Cop Watch

May 10, 2008

MARCO, Afghanistan (AFP) - At least one person was killed and several wounded in Afghanistan Saturday when police opened fire to disperse a protest accusing US-led soldiers of killing civilians, witnesses said.

The clash erupted in the eastern province of Nangarhar as demonstrators tried to block a road to demonstrate against the killing of three men in a military operation overnight, witnesses said.  read more »

By Edith Honan Wed May 7, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton and dozens of others were arrested on Wednesday for stopping traffic to protest the acquittal of policemen who killed an unarmed black man with 50 shots on his wedding day.

Hundreds of protesters snarled rush-hour traffic at bridges and tunnels around New York City in a civil disobedience campaign called by Sharpton, who has been close to the slain man's family since the November 2006 shooting.  read more »

From: EL NUEVO TOPO <giltapia@igc.org>

May 3, 2008 10:51 Two peasants were murdered on or about April 25, according to the Frente Campesino Ezequiel Zamora. (FNCEZ)

The FNCEZ states: "A group of criminals who hide behind police uniformssilenced the lives of two noted peasants, Fabricio Duglas Ivan Perez Heredia and his brother Engel Alexander Hernesto Perez Heredia. Their bodies were found in the zone of Pavia. Witnesses confirmed that the companeros were transported in a police car shortly before their bodies were found.  read more »

By TOM HAYS, Associated Press April 25, 2008

NEW YORK - Civil rights leaders demanded a federal investigation and vowed to march through the streets in protest after three police officers were cleared of all charges Friday in the killing of an unarmed man cut down in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day.  read more »

By Associated Press March 30, 2008

MILWAUKEE - Hundreds of people marched for two hours Saturday to protest the injuries a man suffered during a traffic stop, saying police used excessive force.

An officer struck Koua Moua, 39, with a police radio and wrestled him to the ground during the traffic stop on Feb. 17, according to a criminal complaint. Police say Moua dragged the officer with his truck, and the officer feared for his life.  read more »

By ROB HARRIS, Associated Press Mar 11, 2008

MANCHESTER, England - A city police chief who led an investigation into charges that Britain cooperated with secret CIA flights to transport terrorism suspects without formal proceedings has been found dead, his deputy said Tuesday.  read more »

Wednesday March 5, By Tales Azzoni

Brazil Activists Protest Police Violence After Invasion of Farm Run by Stora Enso

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Landless workers blocked roads in southern Brazil to protest alleged violence by police who ousted activists from a tree farm run by a Swedish-Finnish paper maker, protesters said Wednesday.

Members of the Landless Workers Movement blocked eight roads in the Rio Grande do Sul state to call attention to Tuesday's police operation, which they say injured 50 activists of the farm workers' rights group Via Campesina.

"We want to denounce the violence and the abuse committed by (authorities)," the movement said in a statement.  read more »

By Matthew Roy
The Virginian-Pilot March 5, 2008

Nearly 200 people marched to City Hall on Tuesday night to protest the fatal police shooting of James "Gucci" Dennis, chanting for "justice."  read more »

SW Radio Africa (London) 11 February 2008
by Tererai Karimakwenda

A group of about 200 immigrants, the majority of them Zimbabweans, descended on the Central Police Station in Cape Town last Thursday to protest against police brutality and xenophobia. The demonstration was organized by People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP), a rights group in South Africa that assists immigrants and refugees. The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a lobby group for people who are HIV-positive, also assisted with organising the demonstration.  read more »

This Day Online From Reuben Buhari in Kaduna, Jan. 16, 2008

Four youths, including a pregnant woman were yesterday killed by Policemen in Kaduna when irate youths numbering thousands who claimed to have been without electricity for more than a year, took to the streets in protest.
Also injured in the demonstration, which took place in Sabon Tasha, were 18 policemen who were manhandled by the youth and had their uniforms and booths removed from them. The demonstration started the previous day when Ungwan Boro, a settlement in Sabon Tasha demonstrated by blocking the main road that runs through the area, totally blocking movement in and out.  read more »