Before Bill "Robocop" Melendez brutally assaulted 57-year-old Ford Motor employee Floyd Dent this past January, he was named in 12 separate lawsuits for brutally assaulting people, planting evidence, and making illegal arrests.
Inmates at San Francisco's Hall of Justice are accusing several prison guards of forcing them to fight "gladiator-style" for hamburgers and threatening them with beatings if they refused, according to a report released by the public defender's office last Thursday.
As body-worn cameras increasingly become a standard feature of American police uniforms, San Diego's experience with the technology offers another example to the growing body of evidence that suggests cops tend to behave better when they know the cameras are rolling.
