Tribune)
West Monroe, Louisiana police officer charged with negligent homicide in fatal shooting of homeless man (The News Star)
Video shows Penellas County Florida detention deputy pushing wheelchair bound inmate down, beating him and breaking his dentures (Officer fired) (St Petersburg Tribune)
Columbia, South Carolina police officer accused of beating a man outside a nightclub (Herald Online)
Brooklyn DA to probe allegations of NYPD cops planting guns (New York Daily News)
Ex-NYPD cop sentenced for insurance fraud, ticket fixing, selling fake DVDs and plotting to kill witnesses (New York Daily News)
NYPD detective, lieutenant accused of sexually assaulting and harassing a rape victim (New York Daily News)
Dallas, Texas cop arrested on 2nd domestic violence charge (Dallas Observer)
St Louis County police officer apologizes for arresting and (severely) beating wrong man (Chicago Defender)
Jacksonville, Florida corrections officer charged with food stamp fraud (Jacksonville.com)
Hillsborough, Florida judge charged with domestic violence (The Tampa Tribune)
Shelby County, Tennessee sheriff's deputy accused of assaulting two year old toddler for a dirty diaper (MyFox Memphis)
Former Buffalo, NY cop sentenced for operating a large Marijuana grow operation (FBI.gov)
Prescott Valley, Arizona police commander after video shows him stealing drugs from police storage unit
Indiana correctional officer charged with trafficking cell phones and drugs (Michigan City News Dispatch)
New Castle County, Delaware cop accidentally shoots himself on the job (ABC News- Philly)
Orange County, Florida corrections officer charged with rape (Click Orlando)
DeLand, Florida police officer resigns after being stopped with gang member, marijuana in his vehicle (The Daytona Beach News-Journal)
Connecticut corrections officer arrested in fatal hit and run accident (Connecticut Post)
St. Francis, Minnesota cop investigated for snooping into private data (Watertown Public Opinion)
Winter Haven, Florida community service officer accused of stalking (CBS 10 News)
California probation officer arrested for insurance fraud (My News LA)
Ocala, Florida police officer suspected of having sex with a 16 year old prostitute is fired (Ocala.com)
Off-Duty New Jersey cop charged with DUI after gun goes off and wounds friend (Newsday)
Del Rio, Texas high school security guard arrested for sexting underage female students (Fox News San Antonio)
Former NYPD cop who had sex with hooker inside Manhattan DA's office arrested for DWI (New York Daily News)
Ex-Chicago cop who tortured 118 black men over 30 years ago released from prison after 31/2 years- with full pension (Parhlo)
Related in-depth stories and opinion
Over 50 police agencies deploy radars that can see into homes without search warrants or much oversight (USA Today)
Report shows 1/3 of NYC hired corrections officers had criminal histories, gang ties or psychological issues (RT News)
US government aided Mexico's Sinaloa Drug Cartel with secret deal (Time Magazine)
Florida Senate panel to review Department of Corrections abuse allegations (Tampa Bay Times)
West Valley City, Utah brings back drug unit disbanded after systemic corruption and abuse
FBI files tell how addicted agent was able to get the drugs (Washington Post)
The downside of hospital-based police (Healthcare Dive)
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Monday, December 22, 2014
12/17/14 - 12/22/14 Arts and Urbanism Roundup
Note: Weekly news again dominated by police brutality and abuse issues. Hopefully, this will not always be the case.
The Pittsburgh City Paper did an excellent 3 part story on problems with the city's unmarked. "99 cars".
Pittsburgh
99 problems: What public records reveal about the city's unmarked police units
(Pittsburgh City Paper)
Police records show "99 units" lack department-wide mission, regulation, oversight (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Run-in with Jordan Miles wasn't first controversial incident for three 99-car cops (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Councilman seeks to prevent Pittsburgh police from acquiring surplus military equipment (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
Oakmont's businesses, walkability gain notice of empty-nesters, downsizers (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
Cleveland
Scenes from the Department of Justice investigation into the Cleveland Police Department (Belt Magazine)
Cleveland police officer accused of shoving girlfriend down stairs, knocking her unconscious (Cleveland.com)
Made in Cleveland: The rise of the maker economy in Cleveland (Cleveland Scene)
Why I left Los Angeles for this (Belt Magazine)
Fodor's names Cleveland a top 25 travel destination (Freshwater Cleveland)
Stepping up efforts to create a more livable, connected downtown (Freshwater Cleveland)
Ashtabula, Ohio
Couple moves from NYC, turns old meat market into dining destination (Cleveland Scene)
Other Ohio Urbanism, Arts and Transit news
Columbus, Ohio "complete streets" engineer and intern run over on downtown sidewalk (Streetsblog USA)
Other Pennsylvania Urbanism, Arts and Transit news
Pennsylvania police seize couple's $160,000 wine collection, want to destroy it all (Reason)
D.A. charges 2 Pennsylvania lawmakers with corruption in sting (Philly.com)
PA state legislators commonly engaged in jobs, investments that benefit from their office (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Recusals are rare in Pennsylvania Legislature (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
West Virginia and Appalachia
Appalachian Christmas traditions are still alive (Wilkes Journal-Patriot)
Parade will bring Appalachian dancing to Brooklyn (The Brooklyn Paper)
Other Urbanism and Transit news
Perth Amboy, New Jersey police chief charged with theft, suspended without pay (NJ.com)
Former Louisiana police officer indicted for multiple incidents of assault (US Department of Justice)
Oregon State Police detective pleads guilty to forgery, destroying evidence in major case (KATU.com)
NYC, cop accused of stealing and pawning jewelry stolen from boyfriend's mom
NYPD cop suspended after video shows brutality (The Chicago Tribune)
Former Saratoga County, NY Sheriff's deputy sentenced for dealing drugs (Albany Times Union)
Police killings increase calls for independent investigations (Times News)
Former suburban Chicago deputy police chief found guilty in brutality case (CBS Chicago)
Police violence sparks disability rights movement (Al Jazeera News)
Gunman executes 2 New York cops in "Garner Revenge" (New York Post)
How corrupt is your state government? (Acton Institute)
The rules of engagement: How militarized police units enforce the law around the world (Washington Post)
How far will cop unions go to halt reform? (Reason)
Millennials fleeing government employment (Reason)
Is Ann Arbor affordable? Nope. (And that's official) (SE-ME Start-Up)
Why the rent is too high, reason #239 (The Urbanophile)
High-end home sales surging in Southern California (Contra Costa Times)
A scary sign that more colleges may be forced to shut down football programs (Business Insider)
The simple change to truck design that could save lives (Streetsblog NYC)
To build safer streets, cities have to challenge state departments of transportation (Streetsblog)
Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct (elevated highway) must come down
The importance of driving to the US economy started waning in the 1970's (Streetsblog)
Other Arts and Archeology news
Brazil's most popular film is about militarized police
After outcry, Flickr stops selling prints of creative commons photos (Hyperallergic)
The Tate Museum digitizes 52,000 artifacts from the lives of British artists (Hyperallergic)
The lost histories of women at war: photo essay (Hyperallergic)
The physics of Pollock (Hyperallergic)
Mexican museum overwhelmed by popularity of Yayoi Kusama retrospective (The Art Newspaper)
Syria and Iraq's neighbors can help contain the looting (The Art Newspaper)
Uzbekistan museum staff replaced collection with forgeries, then sold originals (Artnet News)
The Pittsburgh City Paper did an excellent 3 part story on problems with the city's unmarked. "99 cars".
Pittsburgh
99 problems: What public records reveal about the city's unmarked police units
(Pittsburgh City Paper)
Police records show "99 units" lack department-wide mission, regulation, oversight (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Run-in with Jordan Miles wasn't first controversial incident for three 99-car cops (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Councilman seeks to prevent Pittsburgh police from acquiring surplus military equipment (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
Oakmont's businesses, walkability gain notice of empty-nesters, downsizers (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
Cleveland
Scenes from the Department of Justice investigation into the Cleveland Police Department (Belt Magazine)
Cleveland police officer accused of shoving girlfriend down stairs, knocking her unconscious (Cleveland.com)
Made in Cleveland: The rise of the maker economy in Cleveland (Cleveland Scene)
Why I left Los Angeles for this (Belt Magazine)
Fodor's names Cleveland a top 25 travel destination (Freshwater Cleveland)
Stepping up efforts to create a more livable, connected downtown (Freshwater Cleveland)
Ashtabula, Ohio
Couple moves from NYC, turns old meat market into dining destination (Cleveland Scene)
Other Ohio Urbanism, Arts and Transit news
Columbus, Ohio "complete streets" engineer and intern run over on downtown sidewalk (Streetsblog USA)
Other Pennsylvania Urbanism, Arts and Transit news
Pennsylvania police seize couple's $160,000 wine collection, want to destroy it all (Reason)
D.A. charges 2 Pennsylvania lawmakers with corruption in sting (Philly.com)
PA state legislators commonly engaged in jobs, investments that benefit from their office (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Recusals are rare in Pennsylvania Legislature (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
West Virginia and Appalachia
Appalachian Christmas traditions are still alive (Wilkes Journal-Patriot)
Parade will bring Appalachian dancing to Brooklyn (The Brooklyn Paper)
Other Urbanism and Transit news
Perth Amboy, New Jersey police chief charged with theft, suspended without pay (NJ.com)
Former Louisiana police officer indicted for multiple incidents of assault (US Department of Justice)
Oregon State Police detective pleads guilty to forgery, destroying evidence in major case (KATU.com)
NYC, cop accused of stealing and pawning jewelry stolen from boyfriend's mom
NYPD cop suspended after video shows brutality (The Chicago Tribune)
Former Saratoga County, NY Sheriff's deputy sentenced for dealing drugs (Albany Times Union)
Police killings increase calls for independent investigations (Times News)
Former suburban Chicago deputy police chief found guilty in brutality case (CBS Chicago)
Police violence sparks disability rights movement (Al Jazeera News)
Gunman executes 2 New York cops in "Garner Revenge" (New York Post)
How corrupt is your state government? (Acton Institute)
The rules of engagement: How militarized police units enforce the law around the world (Washington Post)
How far will cop unions go to halt reform? (Reason)
Millennials fleeing government employment (Reason)
Is Ann Arbor affordable? Nope. (And that's official) (SE-ME Start-Up)
Why the rent is too high, reason #239 (The Urbanophile)
High-end home sales surging in Southern California (Contra Costa Times)
A scary sign that more colleges may be forced to shut down football programs (Business Insider)
The simple change to truck design that could save lives (Streetsblog NYC)
To build safer streets, cities have to challenge state departments of transportation (Streetsblog)
Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct (elevated highway) must come down
The importance of driving to the US economy started waning in the 1970's (Streetsblog)
Other Arts and Archeology news
Brazil's most popular film is about militarized police
After outcry, Flickr stops selling prints of creative commons photos (Hyperallergic)
The Tate Museum digitizes 52,000 artifacts from the lives of British artists (Hyperallergic)
The lost histories of women at war: photo essay (Hyperallergic)
The physics of Pollock (Hyperallergic)
Mexican museum overwhelmed by popularity of Yayoi Kusama retrospective (The Art Newspaper)
Syria and Iraq's neighbors can help contain the looting (The Art Newspaper)
Uzbekistan museum staff replaced collection with forgeries, then sold originals (Artnet News)
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
12/10/14 - 12/17/14 Arts and Urbanism Roundup
Note: Weekly news dominated by police brutality and abuse issues. Hopefully, this will not always be the case.
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh evening street parking charges delayed (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Many in Allegheny County share the transit pain (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Once a trend, creative church reuse is now a modern tradition in Pittsburgh (Pop City)
Forbes ranks Pittsburgh as America's second smartest city (Forbes)
Cleveland
White Castle will close all 5 restaurants in the Cleveland/Akron area (Cleveland.com)
Cleveland mayor on collision course with Justice Department over police violence (Cleveland.com)
Cleveland Police's telling response to Tamir Rice and the DOJ report (Rust Wire)
Canadian columnist sees Cleveland's HealthLine BRT as a model (Toronto Sun)
Many long-eligible acts headed for 2015 Rock Hall class in Cleveland (WKSU News)
Akron
An illustrated mythology splashes over Akron Art Museum walls (WKSU News)
West Virginia and Appalachia
Why did Green Bank West Virginia ban wireless signals? For Science. (The Atlantic)
Last public hanging in West Virginia remembered with historic marker (The News Center)
Kentucky's moonlight schools (Appalachian History)
Other Urbanism and Transit News
Interactive Map: US police have killed at least 3,100 people since 2000 (Vox) (There is no official database of police fatalities)
Police brutality and living out of fear (Time Magazine)
San Fransisco cops found guilty of theft and corruption (KTVU News)
Texas cop uses stun gun on elderly man over inspection sticker (Huffington Post)
Video shows cops lied about traffic stop death of elderly man in Florida (CBS News)
San Jose cop suspended for threatening protestors of police brutality on Twitter (Vice News)
Time for a police offenders registry: A police job is a privilege not a right (Reason)
Did Congress stop marijuana legalization in D.C.? (Reason)
Regional transit app on the way for Chicago commuters (Mobile Payments Today)
Five signs America is falling in love with public transit (CNN Travel)
NYPD still doesn't investigate all fatal traffic accidents (Streetsblog)
The high cost of unwalkable school districts (Streetsblog)
A widely used planning manual tends to recommend building far too many roads (Citylab)
The Chinese government is building "affordable housing", in Brooklyn (Citylab)
Towards canine equity in the city (The Urbanist)
Other Arts and Archeology News
19 free art museums you should visit over the holidays (Huffington Post)
The evolving face of Santa, as seen in the Smithsonian's vast collections (Smithsonian.com)
Cathedrals hunt for stolen bible pages worth millions (The Art Newspaper)
Getting to know the artisans who make other people's art (Hyperallergic)
Overcoming conflict: India and Pakistan to share pavilion at Venice Biennale (The Art Newspaper)
Smithsonian's Asian Art collection goes online (The Art Newspaper)
Virtual galleries open new markets for art (BBC News)
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh evening street parking charges delayed (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Many in Allegheny County share the transit pain (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Once a trend, creative church reuse is now a modern tradition in Pittsburgh (Pop City)
Forbes ranks Pittsburgh as America's second smartest city (Forbes)
Cleveland
White Castle will close all 5 restaurants in the Cleveland/Akron area (Cleveland.com)
Cleveland mayor on collision course with Justice Department over police violence (Cleveland.com)
Cleveland Police's telling response to Tamir Rice and the DOJ report (Rust Wire)
Canadian columnist sees Cleveland's HealthLine BRT as a model (Toronto Sun)
Many long-eligible acts headed for 2015 Rock Hall class in Cleveland (WKSU News)
Akron
An illustrated mythology splashes over Akron Art Museum walls (WKSU News)
West Virginia and Appalachia
Why did Green Bank West Virginia ban wireless signals? For Science. (The Atlantic)
Last public hanging in West Virginia remembered with historic marker (The News Center)
Kentucky's moonlight schools (Appalachian History)
Other Urbanism and Transit News
Interactive Map: US police have killed at least 3,100 people since 2000 (Vox) (There is no official database of police fatalities)
Police brutality and living out of fear (Time Magazine)
San Fransisco cops found guilty of theft and corruption (KTVU News)
Texas cop uses stun gun on elderly man over inspection sticker (Huffington Post)
Video shows cops lied about traffic stop death of elderly man in Florida (CBS News)
San Jose cop suspended for threatening protestors of police brutality on Twitter (Vice News)
Time for a police offenders registry: A police job is a privilege not a right (Reason)
Did Congress stop marijuana legalization in D.C.? (Reason)
Regional transit app on the way for Chicago commuters (Mobile Payments Today)
Five signs America is falling in love with public transit (CNN Travel)
NYPD still doesn't investigate all fatal traffic accidents (Streetsblog)
The high cost of unwalkable school districts (Streetsblog)
A widely used planning manual tends to recommend building far too many roads (Citylab)
The Chinese government is building "affordable housing", in Brooklyn (Citylab)
Towards canine equity in the city (The Urbanist)
Other Arts and Archeology News
19 free art museums you should visit over the holidays (Huffington Post)
The evolving face of Santa, as seen in the Smithsonian's vast collections (Smithsonian.com)
Cathedrals hunt for stolen bible pages worth millions (The Art Newspaper)
Getting to know the artisans who make other people's art (Hyperallergic)
Overcoming conflict: India and Pakistan to share pavilion at Venice Biennale (The Art Newspaper)
Smithsonian's Asian Art collection goes online (The Art Newspaper)
Virtual galleries open new markets for art (BBC News)
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