Communities United Against Police Brutality

Organizations Working on Police Brutality and Accountability

October 22nd National Coalition:
http://www.october22.org/

ACLU Police Practices Project: http://www.aclu.org/PolicePractices/PolicePracticesMain.cfm

Idriss Stelley Foundation: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeo9ewi/idrissstelleyfoundation/

National Coalition on Police Accountability: http://www.citizensalert.org/ncopa.htm

National Lawyers Guild, National Police Accountability Project: http://www.nlg.org/npap/

Police Complaint Center: http://www.policeabuse.org/

Police Crimes: http://flyservers.registerfly.com/members5/policecrime.com/

Refuse & Resist!: http://www.refuseandresist.org/altindex.php

Stolen Lives Project: http://stolenlives.org/

Law Office of Blake Horwitz (attorney specializing in police brutality cases): http://www.police-watchers.com/

Reports on Police Brutality:Amnesty International's Race, Rights and Police Brutality: http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/usa/document.do?id=133746465C2D34CA8025690000692D98

Amnesty International's Report: Police Brutality and Excessive Force: http://www.amnestyusa.org/rightsforall/police/nypd/index.html

Amnesty International's Torture Report: http://www.webnetarts.com/socialjustice/aitortrpts.html

Human Rights Watch's Shielded from Justice--Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States: http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/index.htm

Information on "Less Lethal" Weapons Including Chemical Irritants and TasersA Short and Sordid History of Pepper Spray: http://www.nopepperspray.org/sordid.htm

An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control: http://www.iwar.org.uk/sigint/resources/stoa/stoa-atpc-so.htm

Bibliography of "An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control": http://www.aib.de/nsa/eu/stoa-bib.htm

Chemical Cops: Tear Gas And Pepper Spray Can Be Deadly: http://www.commondreams.org/views/030900-103.htm

CPRC Report, Oleoresin Capsicum in Buffalo:
http://www.cprc.org/tr/1995/04/tr-04-95E.pdf

Dugway Report (Great info on chemical composition of Freeze + P): http://www.capstun.com/english/cap-stun/reports/dugwayreport.html

The Effect of Police Officer Confidence on Officer Injuries and Excessive Force Complaints (includes info on cop killed by bad pepper spray training): http://www.sashley.com/Articles/EffectofPoliceOfficerConfidence.htm

FBI Report, Oleoresin Capsicum Training and Use: http://www.capstun.com/english/cap-stun/reports/fbireport.html

HowStuffWorks: What does tear gas do?: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question340.htm

Inmates Sue Florida Over Pepper Spray, Tear Gas Torture: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C97214%2C00.html

Is CS Gas Dangerous?: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/320/7233/458

Montreal Medical Team Exposes Documents on Tear Gas Danger: http://www.afn.org/~iguana/archives/2001_05/20010512.html

Pepper Spray Gets in Their Eyes, Media Missed Militarization of Police Work in Seattle: http://www.fair.org/extra/0003/pepper-spray.html

Pepper Spray Madness (deaths from pepper spray): http://mediafilter.org/caq/CAQ56pepper.html

Personal Defense Sprays: Effects and Management of [Ocular] Exposure: http://www.pwdistributing.com/OC%20Eye%20Test.html

Police Sprayed Deadly Toxins at WTO; Accused of "Chemical Warfare" by MD: http://www.sparklehouse.com/awake/cp/gas_1.html

The Power and Controversy of Pepper Sprays: http://www.sunbeltshows.com/dave/pepperspray.html

Preparing for "Sudden Death!": http://www.laaw.com/cdsldm.htm

Protester First Aid (Black Cross Collective Guide): http://www.mts.net/~slord/FIRST%20AID.htm

Study by a Street Medic Suggests Long-Term Effects of Tear Gas: http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/091902/news3.html

Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Reference for Medics: http://urgencemanif.meagerman.net/chem.html

Treatment of Riot Control Agents: Tear Gas and Pepper Spray: http://free.freespeech.org/a20/teargas.htm

U.S. Government Use of Chemical Weapons Against U.S. Citizens: http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/10/11_chemical.html

The Use and Abuse of Pepper Spray (Legal article by By Lynne Wilson, Seattle Attorney): http://www.pcworks.demon.co.uk/magazine/documents/pepperspray.pdf

Use of Aerosol Weapons by Law Enforcement: http://www.sashley.com/Articles/UseofAerosolWeapons.htm

Use of CS Gas in Gulf is Illegal, says Red Cross: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0309-05.htm

Virtual Naval Hospital, Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare: Chapter 12, Riot Control Agents (Definitive website for detailed info on medical effects of chemical irritants): http://www.vnh.org/MedAspChemBioWar/chapters/chapter_12.htmWikipedia

Article on Pepper Spray: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray

Information on Positional Asphyxia and HogtyingAsphyxial Death During Prone Restraint Revisited: A Report of 21 Cases: http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB/2000asphyxrevisit.html

Patient Restraint & Restraint Asphyxia Newz Directory: http://www.charlydmiller.com/ranewz.html#directory

Information on Handcuffing and Handcuff NeuropathyAfterCare: Handcuff Injuries: http://www.action-medical.net/library/aftercare/handcuffs.htm

Cheiralgia Paresthetica (Handcuff Neuropathy): http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0920.htm

Complaints of Pain After Use of Handcuffs Should Not be Dismissed: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/318/7175/55


Focal Neurological Complications of Handcuff Application: http://aafs.micronexx.com/PDF/JOFS/JFS4651124/JFS4651124.pdf

Handcuff Neuropathy: Two Unusual Cases: http://www.aapmr.org/education/archive/emg9706a.htm

Handcuffing, Advance Stacking Techniques: http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/pti/

Liability Constraints on Human Restraints: http://www.laaw.com/finalre2.htm

Orthopedic Injuries Experienced by U.S. Prisoners of War During Operation Desert Storm: A Descriptive Analysis: http://infoventures.com/osh/abs/mili0005.html

PC Wins Handcuff Damages: http://www.cuffs.fsnet.co.uk/Handcuffs_docs/Pc%20wins%20handcuff%20damages.PDF

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