By Emmett Berg SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Protesters rallied outside a San Francisco police station on Monday, calling for prosecutors to reverse course and file charges against officers who shot and killed a man who pointed a stun gun at them in a city park, firing a total of 59 shots. The death of Alex Nieto, 28, in a hail of police bullets on March 21, 2014, pre-dates recent police killings of … Read More…
A man who got kicked out of a Social Distortion concert in Eugene last fall has filed a complaint against two city police officers, saying they unnecessarily used a stun gun during an incident outside the venue. Stephen Hedrick, 24, of Longview, Washington, said he was on his knees, surrendering, when police fired a stun gun at him. Hedrick said he was hit near an armpit and the waist. “It hurt … Read More…
