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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The four police officers accused in an alleged police brutality case back in 2021 and charged in November last year appeared in the High Court, for their pre-trial conference yesterday. This case is in connection to the alleged beating of a man who suffered severe...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Honolulu Division that oversees American Samoa has not confirmed nor denied that there is any ongoing investigation, during a trip by agents who were in the territory earlier this month. This is according to Joy van der Voort, Public...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government case against 4 police officers arrested and charged in an alleged beating at the Fagatogo market last year is now continued to Nov. 16 because none of the parties were ready to proceed with the case. The four officers, Police Captain Margie Alofaituli, Off...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are on island and this came as a “surprise” to the Department of Public Safety.  “This is unusual as the FBI normally doesn’t come to American Samoa until something significant happens,” said Deputy Police Commissioner...
(L) Chief of Police, Foifua Foifua escorting prison escapee Joe Togitogi to the High Court last week.  (R) A DPS police officer escorting prison escapees Joseph Iosefa Iakopo and Ryan Pite outside of the High Court last week
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police brutality and inhumane treatment inside prison walls are two of the reasons why prisoners escape from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna. These were the words of the three inmates who were convicted of escape from confinement in January of last...
Manu’a faipule, Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele says a House Investigation Committee (HIC) needs to be established to look into many issues — including alleged police brutality at the TCF — being reported from around the territory. See story for details.  [photo: AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a faipule, Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele says it’s time to establish a House Investigation Committee (HIC) to look into a lot of issues being reported from around the island, especially the alleged mistreatment of inmates at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF...