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The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) says it’s cool if officers elbow and punch suspects in the face if the cops think they are resisting arrest. So said PPB Lt. Craig Morgan at Wednesday night’s Citizen Review Committee (CRC) meeting, explaining why he decided not to punish an officer who punched a man whose arm officers … Read more
A Pueblo couple’s car was stolen in June and later recovered by Colorado Springs police officers. According to records obtained by the I-TEAM, Mary and Clyde Antrim’s Ford Crown Victoria sat in a police impound lot for more than a month eventually racking up fees. The couple says cops never called them to pick up … Read more
Relations between police and the public constantly goes up and down, and now a Louisiana police officer is under fire for posting a racist meme via Facebook. An assistant chief at the Estherwood Police Department named Wayne Welsh posted a meme this past Sunday that showed a woman holding a little girl’s head underwater with … Read more
An officer at the Bexar County Jail has been arrested for shuttling drug money into an an inmate’s commissary fund. Rita Alvarez, a 11-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, was charged Wednesday for engaging in organized criminal activity and facilitating “illegal barter, expenditures or investments.” According to Sheriff Javier Salazar, Alvarez had been … Read more
WISE — Former Big Stone Gap police officer Oliver Winston Mullins was convicted of various sexual offenses Friday in Wise County Circuit Court. As part of a plea agreement, Mullins, 32, of Pound, will serve 10 years in the penitentiary, followed by 20 years supervised probation and 10 years unsupervised probation. He will also have … Read more
DENVER – A man in a wheelchair said he was ticketed because he couldn’t get across the road during the signal’s allotted time and now he’s fighting the citation. Kyle Wolfe said he was passing through 19th and Lawrence streets in downtown Denver. Wolfe said he started to cross the street when the signal indicated … Read more
Lawrence Lawhorn believes two police officers planted narcotics on him during a previous arrest. Columbia Police Officers Chris Papineau and Ryan Terranova Arrested him for allegedly possessing methamphetamine. After spotting Officer Papineau conducting a traffic stop in central Columbia, Lawrence decided it was time to confront him. Lawhorn says that Officer Papineau unnecessarily escalated the … Read more
UPDATE: 08/17/2017 Michael Sauber has been cleared of all charges after the family member dropped the charges against him. A Tucson police officer who was arrested on charges of domestic violence last week pointed his gun at a family member during a gathering at his parents’ house, documents show. Michael Sauber, a probationary employee who … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — The city plans to make civilian complaints about police misconduct available to the public online, the mayor said Wednesday. Mayor Jim Kenney has signed an executive order to post narratives, locations and official findings of complaints against officers. He said the measure is intended to increase public awareness about how the city handles … Read more
In a press conference on Wednesday, Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green announced she is dropping all charges brought against Tatyana Hargrove, who was arrested in a case of mistaken identity on June 18. Mic previously reported that Hargrove was beaten, bitten by a K9 police and arrested by Bakersfield, California, police officers after they … Read more
It is the first time in 20 years a police officer has stood trial for murder in St. Louis, MO. And it’s been a few years since the alleged crime was committed: Jason Stockley, a white former cop, killed Anthony Lamar Smith, 24, after a car chase in 2011. Stockley, now 36, who wasn’t arrested … Read more
The first video appeared to show a Baltimore cop planting drugs at a crime scene. The second one allegedly features a different group of officers. As police investigate a Baltimore police officer whose body camera captured him allegedly planting drugs at a crime scene, authorities say they’ve uncovered potentially incriminating new footage involving other cops … Read more