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College student alleges police brutality

San Jose : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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San Jose, Calif., police say they're investigating officers who allegedly used a Taser on an unarmed college student and beat him while he was handcuffed. A grainy cell phone video taken by a roommate of Phuong Ho, 20, a math major from Vietnam, appears to show officers repeatedly hitting Ho with a baton...
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  • News Source: Los Angeles Times | about 1 month ago
    A grainy cellphone video posted on the San Jose Mercury News website shows at least one police officer subduing the student with a baton. The San Jose State student can be heard screaming on the recording. Police had been called to a home Sept. 3...
  • News Source: San Francisco Chronicle | about 1 month ago
    San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis today promised a swift investigation into a videotaped incident in which two officers used a baton and a Taser stun gun while arresting a college student, who said he was struck even after he was handcuffed. Video...
  • News Source: Contra Costa Times | about 1 month ago
    The mayor, the police chief, and a city councilman on Sunday all separately voiced concern, and vowed that a department review would be fair and complete. Their comments follow the publication by the Mercury News on Sunday of the grainy video, which...
  • News Source: United Press International | about 1 month ago
    San Jose, Calif., police say they're investigating officers who allegedly used a Taser on an unarmed college student and beat him while he was handcuffed. A grainy cell phone video taken by a roommate of Phuong Ho, 20, a math major from Vietnam,...
  • News Source: Charlotte Observer Online | about 1 month ago
    A San Jose police spokesman says officers are being investigated for possible criminal conduct after officials viewed a video that shows an unarmed university student repeatedly being hit with batons and a Taser gun. The cell phone video shows one...
  • News Source: The Mercury News | about 1 month ago
    I saw the Rodney King video on TV," said Roger Clark, a certified policing expert and a retired lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, where he served for 27 years. San Jose Police Assistant Chief Daniel Katz, after being shown the...
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  • Blog Source: 100fm6.com
    Cell phone video shows police beating of student : SAN JOSE, Calif. — A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation into ...
  • Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com
    A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation into the officers' conduct, a San Jose police spokesman said.
  • Blog Source: rightontheleftcoast.blogspot.com
    I know cops are only human. But so was the kid they beat in San Jose. A cell phone video shows San Jose police officers repeatedly using batons and a Taser gun on an unarmed San Jose State student, including at least one baton strike ...
  • Blog Source: harfordmedlegal.typepad.com
    A/P Associated Press 5 mins ago SAN JOSE, Calif. – " A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation into the officers' ...
  • Blog Source: aconstantineblacklist.blogspot.com
    A cell phone video shows San Jose police officers repeatedly using batons and a Taser gun on an unarmed San Jose State student, including at least one baton strike that appears to come after the man is handcuffed, as they took him into ...
  • Blog Source: community.livejournal.com
    Cops? Using excessive violence? Whaaa? Cell phone video shows police beating of student. SAN JOSE, Calif. – A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a
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