Cotati, California Police Tase Man as He Films Them (Video)

A man recently captured police, who were outside his home answering a call about a domestic violence complaint, in what can only be described as a very bizarre video (below).The unidentified Cotati, California man and woman tell the police from inside their home that   Original post on opposingviews.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Kern County sheriff ‘cannot speculate’ on deputies’ actions

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said he has now watched a video of the beating incident, but said it remains too early to determine whether the deputies’ actions played a role in the death of David Sal Silva.   Original post on latimes.com    Comments on reddit.com   

19 wounded in New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting

Almost two dozen people including two 10-year-old children have been injured after as many as three gunmen opened fire at a ‘second line’ of a parade on Mother’s Day in New Orleans. Three people remain in critical condition following the shootout.   Original post on rt.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Omaha officers told: Don’t interfere with citizens’ right to record police activity

The Police Department has refined its policy on the public’s use of cameras and video in the wake of a YouTube posting of an arrest that led to the firing of four officers.   Original post on omaha.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Witnesses suggest Boston cop Richard Donohoue was shot by ‘friendly fire’ in Tsarnaev shootout – Irish News

Witnesses suggest Boston cop Richard Donohoue was shot by ‘friendly fire’ in Tsarnaev shootout: Eyewitness accounts are suggesting that Transit Police Officer Richard H. Donohue Junior, who was shot and nearly killed in Watertown, Massachusetts on April 19 may have been hit by a fellow officer.   Original post on irishcentral.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Police Apparently Missed Multiple Calls About Women on Dog Leashes in the Castros’ Yard – Adam Clark Estes

The case of the three women held captive for a decade in Cleveland reaches a new level of absurdity with a Tuesday night report detailing the many warning signs that police appear to have ignored.   Original post on theatlanticwire.com    Comments on reddit.com   

After the Tragedy in Boston, More Government Surveillance is Not the Answer – Electronic Frontier Foundation

Since the tragedy in Boston three weeks ago, there has been much talk in the media and political circles about technology that helped capture the suspects, the role of surveillance, and the critical issue of how privacy should be handled in the digital age. Yet the public facts known so far do not call for new governmental surveillance powers or tools. Instead, the investigation supports the conclusion that the government’s current actions did not cross the Fourth Amendment line, and complying would not harm future terrorism investigations.   Original post on eff.org    Comments on reddit.com   

Evidence for search of Leawood home called flimsy

It took a year for Robert and Adlynn Harte to find out why sheriff’s deputies thought they had drugs. They finally have the court documents to explain it, and they show the raid was prompted by two events: the Hartes’ visit to a hydroponics store and tests that deputies did on some leaves they found in the Hartes’ trash. Those tests, the documents show, later proved to be inaccurate. In fact, the Hartes think the leaves were tea.   Original post on kansascity.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Police: Escaped California mental patient obsessed with Sandy Hook

A man who has threatened young children and is obsessed by the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School escaped from a mental health facility in Orange County, Calif. on Friday, and police were warning the public to be on the lookout for him. Garden Grove police said Norris P …   Original post on nbcnews.com    Comments on reddit.com   

One dead in shooting at Bush Intercontinental Airport – Houston weather, traffic, news – FOX 26

A spokesman for the Houston Police Department reports that a firearm was discharged around 1:35 p.m. Thursday at Bush Intercontinental Airport.A stringer with FOX 26 News says someone’s body was foun   Original post on myfoxhouston.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Clashes, riot police, at French anti-gay marriage protest

PARIS — Paris riot police fought back crowds who pushed their way onto Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees avenue as part of a huge protest against a draft law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. Hundreds of thousands of people — conservative activis …   Original post on nbcnews.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Officials: Boston Marathon bombing suspect awake, responding sporadically to questions in writing – abc7news.com

Sources tell ABC News that the Boston bombings suspect is awake and has been responding sporadically to questions in writing.   Original post on abclocal.go.com    Comments on reddit.com   

CHINA Eight people arrested for demanding party officials reveal their wealth

Lawyers and activists take to the streets with banners and launch online petitions asking that all the members of the Central Committee release a list of their wealth, something that Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping had already requested. Police detain activists for   Original post on asianews.it    Comments on reddit.com