Filming Cops 
In the summer of 2015, a woman named Amber Mansfield filed a report with the Minneapolis Police Department. She said she’d been beaten, choked, and raped by a man named Keith Washington. Washington had been released from prison that spring as a Level 3 sex offender — considered the most dangerous and most likely to … Read more
BRIDGEPORT — Police Chief Armando Perez’s top aide was placed on administrative leave Monday following accusations the aide sent racist texts regarding another officer. “Effective immediately, Captain Mark Straubel will be transferred from the chief’s office to administrative leave,” states a memo issued Monday by Perez that was obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media. Administrative leave … Read more
SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — State police are investigating after a man was shot and killed by a police officer near Allentown. It happened just before 6 p.m. Saturday along Hamilton Boulevard in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County just feet from Dorney Park. Video posted to Facebook shows the man walking toward a South Whitehall … Read more
GREENWOOD LAKE – A former NYPD lieutenant was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday after admitting to raping two underage, female relatives for years. The sentence was part of a plea deal for Nicholas McAteer, 46, that was reached with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The deal spared his victims from having to … Read more
On Wednesday a 19-year-old Chesapeake woman mysteriously died following a routine traffic stop. Police said Sarah Wilson used a handgun inside the car to shoot and kill herself. However, the teen’s mom believes there is much more to this story, and she’s desperate for answers. “In all of her life I have never known of … Read more
Body camera footage has been made public, which shows the chasing of and the shots that killed Thurman Blevins, an African American whose death in June led to mass protests in Minneapolis. The video shows two officers, Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly, driving in a car as they were responding to a 911 call about … Read more
On August 3, 2001, a McDonald’s film crew arrived in the bustling beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island. They carried their cameras and a giant cashier’s check to a row of townhouses, and knocked on the door of Michael Hoover. The 56-year-old bachelor had called a McDonald’s hotline to say he’d won their Monopoly competition. … Read more
BRADENTON – The case of a man who was accidentally shot to death by his girlfriend in her Bradenton home has come to light more than five months later.. Despite the finding that the shooting was accidental and no charges were ever filed, a Bradenton police officer has been punished for among other reasons, not … Read more
After seeing bystander video of Atlanta police officers throwing a man to the ground during his arrest, an Atlanta attorney is calling for all charges against his client to be dropped. Antonio Harris, 29, was one of four people arrested in northwest Atlanta on July 14 on a misdemeanor charge of pedestrian in the roadway … Read more
The city of Ventura has agreed to pay $175,000 to a man who alleged police illegally entered and searched his residence without a warrant, used excessive force and left him with lasting emotional distress. In accepting the settlement, Andrew Scott Hernandez agreed to drop the case and forgo any future action. City Attorney Gregory Diaz … Read more
For years, deputies at the Weber County Sheriff’s Office — trained to detect people on drugs — reported that their evidence room technician was high on methamphetamine. They pointed to numerous times she struggled to maintain balance; how she could never find evidence; her profuse sweating or inaudible rambling; the white residue pooling in the … Read more
A North Miami Beach police officer arrested after allegedly kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach has been fired, police said. Ambar Pacheco, 26, faces aggravated battery charges stemming from the incident while she was off duty Wednesday night, according to a police report. “I saw red and beat the s— out of her,” Pacheco … Read more