Another Cop Accused Of Raping A Woman After She Called 911
A San Jose police officer is accused of raping a woman who called 911 following a domestic violence incident.
Police Chief on Jaywalking Arrest: At Least No One's Getting Assaulted
Earlier this week, a woman in Austin, Texas was arrested for not providing identification after she was stopped by police for jaywalking near the UT campus. And when video of the arrest hit youtube, people were not happy. In fact, citizens were so ill-pleased that Austin's Police Chief Art Acevedo made a statement…
Waffles Not Cooked? Call 911 Immediately
Here are several reasons to call the police: You feel physically unsafe or fear an intruder; your animal companion has escaped up a light pole that no way in hell are you going to climb; you just want to say hello and see how your friends in blue are doing and whether there's anything good going on down at the station. …
Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46 of Apparent Drug Overdose
Multiple sources are reporting the awful news this Sunday that Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of Hollywood's most engaging actors, was found dead today in his Manhattan apartment of an apparent drug overdose.
Florida Cops Suspended for Giving Justin Bieber an Unofficial Escort
On Monday evening, just a few days before he was arrested for drag racing under the influence in Miami Beach, Justin Bieber was escorted from a Miami-area airport by several Florida police officers because that's just the sort of first-class treatment celebrities should expect from our public servants. For their act of …
Police Release Rape-Themed Version of 'The Night Before Christmas'
Police in Nottinghamshire, England have managed to offend both the rape-averse and Disneyphiles with their new Christmas anti-rape PSA which they've called "The Nightmare Before Christmas." It's like "The Night Before Christmas," but with rape.
Barneys Trying Extra Hard To Be Less Racist This Holiday Season
After two black shoppers complained of being targeted by NYPD assigned to patrol Barneys, the luxury retailer has announced that they will be monitoring the cops in their stores to make sure they're not being racist. Cops, in turn, will monitor the shoppers to make sure none of them are stealing from Barneys. It's the…
New Zealand Teen Rapists' School Knew About Roast Busters, Did Nothing
As more details emerge about the self-styled New Zealand rape club that called itself the "Roast Busters," naturally, questions arise. Namely: What the fuck? Followed by: What kind of a malformed fucksticks do this kind of thing to other human beings? And, finally, the inevitable: How the fuck did this happen? It looks…
Federal Agents Are at Burning Man, and They're in Costume
If you're at/headed to Burning Man, just know that the dude with LED poi sticks and cowboy hat made of desecrated muppet fur might be really, really happy to see you — but he's also got a gun in that American Flag thong.
Two More Men Arrested in Latest Horrifying Indian Gang Rape
Two more men have been arrested in the gang rape of a photojournalist in India. Police in Mumbai announced that they arrested a fourth suspect on Saturday and a fifth suspect on Sunday after 19-year-old Chand Babu Sattar Shaikh reportedly confessed to the crime and named the other men involved while in police custody…
People Are Victim-Blaming Hannah Anderson, and It’s Depressing as Hell
It’s hard to say what’s more disheartening about the way some people in the media — both social and regular old-person media — have been casting Hannah Anderson, the 16-year-old kidnapping victim whose mother and brother were allegedly tortured and killed by James Lee DiMaggio before he took Anderson to a remote…
New, Terrifying Info About Princess Diana’s Death Passed to Police
A fairly eyebrow-raising story about the 1997 car crash that killed Princess Diana is currently making the news media rounds: new information thought to include allegations that the Princess of Wales, Dodi al Fayed, and their driver were killed by a member of the British military has apparently been passed to Scotland…
Four Former Vanderbilt Football Players Now Being Charged with Rape
The sexual assault investigation that led to the dismissal of four Vanderbilt football players has taken a decisive turn down the criminal justice thoroughfares with news Friday that the players have been officially charged with the rape of an unconscious Vanderbilt student in a dorm room. Metro police have thus far…
Hannah Anderson Found Alive After FBI Kills Kidnapping Suspect
The law enforcement search for James Lee DiMaggio, the man accused of kidnapping 16-year-old Hannah Anderson from San Diego County, ended like a scene lifted out of the Manhunter reel yesterday when FBI agents shot and killed DiMaggio in, the LA Times explains with an ominous flourish, “the Idaho wilderness.”…
Police Put on the Spot by Camera-Wielding ‘Coparazzi’ Sex Worker
Here's one way sex workers can hold clients and cops accountable: videotape them. Raven Nicole Masterson, a self-described "coparazzi," uses her cellphone camera to document how often the basic rights of sex workers — especially those who are women of color — are completely ignored. Masterson's guerrilla tactics won't…
Sorority Girl Buying Bottled Water Ends Up Spending Night in Jail
A University of Virginia student had just bought some bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream for a sorority fundraiser when a group of people in plainclothes approached her car. One person jumped on her hood, another pulled a gun on her, and the student, logically, began trying to drive her car as fast as she could…
Woman Arrested by Same Officer Who Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Her
In August of 2011, Monica Contreras went to Nevada's Clark County family court with her two-year-old daughter on a routine divorce case. The case was resolved in a few minutes — Contreras' ex-husband never showed and it was dismissed — but as she was leaving, family court marshal Ron Fox ordered her into a waiting room …
Myrtle Beach Modesty Police Goes on Memorial Day Weekend Arrest Spree
Myrtle Beach’s modesty police has apparently been out in full force this luxuriously long weekend, with news that three different women were arrested and charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure on three separate occasions. It’s off to South Carolina!
Man Who Impersonated Neighbor to Schedule Craigslist Orgy Faces Prison
Craigslist, the parallel dimension where you can find a reasonably priced and barely stained couch as quickly as you can find a free handjob, is not to be trifled with, especially if that trifling involves the “casual encounters” section. Unfortunately, a Wisconsin man learned his lesson about not using Craigslist to…
Sex Workers and Anti-Trafficking Groups Want To End Condoms as Evidence
Sex workers, anti-trafficking groups, the New York Civil Liberties Union, public health advocates, and LGBTQ organizations are today lobbying the lawmakers of New York state to pass a bill that would make the possession of condoms inadmissible as evidence in criminal prosecutions of prostitution and related offenses.…