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A trans woman says that when she was arrested for a minor subway violation, NYPD officers belittled her, called her names, asked about her genitals — and kept her chained to a fence for 28 hours. Now she's suing. And it turns out she's far from alone. More »
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Greg Kelly, an anchor on Fox's "Good Day New York" and the son of New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, is currently being investigated by the Manhattan district attorney's office after a woman walked into a police station Tuesday night and complained that Kelly raped her. More »
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Police in Milwaukee are offering a unique service: they'll let you conduct your Craigslist transactions inside the police station, to prevent you from being robbed. Handy! The idea came about after a big uptick in robberies that occurred during the hand-off of goods sold on Craigslist. Police officer Lisa Staffold explains, "The media has deemed it 'robbery by appointment' because you're posting ads, you're selling your iPhones, your iPads, your vehicles, and when you go to a meeting location, you're being robbed." More »
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It was adorable in Bridesmaids when the very charming Officer Nathan Rhodes met Kristin Wiig's character, Annie Walker, while pulling her over for a broken rear light. But things don't always turn out so nicely in real life, as one police officer in Stickney, Illinois, discovered the hard way. More »
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Usually you hear about how dangerous drunk driving is, but it turns out riding the train drunk can also be hazardous to your health. Check out this crazy video of a heavily intoxicated woman in England who steps off a train, falls, and then somehow manages to roll underneath the train. The footage was released by British police in an effort to remind travelers not to get too drunk while celebrating this holiday season. Luckily the woman is okay — just cuts and bruises — because some alert person spotted her go down and prevented her from getting flattened. Here's your new mantra for holiday parties: Friends don't let friends drink and ride the rails. More »
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After a couple was arrested at a Texas Whataburger, an officer put them into the back of his car and started driving to the police station. On the way he noticed he couldn't see the woman anymore. When he stopped to investigate he discovered that while handcuffed, she'd managed to unzip the man's pants and perform oral sex on him. He was able to separate them and drive to the station for booking on drug charges (no shocker there). More »
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The good news is that across the country, police are putting their feet down and raising their voices in support of civil rights. They're standing against the tyranny of the government retaining DNA records of citizens when those people aren't being investigated for a crime. The bad news is that they only actually care about the rights of themselves and other police officers. Fuck all of you privacy-wanting jokers. More »
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Police in Luoyang, Henan province, China have discovered an underground dungeon where a man forced women to have sex for money and perform in pornographic movies. In all, six women were enslaved for periods of 2 to 21 months, and two of them were eventually murdered. The operation went on for two years without police discovering what was going on. They're really sorry. More »
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Yesterday NYPD officer Michael Pena, who's accused of raping a teacher at gunpoint last month, pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of rape and assault. Pena, who's being investigated for two other sex attacks, suggested on the day of his arrest that the sex was consensual, telling police "I wanted to call my girlfriend, but how am I going to call her when I got arrested for cheating?" More »
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Some NYPD officers were caught on video dirty dancing with revelers at last weekend's West Indian Day Parade. Their moves have sparked controversy. More »
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Patrick Kirkland, a juror who voted to acquit former NYPD cops Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata of almost all charges in the notorious rape trial, has written a long piece on the experience for Gothamist. In it, he defends the jury from charges that they let a rapist go free, somewhat explains why they doubted the woman's testimony — and wonders if Moreno and the woman "hit it off" and Moreno "thought [it] was consensual." More »
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Last week, photos of New Mexico State Police officer Bert Lopez having sex in uniform on the hood of a Honda went viral, and now he's been fired. Authorities say the encounter itself wasn't criminal, but wouldn't say whether or not Lopez was on duty at the time. Lopez has 30 days to appeal, and police won't be releasing a statement until the process is over. "It is an embarrassing situation for the department, but we have to remember the rights of the employee afford him due process we must follow so we won't be commenting further," said a spokesman. More »
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A group of hackers who broke into the website of the Texas Police Chiefs have unearthed a series of emails that sound more like the writings of a "dumb/racist" caricature of a Texas police officer than a real, live person, but sadly, sometimes even caricatures have a grain of truth to them. More »
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A surveillance camera set up to catch vandals in Santa Fe wound up taping a New Mexico police officer having sex with a woman in broad daylight on the hood of his car. In this news report we see a reporter approach locals and show them the pictures, which must have been awkward. The images were taken while the officer was on duty and police say they're investigating. More »
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Good idea: measuring police officers for bulletproof vests, so that the gear fits correctly and protects them from injury. Bad idea: sending those measurements out in a mass email. Unfortunately, the Indianapolis Police Department did both. More »
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Sashay Brown, a police officer in Washington, D.C., recently asked her superiors to let her stay on a desk job. She'd been sent out on patrol, but there was a problem. More »
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Last week, former New York City cop Kenneth Moreno was acquitted of the rape of a 29-year-old woman, though he and his partner were convicted of misconduct and stripped of their jobs. This week, a tipster in the neighborhood noticed these posters on and around Moreno's Brooklyn block. More »
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Melinda Hernandez says of voting to acquit two New York City police officers of rape, "I am a feminist. This was devastating to me. But I had to do my job and be fair and impartial." More »
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"I find it hard to believe that people can't believe a gentleman said no," Kenneth Moreno, the former New York City cop acquitted of rape but convicted of misconduct, said over the weekend. He also said, "I know what happened. I didn't suffer from any blackouts." More »
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Recent months have brought a spate of stories about sexual misconduct by both police officers and teachers. Are authority figures crossing the line more frequently, or are we just starting to notice? More »
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Three Chicago police officers have been removed from duty after two of them allegedly assaulted a woman after offering her a ride home. And this isn't the first time the officers have been accused of sexual misconduct. More »
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Another day, another story about thousands of rape kits lying untested, this time throughout Texas. After years of decrying these lapses, will anything be done to ensure justice? One major activist is actually optimistic that this year will bring change. More »
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To help solve sexual assault cases, researchers have developed a new forensic technology that will identify condom residue in a fingerprint. Alert SVU. More »
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About 35 women protested today in front of London police headquarters, targeting undercover police officers who had sex with women in the left-wing groups they were infiltrating. "These women were not able to give informed sexual consent," said a protester. More »
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Nashville police are reclassifying hundreds of sexual assault claims after an investigation found deliberate distortions of statistics, of which one victim said, "I felt like I was raped a second time. They stripped me of any right that I had." More »
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As 13-year-old Takara Davis was being rushed into surgery after being hit by a car in Las Vegas, police handed her mother a jaywalking ticket. Takara is in a medically-induced coma, but police insist they, "wouldn't do anything deliberately insensitive." More »
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A Kansas woman told police her husband had shot her — but apparently her two gunshot wounds weren't sufficient probable cause to search his house. More »
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If you're considering "consensually memorializing" your "love and affection for one another by recording a series of sexually explicit videos and pictures on a cell phone" — i.e. sexting — watch out for the cops. Who just might steal them. More »
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Last month in upstate New York, Councilman Michael Wolfensohn filed a complaint against two 13-year-old boys for holding a bake sale in the park without a license. The parents say Wolfensohn should have warned the boys rather than calling police. More »
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According to a South Carolina woman, a police officer showed up at her door and raped her. It didn't end there; she says his fellow officers coerced her to sign a statement saying it wasn't rape. More »
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Amanda Knox is already serving 26 years for murder. But this trial is another matter. More »
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In Illinois, a 10-year-old boy called 911 to inform authorities that he didn't like what his dad made for dinner. After speaking to the father, the operator and the boy discussed "what is and is not a police matter." More »
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Four Pennsylvania teens have been charged with disorderly conduct after they faked a kidnapping in a Kmart parking lot in attempts to achieve YouTube fame with the resulting video. Weirdly, they thought this would work. Haven't they ever seen Jawbreaker? More »
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Alleged two-time murderer Joran Van der Sloot has retracted his confession, according to a Dutch newspaper. But even though he now denies involvement in the death of Stephany Flores, pretty much everyone (including his mom) still thinks he did it. More »
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Welsch traffic cop Jamie Slater was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail today for offering to excuse traffic offenses in exchange for sex, using police records to stalk women, and soliciting prostitutes while on duty. [Independent, Daily Mail] More »
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Wondering why Ben Roethlisberger has been suspended from football for rape allegations, but won't actually be tried? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains the law enforcement conflicts of interest that may have gotten him off the hook. More »
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In 2010, Craigslist is expected to pull in some $36 million from sex advertisements. However, since many of the ads openly sell sex - often with minors - human rights groups are speaking out against the business plan. More »
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