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Birmingham police beating video

Firings linked to excessive force, man's death 'Not good enough,' brother says: 'They should be prosecuted'By Chris ConleyContact December 24, 2003 Two Memphis police officers were fired Tuesday for using excessive force in subduing an emotionally disturbed man who died during a struggle with police. Denvey Buckley, 43, collapsed and died outside his home at 1115 Rembert in South Memphis on April 19 after police used chemical spray and police batons to restrain him. Witnesses said officers continued to strike Buckley with their police batons after he was subdued. Officers Phillip Penny, 26, and Robert Tebbetts, 30, were fired Tuesday...

Hundreds rally for Inglewood officer's arrest Two previous complaints to be reopened against lawman in beating 07/13/2002 Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Hundreds of protesters demanded Friday that criminal charges be filed against a white policeman who slammed a handcuffed black teenager against a patrol car and punched him. During the rally, the protesters chanted "No justice, no peace." One carried a pink sign reading "To Protect & Serve, NOT Lie & Cover-Up." Later, Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn disclosed that investigations will be reopened into two previous complaints filed against Officer Jeremy Morse. The mayor declined to provide details...

Blacks in Inglewood back police despite incident 'Bad apple' on force, not racism, responsible for violent arrest, some say 07/13/2002 Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Customers at Granny's House of Soul Food have been paying as much attention to the restaurant's two large TVs this week as they have to Granny's BBQ meat loaf, smothered chicken and black-eyed peas. They have been focused on the video the violent snippet of reality TV that shows a handcuffed black teenager being body-slammed by a white policeman onto the trunk of a car, then rocked by the officer's roundhouse punch. Like many...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Police Department said it would investigate to determine if two metro police officers used excessive force in restraining a man who was being apprehended for allegedly soliciting a prostitute. See The Videotape Police responded to the scene after receiving a tip from Brian Bates, who calls himself the Video Vigilante. Bates called police after he saw a man named Donald Pete get into a truck with a woman Bates believed was a prostitute. In an arrest captured on video, Officer Greg Driskell ordered everyone out of the truck, including the woman and Pete. On...