WednesdayOctober012008

A 21-year-old man in Iowa was arrested for hugging a police officer. He was inebriated and disturbing the peace and whatnot — basically what 21-year-olds in Iowa do, you know? — when he informed an officer that he looked...

MondayDecember312007

Former Playboy model and future Oscar winner Rebecca Reyes, who goes by the name “Reby Sky,” was stopped by cops because her tail light was out and… Oh, just watch the video for yourself. There’s no way we can...

TuesdayDecember112007

A study by the New Jersey Star-Ledger released this morning says the vast majority of people shot by local and state New Jersey cops are Hispanic or Black. The story also says the vast majority of those cops are...

FridayOctober262007

A Hoboken, New Jersey police lieutenant is facing accusations of bigotry and discrimination from several Hispanic officers who worked with him. According to their federal rights suit, the officers allege that Lt. Angelo Andriani used racial slurs at work...

TuesdayOctober232007

Mauricio Arellano, a Mexican-born resident of Maryland, feels he was discriminated by cops who stopped him for having too many air fresheners on his rearview mirror. Allegedly. Arellano thinks cops were using his love of scents like Evergreen, New...

MondayAugust202007

Residente, the MC of hugely popular Puerto Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13, hit the streets of his native island today to hand out free copies of his latest single, “Tribute to the Police.” The song is anything but—it verbally...

MondayAugust132007

A police officer in a town about 70 miles outside of Atlanta has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for systematically pulling over Hispanic drivers and pocketing cash from their wallets every time he went back...

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