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A photo of police forcing an off-duty firefighter to the ground has gained national attention after it was revealed that the police action was taken after the man waved to the officers. George Madison Jr., an African American firefighter and youth pastor in Evansville, Indiana was threatened with a taser by police when he committed no crime. Madison says that he was riding his bike when he saw a police car approaching the same intersection. Through his work on the local fire department, he is familiar with a number of the police officers in Evansville and he thought he recognized...

April 24, 2006 -- A Bronx family has sued the city, saying their 11-year-old son was busted by cops for trespassing on city property - and then taken to a police station house and handcuffed to a pole, The Post has learned. Joseph Weaver, now 12, and his mother, Melanie Ramirez-Weaver, say in a civil complaint that on April 22, 2005, cops "unlawfully arrested, frightened, assaulted, prosecuted and harassed," the boy, who was picked up while "lawfully playing with friends on a public sidewalk" outside his Grand Concourse home. Joseph and some pals were reported for playing a spy game...

Violent Drawings Lead to Felony Charges OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Two boys were arrested for making pencil-and-crayon stick figure drawings depicting a 10-year-old classmate being stabbed and hung, police said. The children, charged with a felony, were taken from school in handcuffs. The 9- and 10-year-old boys were arrested Monday and charged with making a written threat to kill or harm another person. They were also suspended from school. One drawing showed the two boys standing on either side of the other boy and ``holding knives pointed through'' his body, according to a police report. The figures were identified by...