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Links
- U.S. Justice Depts Announcement of Warren Ohio Civil Rights Consent Decree investigation and findings
- Sixth Circuit 2007 Opinion in Thorne Jr v. City of Steubenville Police Officer 1983 Case Upholding All Constitutional Claims of Plaintiff on Appeal
- 2009-10 Wake Forrest Law Article Re: Some New Federalism Concerns and Possible Amendments to the Congressional Cops Statute as a Means of aiding to 14141 police reform efforts
- Debra Livingston Columbia Law Review Reforming America's Police a Look at 14141 Federal Law Enforcement Efforts referencing Steubenville and Pittsburgh's original decrees
- Feb 2004- "The Blue Mob" by Aina Hunter -An Award Winning Cover Story about the Work of Richard Olivito and the Nation's First Pattern and Practice Consent Decree Under 42 U.S. 14141 and the U.S. Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Unit Effort In 1996-7 Steubenville, Ohio
- U.S. DOJ's Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Unit's 1997 City of Steubenville Police Civil Rights Pattern and Practice Violations Consent Decree
- 1999 New York Times Article On Steubenville and Pittsburgh and Columbus DOJ Civil Rights Division Consent Decree Cases w/ Janet Reno's Quote Re Same
- "Implementing 14141 Pattern and Practice Reforms" Joshua Chanin American University 2009 Presented in Columbus, Ohio
- 94 F3d 644 6th Cir. (1996) Hython v. Stern, et. al. Prosecutorial Immunity and Assistant Investigator of Prosecutor's Immunity is breached when, Atty Olivito Sole lead Counsel Case Helps Lead to Nation's First DOJ Police Consent Decree
- NationMaster.com: The Online Encylopedia's Comments under Political Corruption Section of its Webpage Discussion of the City of Steubenville Quoting the Official DOJ Civil Rights Division Findings Regarding the Serious Retaliatory Practices By City Officials and Police Against Its Own Citizens For Complaining Against Witnessed Pattern Gross Police Misconduct
- The Civil Rights Leadership Conference report on Bush Era Law Enforcement of Section 14141 regarding pattern police misconduct and the Pro Police Tilt of the Bush DOJ
- 2000 New York Times Front Page Article on Steubenville Consent Decree and the Problem of Large City Applications of Such Decrees Quoting Steubenville's City Manager
- State and National Award Winning Cleveland Scene Cover Article "The Blue Mob" by Aina Hunter re Atty Olivto's legal work in Steubenville and Warren re Pattern and Practice Issues
- 2000- Amnesty International Report on Steubenville Police Consent Decree -Annual Human Rights Report
- 1998 Human Rights Watch Landmark Report on Police Brutality ref Steubenville Consent Decree.: "Shielded From Justice: Police Brutality In the U.S."
- 2010 Police Magazine article regarding Steubenville and other 14141 litigation issues
- July 2003 -Fox/MSNBC Lead Anchor Rita Cosby's Live Interview w/ Olivito and Kimble July
- AAN [Alternative News Weekly ] National Awards For Best Investigative Journalism 2005 3rd Place "The Blue Mob" by Aina Hunter
- Atty Olivito and Local Activist Address National Congress on Christian PeaceMaker Teams in Youngstown; Follow Up Rally in Warren Oct 2003
- Youngstown-Warren Ohio Regional Newpaper Article quoting Warren Safety Director and Atty Olivito on Need for Federal Investigation into Warren Ohio's Police Dept-- Summer 2003
- 439 F.3d 331 (6th Cir. 2006) Lyndal Kimble and Melanise Kimble, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Greg Hoso; Frank Tempesta; Michael Stabile; John Mandopoulos; and the City of Warren, Defendants-AppellantsGranting Olivito's Kimble Case Legal Brief Victory Over Weston Hurd Appeal
- 463 F Supp. 2d 760 (2006) U. S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley's Dec 2006 Pro Plaintiff Decision in Thorne Police Civil Rights Case Against City of Steubenville Police
- Frontline's Law and Disorder; Katrina's Police Shootings and Cover Up
- Fall 2007 CNN Reports Warren Cop Placed on Leave Post Tasering
- Fall 2007 CNN DOES WARREN --AGAIN WHITE GIRL THIS TIME
- red rain the truth about richard olivito's status as per State Court of Appeals
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Official Statements,Law Review Articles and Related Legal Links to Police Consent Decree Issues
- Blue Mafia by Tim Tolka Police Brutality in Ohio and the US Dept Consent Decrees
- 2014 Fordham Law Review Article: The Effectiveness on Section 14141 Pattern and Practice DOJ Investigations
- During one of his last public press interviews, Retiring Warren Police Chief, Tim Bowers admits his Department was found guilty of "unconstitutional actions towards its own citizens" by the Department of Justice "violating our oaths" and "we're trying to fix that"
- DOJ finding of "City of Warren Oh police engaged in a pattern and practice of civil rights violations against its own citizens" Jan 16, 2012 Consent Decree Press Conference
- USDOJ 2000 Official Statement Before UN Human Rights Committee on Torture in Geneva Switzerland giving United State's official witness to the Pivotal Role of the Steubenville and Pittsburgh Pa Consent Decrees in Human Rights Progress in Modern History
- DOJ's Special Litigation Unit of the US Civil Rights Division Official Website Overview: Citing Its Legal Authority Over Nation's Law Enforcement Officers and Departments Pattern and Practice Section: Steubenville Consent Decree Noted As One of Two First Pattern Investigations In Nation Under DOJ Federal Enforcement History
- 1998 Shielded From Justice: Human Rights Watch Report Noting the Problem of Injunctive Relief in Private Suits and the Steubenville / Pittsburgh Consent Decrees as creating a New Approach in US to human rights abuse enforcement by the Govt
- 2000 Annual Report on Human Rights WorldWide Noting the Steubenville Consent Decree as Milestone in US Policy Towards Human Rights Abuses in US
- 2009 Stanford Law Review Article on 14141 Steubenville and Other Police Dept Reforms and Some Present Day Ideas on Consent Decree/ DOJ Approaches
- 2001 Columbia Human Rights Law Review Article on Federal Approaches to Addressing Pattern Police Misconduct and Racial Profiling: Steubenville Consent Decree Referenced & Analyzed Throughout
- 2009 George Mason Law Review Article on 14141 DOJ Litigation / Decade Look Back and Some Recommendations for a Model State Statutory Approach
- 2003 Univ of Pittsburgh Law Review on Racial Profiling; Referencing Steubenville's Decree as First Federally Opened and Filed under Sec 14141
- Master's Thesis, Primer on Role of Police in an Open Society and Problems with Police Misconduct in USA and Open Society: Referencing Steubenville & Pitts Consent Decree As Representing a "New" Approach in U.S. History in Managing Systemic Police Misconduct
- Zimbio site ref Richard Olivito and the Tale of Two Eastern Ohio Cities and the Federal Oversight He Personally helped bring about over the same
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Recommended Books, Articles and Related Research
- Jessica A. Rose, Rebellious or Regnant: Police Brutality Lawyering in New York City, 28 Fordham Urb. L.J. 619, 637 (2000)..
- Understanding Police Violence in America - Geller Google Books
- THE ROBERT L. LEVINE DISTINGUISHED
- American Civil Rights Rhetoric and Presidents Statements on Civil Rights
- New York Patterns of Police Brutality: A Study
- Cleveland Scene Magazine Article on DOJ Special Litigation Unit's 1990's Steubenville Consent Investigation and Atty Olivito's Efforts In Re to the Same and the Warren Ohio Police Problem
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Chronology: Attorney Olivito's Work on Steubenville's 1997 Historic Consent Decree Items
- 1992- At Request of Mother of a Young Black Client, Local Police Abuse and Suggested Remedies Noted Inside Private Letter to Local NAACP by Atty Olivito Which is later Released to Public Causing Uproar Over Olivito's Statements
- 1992-4-Public Controversy Continues On In High Profile Manner locally; Death Threats Begin Against Olivito and Wife
- 1993-4- Numerous Citizens Come Privately to Atty Olivito and Begin to Dislcose History of Local Beatings by Police in Steubenville
- Summer 95' --Olivito's Law Office Is Compromised and Infiltrated; Confidential Client Sensitive Civil Rights Case Files End up in Defense Lawyers' Possesion as Per Admission of One Major Defense Law Firm's Partner Who Reveals Improper Conduct; This Firm Settles Their City Officer Side of Case W Atty Olivito and Quits Representation of City
- Dec 94 Grand Jury Concludes at Local Prosecutor's direction that there is "no evidence of police abuse in Steubenville's Police Dept"
- Late 94- Local Prosecutor Stephen Stern Threatens to Indict Atty Olivito for "making false statements about the police", oversee's arrests of various grand jury witnesses who are brought to the grand jury by same county prosecutor
- Jan 95- Serious Attempt Made on Atty Olivito and Wife's life at their home in rural locale just outside of City of Steubenville; County Deputies help Save His and Wife's lives
- Summer 1995- Special Litigation Unit Invites Attorney Olivito to Meet Confidentially in DC
- Late Fall of 1995 Civil Rights Division Informs Atty Olivito The Division Will Begin Probable Cause Investigation Under New Law Granting Authority over Local Police Depts
- Spring of 1996 Actual First In Person DOJ Lawyers On Site Meetings In Attorney Olivito's Law Office In Steubenville Oh
- Spring 1996 Probable Cause Investigation Begins: Special Considerations Taken By Special Litigation Unit Lawyers In Steubenville
- Immediate Call for Back Up by Special Litigaiton Unit Lawyers
- Investigation Lingers Thru Fall of 1996
- Late Summer 1997 Investigation Results Telephoned To Atty Olivito by Special Litigation Unit DC Warnings Given
- Findings of Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Unit Investigation Publicly Announced Late August 1997
- Consent Decree Entered Into Between United States of America and City of Steubenville and City Police Dept Sept 1997
- Atty Olivito Gives Public Comments Before Steubenville City Council Meeting Sept 97
- Sept 97 Atty Olivito Discusses Results w/ Local NAACP Branch in Detail
- Atty Olivito Leaves Local Practice and w. Wife Moves From Area for Undisclosed Destination Late Sept 1997 Remains Away from Ohio for Three Years
- Summer 1999 --Atty Olivito Invited to Freedom Song Civil Rights Era Film Set --Meets 64 Summer of Love's Robert Moses and SNCC's Charles McDoo Danny Glover et. al.
- Fall 1999- CNN's Wolf Blitzer Does Short News Documentary on Steubenville's Civil Rights Consent Decree
- Jan Feb 2000 Amnesty's Annual Human Rights Abuse Report Ref Steubenville Consent Decree
- Sept 2000- Atty Olivito Provides Comments Before House Judiciary Committee Early On Consent Decree Status and Background Issues: Public Statements Distributed Nationally on C Span
- Atty Olivito Discusses Consent Decree Issues W National Black Police and Sheriff's Association President Dec 97, 98 & In DC Sept 2000
- Atty Olivito Moves Back to 0hio -- Late Fall 2000
- 2001- University of Buffalo Law Review Article: Overview of Original Police Consent Decrees -Steubenville Ohio
- 2002 American Academy of Policing Studies: Reports on DOJ Consent Decrees Ref Steubenville's
- Summer 2003 Attorney Olivito Meets w/ DOJ Civil Rights Division Officials in DC Re: Warren Ohio's Policing Patterns
- July 2003- Attorney Olivito On Visit to DC Meets Chief Counsel to John Conyers , US House of Reps Chair of House Judiciary Committe Private Recognition Given for Work on Steubenville's DOJ Pattern and Practice Decree
- December 2004- Outgoing U.S. Attorney General John Aschcroft Officially Announces 14141 Pattern and Practice Investigation into Warren, Ohio Police Dept
- 2006- Dept of Justice's Civil Rights Published Preliminary Findings in 36 Page Letter Re: Warren, Ohio's Police Policies
- Spring 2007 --Meetings w/ House Judiciary Staff
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