Police Tried to Charge an Innocent Family, Until Video Proved Cops Were the Attackers

Erik de la Garza | Courthouse News Service Fort Worth police dropped charges against a black mother and her teenage daughters just after the family’s attorney released an officer’s bodycam footage of their controversial December arrests. The 12-minute, 25-second video, released to the Associated Press on Thursday, shows Officer William Martin appearing to kick a … Read more

Boys and Girls as Young as 14 are Being Held in Solitary Confinement, ACLU Finds

Molly Willms | Courthouse News Service MADISON, Wis. (CN) – Juvenile offenders in Wisconsin claim in court that they are treated “like dogs, in cages” by guards who liberally use pepper spray without cause and are quick to resort to solitary confinement. In a federal class-action lawsuit filed Monday in Madison, the American Civil Liberties … Read more