Jul 27th, 2008 · In a single week, there have been two remarkable brawls in the sports world. First came a bench-clearing altercation in a WNBA game — the most notable brawl in the 12-year history of the women's professional basketball league. Then a minor-league baseball skirmish ended with the arrest of a pitcher on a felony assault charge.
Oct 12th, 2007 · A Florida jury has acquitted seven former boot camp guards and a nurse of manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old boy. The videotaped altercation showed the guards hitting and kicking Martin Lee Anderson. Florida Public Radio's Trimmel Gomes reports.
Apr 6th, 2006 · Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), whose altercation with a Capitol Police officer last week led to a firestorm, apologizes on the House floor. McKinney, who is black, had said that the white officer touched her "inappropriately" when she walked past security. Reports indicate that she hit the officer with her cell phone.