Filming Cops 
A South Side Chicago neighborhood was the site of violent clashes between police and residents of a community where an officer fatally shot an African-American man on Saturday evening. Chicago activists have identified the man as Harith Augustus, better known as “Snoop,” a popular barber and proud father who worked in the South Shore community. … Read more
A lawsuit filed by a man who spent 25 years in prison for a 1992 murder he didn’t commit claims a pair of former Detroit police detectives fabricated evidence in order to get a conviction. Desmond Ricks, 52, who was released from prison last year after Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy dropped the charges, has … Read more
Glendale police narcotics detective pleaded guilty this week to charges that he lied to federal investigators about his links to organized crime, accepted a bribe and obstructed justice by tipping off a top criminal target about an upcoming federal raid, helping him avoid arrest, court records show. John Saro Balian, 45, of Seal Beach entered … Read more
More than two years after Fresno police shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Dylan Noble during a traffic stop, a lawsuit brought against the city by Noble’s parents will reach its first milestone next week as the two sides meet to discuss a possible settlement. According to federal court records, attorneys for Veronica Nelson, Noble’s mother, … Read more
COMPTON, Calif. – Attorneys for the family of a man fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in 2016 said the two deputies are part of a violent clique that get matching tattoos. In August 2016, 31-year-old Donta Taylor was killed in Compton. His family filed a $50 million claim against the Los Angeles … Read more
Vernard Sands was sitting on a plastic crate at NE 79th Street and Miami Court in Little River on November 11, 2016, when a Miami Police car rolled up. The cops told the 35-year-old homeless man he was breaking the law — by illegally sitting on a crate. Then, a cop identified in police reports … Read more
They did not have to die. That’s the bitter truth. Katie Sasser and her friend John Hall would likely still be alive if cops and prosecutors in Glynn County, Georgia, had done their jobs. But they were more interested in protecting one of their own. So Sasser and Hall were shot to death in June … Read more
The Chicago Police Department has always had a violent history plagued by corruption. On Friday a yearlong investigation by the U.S. Justice Department confirms that the CPD has continued to build on its bankrupt legacy. According to DOJ findings, the Chicago police “have violated the constitutional rights of residents for years, permitting racial bias against … Read more
A Texan police chief is standing by his officers’ decision to stun an autistic teenager who was throwing rocks into his neighbour’s yard. Michael Moore, a 19-year-old Texan man, was shocked with a Taser by two officers responding to calls complaining of Mr Moore throwing rocks, reports ABC News. The police officers, unaware of Mr … Read more
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy accused of placing his loaded duty weapon in a child’s backpack appeared in Orange County Superior Court on Thursday. Manuel Murillo, 37, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of child endangerment, second-degree criminal storage of a firearm and third-degree criminal storage of a firearm, court records show. Prosecutors allege … Read more
BERNVILLE, Pa. — State police went grossly overboard in their pursuit of a marijuana suspect whose body was found under a bulldozer that authorities used to search for him in thick brush, a pot advocacy group said Thursday. Officials with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws blasted state police for calling in … Read more
CHICAGO — Just days after he was acquitted on charges related to a bar fight, Chicago Police Officer Robert Rialmo was involved Friday in an altercation at a Northwest Side bar. Police said Rialmo — who fatally shot two people in 2015 — was part of a verbal dispute with two other men at Teaser’s … Read more