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Ex-Philly Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Learns His Fate Ex-Philly Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Learns His Fate
Ex-Philly Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Learns His Fate A former Philadelphia police officer convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed black man will spend 11 to 23 months in prison, multiple outlets report.   A jury convicted ex-cop Eric Ruch, 34, of voluntary manslaughter in September for the killing of 25-year-old Dennis Plowden in Germantown in 2017, as Daily Voice has reported.  Ruch was also charged with third-degree murder, but the jury found him not guilty, reports indicate.  It's the first time in Philadelphia's history that a jury convicted a police officer for an on-duty killing, according to District Attorney Larr…

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by Mac Bullock
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Video Shows Now-Former Paterson Officer Beating Defenseless Suspect, Prosecutor Says Video Shows Now-Former Paterson Officer Beating Defenseless Suspect, Prosecutor Says
Video Shows Now-Former Paterson Officer Beating Defenseless Suspect, Prosecutor Says Body camera video proves that a now-former Paterson police officer beat a defenseless suspect with a flashlight and kneed him in the face in an apartment hallway, a grand jury indictment charges. Spencer Finch, 45, of Mahwah filed an official report maintaining that he needed to use force against what he claimed was a combative suspect, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The video from a fellow officer’s bodycam tells a different story, Valdes added. Finch – who was with the department for nearly 18 years -- is charged with aggravated assault, official misconduct, perjury, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Viral Video Shows Black PA Cop Punching Protester At Black Lives Matter Rally Viral Video Shows Black PA Cop Punching Protester At Black Lives Matter Rally
Viral Video Shows Black PA Cop Punching Protester At Black Lives Matter Rally A video showing a black Pennsylvania cop punching a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally has gone viral. Wilkinsburg Officer Seth Taylor was among those confronting a group of protesters Saturday, April 16, the Pittsburgh City Paper reports. The protest occurred in the aftermath of the death of Jim Rogers, a 54-year-old black man who died in October 2021, hours after being tased multiple times by Pittsburgh police officers, Various police departments then told everyone to get out of the street, arresting two who were marching after police approached them and told them to leave the i…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Alleged Police Brutality Victim From Paterson Arrested After Eluding, Resisting, Sheriff Says Alleged Police Brutality Victim From Paterson Arrested After Eluding, Resisting, Sheriff Says
Alleged Police Brutality Victim From Paterson Arrested After Eluding, Resisting, Sheriff Says An alleged Paterson police brutality victim fled a traffic stop and then scuffled with Passaic County sheriff's officers who tracked him down at a nearby deli, authorities said. Osamah Alsaidi, 21, was stopped for an unspecified violation on Madison Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Alsaidi "argued with the officer and then fled the scene in the vehicle," the sheriff said. Officers spotted the vehicle outside the Grab & Go Deli and found Alsaidi inside the Getty Avenue store, Berdnik said. They had to subdue him "after he trie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Judge Won't Toss Excessive Force Claims In Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Anton Black Judge Won't Toss Excessive Force Claims In Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Anton Black
Judge Won't Toss Excessive Force Claims In Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Anton Black A ruling by a federal judge paves the way for the family of 19-year-old Anton Black to continue with a lawsuit claiming that police on Maryland's Eastern Shore used excessive force when they handcuffed him and shackled his legs, according to the AP. US District Judge Catherine Blake refused to throw out the family's claims in the lawsuit and says body camera video of the deadly encounter doesn't contradict what Black's family says was use of excessive force by police. The three white police officers who tried to restrain him after they chased black outside of their home in rural Greensboro,…

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by Joe Gomez
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3 Ewing Township Police Officers Indicted Federally For Assaulting Handcuffed Suspect, 16 3 Ewing Township Police Officers Indicted Federally For Assaulting Handcuffed Suspect, 16
3 Ewing Township Police Officers Indicted Federally For Assaulting Handcuffed Suspect, 16 One former and two current Ewing Township police officers surrendered to federal agents on Friday after they were indicted on civil rights charges following a recorded assault on a handcuffed juvenile nearly four years ago, authorities said Friday. Current Officers Matthew Przemieniecki, 43, of Hamilton and Justin Ubry, 33, of Burlington and retired Lt. Michael Delahanty, 51, of Robbinsville all used "unreasonable and excessive" force in the Jan. 5, 2018 incident, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Officers who pursued the 16-year-old boy after he stole a car and then crashed a car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Middlesex Man Who Torched Trenton Police Car Following Floyd Protest Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen Middlesex Man Who Torched Trenton Police Car Following Floyd Protest Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen
Middlesex Man Who Torched Trenton Police Car Following Floyd Protest Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen UPDATE: A Middlesex County man must spend the next two years in federal prison for stuffing a rag into the gas tank of a police cruiser and setting it on fire during a riot in Trenton following a protest last year over the death of George Floyd. Justin Spry, 22, of South Plainfield originally claimed on Twitter that he was brutalized by police, but federal authorities produced surveillance video showing otherwise. Spry and two other men involved in the arson attack took deals from the government rather than go to trial. All must serve out their entire sentences because there's no parole in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Philly Police Officers Charged With Beating Autistic Man Philly Police Officers Charged With Beating Autistic Man
Philly Police Officers Charged With Beating Autistic Man Two Philadelphia police officers are facing charges for beating a man on the autism spectrum last summer, according to a local news report. The two men charged are brothers: Inspector James Smith, 52, and former detective Patrick Smith, 53, News21 reports. Both were in plain clothes and were off-duty during the time of the incident, the outlet says. The pair are facing criminal charges for their alleged role in the pursuit and assault of a 27-year-old man with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. On the morning of Aug. 19, the man was chased by the two off-duty officers in a car, into a s…

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by Jillian Pikora