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Cops Use Tasers to Tame Baby-Shower Brawl

Jan 14, 2013 6:44 PM CST

Cops Tame 200 in Baby-Shower Brawl

Police call for backup, pull out Tasers

(Newser) - Police officers yesterday broke up a massive brawl at a baby shower by tasing at least one person and arresting four others, WHDH reports. It began when an officer tried breaking up a fight during the shower at a neighborhood social club in Stoughton, Mass., police say. Things got so...

Driver Who
Flipped Off
Police Wins
Round in Court

Jan 3, 2013 7:18 PM CST

Driver Who Flipped Off Police Wins Round in Court

New York appeals court reinstates lawsuit over arrest

(Newser) - A federal appeals court in New York has reinstated a lawsuit brought by a man who was arrested after giving the finger to a police officer and sued for what he calls a malicious prosecution. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals today restored the claim brought by John Swartz...

Bomb Falls Off
Belfast Police Car

Dec 30, 2012 1:45 PM CST

Bomb Falls Off Belfast Police Car

Cops blame 'dissident republican' paramilitaries

(Newser) - Political tensions in northern Ireland almost exploded today—literally—when a bomb fell off the bottom of a police officer's car, the BBC reports. Army bomb experts were called to the scene at Upper Newtownards Road in Belfast and handled the device in a controlled explosion, but police are...

Newtown Police Force
Gets Christmas Day Off

Dec 25, 2012 5:31 AM CST

Newtown Police Force Gets Christmas Day Off

Cops from nearby communities step in

(Newser) - A big gesture of support for police officers in Newtown, Connecticut: Cops have from nearby communities have stepped in to patrol the town today, meaning the entire Newtown police force gets Christmas Day off, reports CNN . "It's a police thing," says a lieutenant from Shelton, Connecticut. Between...

Schools Close Over Fears
of 'Doomsday' Violence

Dec 21, 2012 7:53 AM CST

Schools Close Over Fears of 'Doomsday' Violence

People 'on edge' after Newtown: police officer

(Newser) - With schools on high alert after the Newtown shooting, rumors of a Mayan-predicted "apocalypse" are compounding fears of violence. Three counties in Michigan have been so overwhelmed with addressing the concerns that they've simply decided to close schools two days early for winter break. "We're not...

2 Policemen
Shot Dead
in Topeka

Dec 17, 2012 2:03 AM CST

2 Policemen Shot Dead in Topeka

Were investigating suspicious vehicle

(Newser) - Two police officers were gunned down as they investigated a suspicious vehicle report in Topeka yesterday. A gunman shot David Gogian, 50, and Jeff Atherly, 29, from the vehicle minutes after they arrived on the scene as backup for another officer, police say. "It's unspeakable, almost, about why...

Cop Gives Guy $100
With Traffic Ticket

Dec 15, 2012 4:59 PM CST

Cop Gives Guy $100 With Traffic Ticket

Driver said he broke down in his car

(Newser) - First a cop buys boots for a homeless guy, now this: A police officer in Plano, Texas, slipped a $100 bill in with a traffic ticket for one lucky driver, CBS News reports. Hayden Carlo, 25, says the officer pulled him over for an expired registration: "I said there'...

Philly Officer Charged
for Punching Woman

Nov 15, 2012 3:55 PM CST

Philly Officer Charged for Punching Woman

Jonathan Josey accused of misdemeanor assault

(Newser) - The Philadelphia police lieutenant who got fired for punching a woman at a festival was charged today with simple assault, a misdemeanor. District attorney Seth Williams says he made the decision to charge Jonathan Josey after carefully reviewing video of the altercation. Williams says police were responding to a chaotic...

Woman: Men
Set Me on Fire
in Race Attack

Oct 23, 2012 9:13 AM CDT

Woman: Men Set Me on Fire in Race Attack

They wrote KKK on my car: Sharmeka Moffitt

(Newser) - A 20-year-old black woman told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana. A state police rep says Sharmeka Moffitt was found with burns on more than half her body when police responded to...

Passenger Tries to Bust Out
of Landing Plane

Oct 17, 2012 1:36 PM CDT

Passenger Tries to Bust Out of Landing Plane

He says he thought the wing was on fire, remains in custody

(Newser) - A Ukrainian man tried to make an early exit during a flight from Boston to Salt Lake City: Just as the plane touched down, he attempted to wrestle his way through the emergency-exit rear doors. He had them partway open before passengers knocked him down, ABC4 reports. Anatoliy Baranovich told...

Philly Cop to
Be Fired After
Punching Woman

Oct 4, 2012 9:22 AM CDT

Philly Cop to Be Fired After Punching Woman

Could face criminal charges

(Newser) - Lt. Jonathan Josey, the Philadelphia police officer who was caught on video punching a woman at a street party, has been suspended for 30 days and is set for dismissal. Disorderly conduct charges against the woman, Aida Guzman, 39, will be dropped, prosecutors say. After being hit, Guzman landed on...

Tunisia Woman
Raped By Cops,
Charged With
Indecency

Oct 2, 2012 6:23 AM CDT

Tunisia Woman Raped By Cops, Charged With Indecency

Protesters take to streets in her support

(Newser) - Tunisian police raped a woman in her car—and when her official complaint prompted charges against them, they charged her with indecency, Amnesty International says. Hundreds are protesting against the officers today, CNN reports, and the AP notes that the woman is being questioned today. Early last month, the woman'...

Chicago Police Horses
Attacked in Stable

Sep 19, 2012 12:25 AM CDT

Chicago Police Horses Attacked in Stable

'Agitated' equines released by unknown vandals

(Newser) - Chicago police horses are recovering after a late night attack in their stable. Some 27 of the 30 horses were released from their stalls and at least two were sprayed in the face with a fire extinguisher or struck with the extinguisher can, reports CBS . One 20-year-old horse suffered eye...

700 Cops Guard
US Embassy as
Thais Protest

Sep 18, 2012 8:37 AM CDT

700 Cops Guard US Embassy as Thais Protest

400 carry out peaceful demonstration

(Newser) - Protests over an anti-Islam film have spread to Thailand, where 700 police were ready at the US embassy in Bangkok. Some 400 people gathered peacefully; organizers had called for a peaceful demonstration on Facebook. Protesters held signs saying "Stop insulting our religion" as they chanted against the US and...

Occupy Anniversary:
More Cops Than Protesters

Sep 17, 2012 10:33 AM CDT

Occupy Anniversary: More Cops Than Protesters

42 arrested amid preparations this weekend

(Newser) - Today is the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and hundreds of protesters hit New York City's financial district—but police in riot gear held the upper hand from the start, ABC News reports. Cops used human walls and metal barriers to deter protesters; 42 were arrested over disorderly...

Protests Spread to
Afghanistan, Indonesia

Sep 17, 2012 8:34 AM CDT

Protests Spread to Afghanistan, Indonesia

1 killed in Pakistan as demonstrations rage on

(Newser) - Muslim rage over the Innocence of Muslims continues to spread. A protest by some 300 people a few miles from the US embassy in Kabul turned violent today, leaving 15 police injured, CNN reports. In Indonesia, meanwhile, at least 11 police officers and a protester were hurt as protesters threw...

Man Calls Police
After Prostitute
Asks for More Cash

Aug 31, 2012 4:05 PM CDT

Man Calls Police After Prostitute Asks for More Cash

He reports a robbery

(Newser) - A 45-year-old Michigan man paid a professional to do some work in his house, but when the professional demanded more money after they had already agreed on a price, he called the police to report he was being robbed. Except the so-called robber was not a plumber or house painter…...

NJ Mom Decapitates
Toddler Son

Aug 23, 2012 12:01 AM CDT

NJ Mom Decapitates Toddler Son

Chevonne Thomas recently regained custody of the boy

(Newser) - A New Jersey mother killed herself after decapitating her 2-year-old son just months after child welfare workers returned the boy to her. Chevonne Thomas lost her son, Zahree, after she was charged with child endangerment. But in spring she regained custody of the boy, whose head was discovered by police...

Chavis Carter's Death Ruled
a Suicide

Aug 20, 2012 4:10 PM CDT

Chavis Carter's Death Ruled a Suicide

America's 'next Trayvon Martin' died in back of a police car

(Newser) - The man who could be America's next Trayvon Martin died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the back of a police car, according to an autopsy report. The Arkansas crime lab report says Chavis Carter, 21, died from a gun muzzle pressed to his temple. Autopsy results, along with...

2 Police Killings Linked to Anti-Government Movement

Aug 20, 2012 3:07 AM CDT

2 Police Killings Linked to Anti-Government Movement

Suspects consider themselves 'sovereign citizens'

(Newser) - The murders of two police officers in Louisiana have been linked to an anti-government movement, according to authorities. Several of seven suspects busted in attacks on police that killed two and injured two others are members of the "sovereign citizen" movement, who believe any form of government is illegitimate,...