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COP's Excessive Force * USA - Trucker sues Chicago police officer over road rage
Chicago,Ill,USA - Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -7 Mar 2007: -- A Chicago police officer is being sued for allegedly forcing a trucker off the road and attacking him on the side of the Stevenson Expressway – and Land Line has learned it’s not the first time the officer has been accused of abusing his authority... Chad Overly of Bloomington, IL, filed a federal civil lawsuit Tuesday, March 6, alleging Police Officer Jerome Finnegan cut off Overly in traffic and then assaulted him on the side of the road in November 2005... The lawsuit also claims that Finnegan drew a gun and used his authority as a policeman to falsely arrest and charge Overly for offenses that were dropped in January 2006... Two different Chicago residents Finnegan is sworn to protect have filed federal civil lawsuits against him in recent years alleging that he and other officers abused their power to falsely arrest the plaintiffs.. Thomas Conrad said Finnegan was one of four officers who in June 2003 illegally searched his bar, house, safe and car before arresting... In January 2005, Laura Ramirez and her sons Anthony Ramirez and James Ramirez sued Finnegan and more than 10 other officers who, they claim, retaliated against Laura Ramirez and her family... The officers were accused of assaulting Ramirez’ neighbor Janice Kasper, who was also a police officer...
* USA - Investigation finds unqualified cops in 30 states
USA -The Associated Press/Land Line Magazine -March 8, 2007: -- The term “rookie cop” has taken on new meaning, according to an investigation by the AP, who reported that counties and cities in at least 30 states allow newly hired officers to hit the streets with a gun and badge – but with little or no training... Some states, including Wisconsin and Mississippi, leave rookies on the street for up to two years before requiring them to attend a police academy... An untrained officer in Mississippi is being sued for $2 million for holding a gun to an unarmed student’s head, and an Illinois family won a multi-million-dollar lawsuit after an untrained rookie officer ran into an SUV during a car chase, killing the driver.
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