In Montgomery County, Maryland in 1991, a cop killed a woman with his shotgun as she was standing next to a car eating cornchips. In 1993, federal judge Joyce Green stated that the use of excessive force by the District of Columbia police force was causing the type of behavior that it was supposed to prevent. In Philadelphia, a black policewoman was beaten with flashlights by other policemen who mistook her for a rioter. In 1993, Michael Dowd, a New York policeman was arrested for drug dealing. Other police were found to be entering apartments, breaking things and throwing people around without a warrant.
Perjury is one of the most common abuses.
Police have fabricated evidence to justify locking up private citizens. Hopefully most of you who are reading this article will not need to file any Habeas Corpus motions. Prisoners use these motions. The Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996 has revised habeas corpus proceedings. The law creates a new one-year statue of limitation for filing.