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HAWAII ISLAND – A former Hawaii County police officer has been found guilty of misdemeanor negligent homicide. Jody Buddemeyer was on trial accused of hitting and killing cyclist Jeffrey Surnow while driving a police car on Waikoloa Road in Kohala more than three years ago. Surnow was 63 years old at the time of the … Read more
Miami-Dade County cops burst into the home of 18-year-old Bryan Crespo this past March to arrest him for allegedly stealing airbags from local cars. But according to surveillance video New Times has obtained, an MDPD officer identified as Sgt. Manuel Regueiro decided to wallop Crespo in the face after he was already handcuffed. Surveillance video … Read more
New footage released this week by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows an off-duty Chicago Police officer shooting an unarmed autistic man whom he claimed had been a threat to his life. Local news station ABC 7 Chicago reports that the video, which was filmed in 2017, shows Sgt. Khalil Muhammad shooting and wounding … Read more
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The South Bend police officer accused of switching price tags at Walmart turned himself in at the St. Joseph County Jail Thursday Morning. Brandon Jones, 33, was booked into the jail at 2:23 a.m. He was released early Thursday afternoon and will be in court on Oct. 30. A warrant was … Read more
A former Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office deputy is facing charges for sexual assault of a jail inmate. Keith Washington, 47, of Stafford, was charged Tuesday with one count of carnal knowledge of an inmate and one count of sexual battery, Fairfax County police said in a news release. The investigation began Aug. 13, 2017 after … Read more
A Connecticut police officer was fired Wednesday after he was caught on video warning a group of young people not to run or “do anything stupid” because he was “trigger-happy.” Hartford Chief of Police David Rosado said Officer Stephen Barone was fired following an internal investigation into the August video and a separate traffic incident … Read more
A police officer in Prince George’s County, Maryland, was charged this week with raping a woman during a traffic stop. He’s pleaded not guilty, but it’s a disturbing headline — even more disturbing when you consider there are hundreds more like him. Yes, hundreds. According to research from Bowling Green State University, police officers in … Read more
The Coral Springs Police Department has released a statement related to a video on social media that shows an officer punching a teenage girl who was subdued on the floor. An Instagram user identified as Victoria Cedeno posted a video of Thursday’s incident on the social media platform. It has since been deleted. In the … Read more
Newly released cellphone video shows a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer punching and tasing an 85-pound man with health issues. In the video, it’s obvious that 24-year-old William Colon does not want to be arrested. But it’s hard to believe that the 4’8″ man posed a serious threat to the cops who had entered … Read more
An African-American man who died this week after a San Mateo County sheriff’s deputy used an electric stun gun to subdue him was not armed, according to San Mateo County’s top prosecutor. Authorities say 36-year-old Chinedu Valentine Okobi of Redwood City was dodging in and out of traffic on El Camino Real in Millbrae on … Read more
CLEVELAND – Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, has withdrawn his application to become a part-time police officer in Bellaire, Ohio. “As of this afternoon, Timothy Loehmann has withdrawn his application in Bellaire,” Rice’s mother Samaria Rice said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon. “Hopefully, he … Read more
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A New Mexico police officer who was ‘Officer of the Year’ in 2017 has been fired. KRQE News 13 reported on the assault allegations against Alamogordo Police Officer Kyle Graham two weeks ago. Newly released surveillance video shows him and a woman arguing inside the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center. The verbal … Read more