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Former Maryland Police Officer Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Man During DC Stop: Feds Former Maryland Police Officer Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Man During DC Stop: Feds
Former Maryland Police Officer Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Man During DC Stop: Feds A former police officer in Maryland who broke bad has been convicted for violating a man's civil rights, using excessive force, and crossing the line during an incident in Northeast DC, federal authorities announced. Officer Philip Dupree, 40, formerly of the Fairmont Heights Police Department in Prince George’s County, was found guilty on Monday, June 17 for abusing a suspect during a traffic stop that was recorded by his victim's sister. "We depend on law enforcement officers to protect our communities from crimes and to protect our civil rights while doing so,” US Attorney Matthew Graves…

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by Zak Failla
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Former DC Police Officer Gets Prison Time For Using Illegal Chokeholds Former DC Police Officer Gets Prison Time For Using Illegal Chokeholds
Former DC Police Officer Gets Prison Time For Using Illegal Chokeholds A former member of the Metropolitan Police Department will be spending time on the other side of the prison bars after being sentenced for violating the rights of at least two men with illegal chokeholds, federal authorities announced. Mark Lamont Clark, now 57, was sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted last year on multiple counts of depravation of civil rights under the color of law after two incidents involving a pair of men days apart in the summer of 2018. Prosecutors say that while wearing his police uniform, on July 13, 2018, Clark applied a prohibited chokehold out…

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by Zak Failla
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'I Hope Your Mama Let Me Beat You', Maryland County Settles Lawsuit After Officer Berates Child 'I Hope Your Mama Let Me Beat You', Maryland County Settles Lawsuit After Officer Berates Child
'I Hope Your Mama Let Me Beat You', Maryland County Settles Lawsuit After Officer Berates Child Montgomery County has come to a settlement agreement after a police officer was caught on his body-worn camera berating and insulting a 5-year-old boy, telling him he deserved to be beaten after he ran away from school, reports The Washington Post. The County will pay out $275,000 after the child's mother sued the county last year after the 2020 incident. She claims that the insults from the authority figure left her son with PTSD, making him fear he would be hurt after one of the officers was heard saying "I hope your momma let me beat you", the outlet continues. The settlement states that…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Man Assaulting Woman In Domestic Incident Shot By DC Officer: Police Man Assaulting Woman In Domestic Incident Shot By DC Officer: Police
Man Assaulting Woman In Domestic Incident Shot By DC Officer: Police A defiant man was hospitalized after being shot during an officer-involved shooting in DC during an investigation into an alleged domestic assault, police said. Agents from the Force Investigation Team of the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Internal Affairs Bureau are investigating a shooting in the 1900 block of Mississippi Avenue in Southeast DC that left 29-year-old Rahman Mills with multiple injuries. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, police said that members of the Seventh District responded to the 1900 block of Savannah Street, Southeast, for the report of domestic vio…

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by Zak Failla