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The Complaint Files NYPD Unions Don’t Want You to See

THE CITY has obtained more than 250 civilian reports alleging police abuses, from bullying to brutality. Read details from some of the recor

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Chicago police officer gets 2 years for beating store clerk

A full month before City Hall released video of the police shooting death of Laquan McDonald, federal jurors convicted veteran police officer Aldo Brown of using excessive force when he pummeled and kicked a South Side store clerk in front of a camera. Then the McDonald video rocked Chicago and further strained relations between the community and police. So when Brown returned to U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall’s courtroom Wednesday to learn his fate, notorious police shooting cases like McDonald’s loomed over the proceeding. And Brown’s lawyers said there was little need to send a message to fellow officers.

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Former Tate County, Mississippi, Lieutenant Randy T. Doss pleaded guilty in federal court today to unlawfully tasing an inmate at the Tate County Jail. The tasing, which occurred in 2012, caused J.W., a pre-trial detainee, to fall to the concrete floor and fracture his skull. On Jan. 27, 2012, a jail-wide search was ordered after an inmate was reportedly assaulted with a razor. When corrections officers entered J.W.’s pod to conduct their search, he and his fellow inmates were ordered to stand facing the wall. At the time of the incident, the victim was standing against a wall with his hands over his head, not posing a physical threat to anyone. Doss tased the victim from 11 feet away. The victim fell backward and hit his head on the concrete floor, necessitating brain surgery. The incident was captured on video. “The defendant was an experienced law-enforcement officer who abused the authority entrusted to him,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division. “The right to be free from excessive force is a Constitutional guarantee for all citizens, including those in custody. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Civil Rights Division will vigorously enforce this right.”

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A former customs officer set to be sentenced over the importation of a key ingredient for the drug ice didn't play a major role in the operation, a court has heard. Christopher Cranney together with four other men, including former baggage handler David Harb, conspired to import pseudoephedrine from Vietnam, with police seizing about 40 kilograms of the substance - capable of making an estimated $9.5 million worth of ice - from an importation on June 6, 2012. On Friday, Sydney's District Court heard Cranney directed resources and monitored CCTV to help the baggage handler take suitcases containing pseudoephedrine from planes and off the airport precinct.

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A St. Clair County judge has found Illinois State Police Trooper Corey Alberson guilty of misdemeanor aggravated assault in connection with a strip search of a motorist in East St. Louis.

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Former Broward Sheriff's deputy Franklyn McCurrie, convicted of causing a fatal accident by racing to the scene of a non-emergency, was sentenced Thursday to just under 10 years in prison.

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A former corrections officer has received a 20-year prison sentence for a violent 2011 home invasion in which he and two other men beat and robbed a suburban Philadelphia business owner. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Tyreek Styles was sentenced Thursday. A jury convicted the Philadelphia man in September 2014 of conspiracy, robbery and using a firearm during a violent crime.

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An off-duty Toledo police officer who was charged with drunken driving after a traffic crash pleaded no contest Friday and was found guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence. Officer Adam Kesselmayer, 23, was then ordered by visiting Judge