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A young man fatally shot by Swedish police while carrying a toy gun in Stockholm had Down’s syndrome and a form of autism, local media report. Officers opened fire on Eric Torell, 20, in response to what they described as a “threatening situation” in the early hours of Thursday morning. He was reported missing after … Read more
Detroit police officials have suspended an 18-year veteran officer and launched a criminal investigation into allegations he assaulted a naked mentally ill woman in Detroit Receiving Hospital after she spat on him and bit a security guard. The alleged assault Wednesday was captured on cellphone video by a hospital visitor who provided it to a … Read more
BOSTON — Boston plans to begin phasing in body cameras for its police department after a report found the devices led to slightly fewer complaints against officers and reports of officer use of force, city leaders said Thursday. Northeastern University researchers, who examined a yearlong test of the cameras, determined they provided ‘‘small but meaningful … Read more
On May 10th, 2017, an incident involving Officer John Miller of North Enid Police Department was made public via their own Facebook page. The department released a 12 minute video taken from a body cam worn by the officer. In the heavily redacted video (less than six minutes of audio and video), Officer Miller approaches … Read more
A 35-year-old police chief from Ohio has died from an overdose after taking drugs from his department’s evidence room. James Hughes, who was the Kirkersville Police Chief, was found dead in his Reynoldsburg home bathroom in May. An investigation by the Reynoldsburg police department revealed the drugs may have been evidence from other cases. Lt. … Read more
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – An investigation is underway after video surfaced that appears to show a Fort Wayne Police officer threatening residents with his Taser and firearm both drawn. A video shared with NewsChannel 15 on Wednesday shows 2 minutes, 20 seconds of an exchange between an unidentified Fort Wayne Police officer and a group … Read more
ROSWELL, GA – Already under fire after a coin-flipping app was used to decide to arrest a woman, Georgia’s Roswell Police Department faces an investigation into footage showing a different officer leave a 13-year-old in an unheated car on a freezing cold night. The unidentified 13-year-old boy was driving a golf cart down the highway … Read more
DETROIT – Shocking video from inside Detroit Receiving Hospital shows a Detroit Police Officer beating a woman. The video was sent to FOX 2 from a viewer who captured the brutal beating on cell phone video. You can watch the video in the video player above. The extremely graphic video shows the naked woman pummeled … Read more
Documents released by the City of Memphis indicate that their police department has been systematically using social media to track and observe Black Lives Matter activists in the area, including compiling a trove of dossiers and PowerPoint presentations on the local activists. The documents came out in a lawsuit brought against the city by the … Read more
A former homicide supervisor at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office is urging Sacramento County prosecutors not to move their Golden State Killer murder cases to Orange County, claiming District Attorney Tony Rackauckas is “unfit” to handle them. In a four-page letter, former Assistant District Attorney Michael Jacobs asked Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie … Read more
South Carolina – A police officer who showed a pattern of using excessive force — and was hired by the Bluffton Police Department last year while on probation with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office — resigned in early July, days after an internal investigation found he did not properly de-escalate an incident in Old Town … Read more
A suburban dog owner says bodycam footage shows a police officer calling his dog over before using a stun gun on the beloved pet. Daniel Villanueva knows the stigma against pit bulls, but he said his 91-pound pit is anything but that. “He’s a sweetheart, a gentle giant,” Villanueva said, noting that concerns surrounding the … Read more