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SEATTLE – The president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild said an officer was justified in punching a young woman who shoved him in a dispute over jaywalking. Rich O’Neil told KCPQ-TV that punching her in the face was an appropriate use of force as the officer struggled with two women and a crowd formed. He said it was wrong to call the punch police brutality or racist. Cell phone video shows Officer Ian P. Walsh trying to control two women Monday and punching a 17-year-old in the face. Acting deputy police chief Nick Metz has said the women bear much of the responsibility for resisting arrest. Seattle Urban League CEO James Kelly says the punch was an overreaction that brought to mind a video taken April 17 of two Seattle officers kicking a Hispanic suspect. Police are conducting an internal investigation.  Do not let your rights get violated. Get

WEST CHESTER — A man was convicted for making a delivery to Chester County Prison in Pocopson on the morning of April 13, 2009, but did not complete the trip. On the way, his delivery truck crashed into a car stopped for a traffic light on Route 202 and caused the car to burst into flames, killing its driver. On Saturday, the defendant of Penndel, Bucks County, is scheduled to complete the journey he started last year as he begins an 11½- to 23-month prison term for criminal charges resulting from that crash. Judge Thomas G. Gavin sentenced him to prison Tuesday as part of a negotiated plea worked out between the prosecutor, Assis tant District Attorney Jessica Krilivsky, and Brandon’s attorney, a public defender. He pleaded guilty to charges of homicide by vehicle, recklessly endangering another person and driving under the influence of marijuana. It was his second DUI offense. Killed in the crash was

(West Chester, PA)   Alcohol use among college students is not news nor is attempts by colleges and universities and their adjacent communties to curb alcohol use.  Now in West Chester Pennsylvania, West Chester University students are facing stricter penalties as police and magistrates refuse to negoitate and are determined to pursue criminal conviction records against the area college students. In Pennsylvania, a violation for underage drinking is known as Possession, Consumption, Purchase or Transportation of Alcohol by a Minor (underage drinking).  If you pay the fine or are found guilty of an underage drinking offense, there is a mandatory loss of your driving priviliges for a period of ninety (90) days even though the incident was removed from a motor vehicle.   That’s right.  The loss of driving priviliges is not related to an underage age drinking violation in a motor vehicle or while driving a motor vehicle.  In addition, a