Filming Cops 
The Texas Rangers are investigating an incident in Graham in which two police officers handcuffed a teen with autism and then stunned him with a Taser near his home, the Graham police chief said in news release. Michael Moore, 19, was detained during the incident after officers investigated whether he “might be under the influence … Read more
A Summit County sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Monday after she was accused of stealing $40,000 from a senior citizen over the course of three years. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office said it was contacted in March by the Summit County Adult Protective Services after it received a complaint regarding a theft offense against a … Read more
Two men arrested by Michael Rosfeld outside a Pittsburgh bar in December allege in a lawsuit that Rosfeld fabricated evidence, and an attorney for the two men said their case followed a pattern by the police officer facing homicide charges in an unrelated case. Timothy Riley and Jacob Schilling were arrested by Rosfeld, then a … Read more
Dorian Johnson’s uncle asked for a ride on Monday so he could get the latest iPhone. Soon after that, Johnson was held at gunpoint by Fresno police demanding he crawl on his stomach out of the T-Mobile store on Blackstone Avenue just north of Shaw Avenue. Video captured by his uncle, Vincent Lemar, shows Johnson, … Read more
This spring, a lot of people have been focused on instances of corporate racism, with Starbucks and Waffle House being the most notable incidents. These occurrences illuminated how easy it is for black people to have the cops called on us. Still, there is a danger in building a movement only focused on implicit bias … Read more
During a stretch of 49 days, 19 Memphis police officers and an impound lot employee never saw the body of Bardomiano Perez Hernandez in the back of a van towed to the city lot after an attempted robbery in Binghamton last year. Perez Hernandez suffered a single gunshot wound to his torso during the robbery, … Read more
A Riverside County corrections deputy has been charged with six child abuse charges following an investigation that started when a 3-month-old baby girl was brought to Loma Linda University Medical Center June 25 with a skull fracture, authorities said. Jason Gordon Wenker, 30, of Loma Linda, was charged with the felony child abuse charges after … Read more
NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – A Nassau County deputy has been arrested and fired from the force. Kyle Tholl, 38, is accused of not testing drugs found in the field and making false claims that some drugs were illegal. Tholl is charged with perjury and filing a false police report. That resulted in at least four … Read more
Tommy Barnes paced back and forth along Franklin Street in front of the Harris County Criminal Justice Center on Wednesday evening, gazing occasionally at the dozen police officers standing on the opposite sidewalk. “The police murdered my son,” he said between drags from a cigarette. “(The officer) opened the door to the car, with his … Read more
A former Florida police officer received an eight-year prison sentence for failing to tell a sexual partner he is HIV -positive. The Palm Beach Post reports that 41-year-old Ervans Saintclair apologized to the victim before he was sentenced Friday, saying he had made “some bad choices and because of those choices, I am here.” The … Read more
GREEN BAY – An ex-Menominee Tribe police officer was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after he was caught in a child sex offender sting operated by his own department, U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger said Tuesday. Basil O’Kimosh Jr., 40, was convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child on the Menominee Indian Reservation … Read more
Minnesota – Additional charges have been filed against a Kasson police officer who was charged last week in Olmsted County with criminal sexual conduct. A release from the Olmsted County Attorney’s Office said Julio Baez has been charged with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and one … Read more