Back by popular demand, this video was compiled last semester by your very own UNR SFL leadership to be played at the end of our latest “How to Survive a Police Encounter” event when everyone was exiting. I present to you the rawest and most clearly visible form of government force (and the inherent depravity of human [...]
Who: A 125 lb bartender named Karolina Obrycka and a 250 lb off-duty police officer named Anthony Abbate
What: After Karolina would not serve Abbate anymore drinks in the tavern, he became violent and pummeled the bartender to the ground and continued kicking her.
Where: Chicagom Illinois at Jesse’s Shortstop Inn
When: Incident: February 2007. Judgment: June [...]
Who: A 49 year old schizophrenic man by the name of Ronnie Holloway and a policeman by the name of Joseph Rios III
What: After complying with a female officer’s request to zip up his jacket while he was on a sidewalk, the male driver of the vehicle they were riding in steps out and proceeds [...]
Who: Two Denver police officers and a drive-thru window clerk at McDonalds
What: Police officers were becoming increasingly agitated as their order was taking an unusually long time to be prepared. Apparently it took so long that one of the policeman thought it would be a good idea to motivate the young worker by flashing his [...]
Who: A deceased man named George Morales
What: A man was found by police in the back seat of a minivan after the vehicle received numerous parking tickets and was going to be towed.
Where: New York City, New York
When: June 5, 2009
What Happened: The family of the disappeared man is wondering why police did not notice [...]
Who: An on duty EMT worker named Maurice White, and a Oklahoma state trooper named Daniel Martin
What: An Oklahoma state trooper pulled over an ambulance with a patient inside claiming the ambulence refused to yield to the squad car. Even though the paramedic offered to resolve the dispute after dropping their patient off at [...]
It is now legal for the police in New York to “drive stun” suspects with a taser in order to collect DNA evidence from them. A judgment issued by the New York Supreme Court Judge Sara Sperrazza ruled that the police in Niarga Falls who shocked Ryan Smith into compliance to gather a DNA [...]
Who: Kathryn Winkfein – A 72-year-old great grandmother
What: She was pulled over for driving 15 MPH above the speed limit in a construction zone where she refused to oblige the officers orders, used abusive language, and became “violent”.
Where: Highway 71 and Bee Creek in Travis County, Texas
When: Incident occurred May 11, 2009, but the footage [...]
Who: A 24-year-old man named Michael Mineo
What: The New York Police Department is being sued by Michael because officers are being accused of sexually assaulting him with a night stick after he fled the scene for smoking marijuana.
Where: Prospect Park Subway Station
When: October 15, 2008 is when the incident occurred. Filed a lawsuit [...]
As I have mentioned to some members within our organization already, I am planning to slowly compile a list of examples when police violate the law they are instituted to protect and make these available for view on these internets. The purpose of this series is not to slander, push aside, or belittle the [...]