4 Jan 2015 A drug task force video of an arrest differs markedly from the police reports written by the plainclothes detectives involved in the incident, The Kansas City Star reports. The video — available below — begins with the final moments of a car chase between Timothy Whittle and two plainclothes detectives, Michael Chinn … Read more
A former inmate, who was viciously beaten by a gang of correction officers — including a chief and a captain — won a multi-million dollar settlement with the city, the Daily News has learned. Even though almost six years have passed since Jahmal Lightfoot was left on the floor of Rikers Island with a broken … Read more
The North Carolina police officer seen using a Taser and punching a black man in a video recently leaked to the news media had been suspended in the past, personnel records show, and was known as a “smart aleck,” according to a former supervisor. The officer, Christopher W. Hickman, 31, was charged on Thursday with … Read more
22 July 2015 A grocery store surveillance video shows a young black man holding his hands up in surrender before two New York police officers start pounding him in the head over the suspected theft of a $3 slice of pizza. Thomas Jennings, 24, can be seen in the surveillance camera video leaning on the … Read more
A Pittsburgh city police officer is under investigation after a video was released which showed him mocking and yelling at innocent bystanders while officers were responding to a report of a fight. According to reports, the fight began around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, along Wood Street. Police had the street blocked off to traffic as they … Read more
21 Mar 2016 Despite saying they handled the situation “the best they could,” police are investigating an incident outside a Michigan pub when a swarm of police officers gang-tackled an unresisting man to the ground where they Tasered him as a crowd yelled at the cops that he wasn’t doing anything. In the video, uploaded … Read more
Two Chicago police officers have been placed on desk duty after authorities finally released dashcam video showing one of them standing on the neck of a suspect who died following the encounter last July. According to WGN, 24-year-old Heriberto Godinez died as he was being arrested on suspicion of burglary near a garage on the … Read more
09 Aug 2017 Yuba City, CA woman is speaking out after a police officer was caught on video punching her husband, who was cooperating with police after calling them to report a robbery. According to KCRA Channel 3, Ronald Ybarra, 59, was taken into custody on Monday afternoon at a Taco Bell in Yuba City. … Read more
PEGRAM, TN – The TBI is investigating the death of a man who previously filed a lawsuit against three deputies in Cheatham County. Jordan Norris, 19, was found dead Wednesday in the 100 block of Sweeney Drive in Pegram. According to the TBI, Norris’ autopsy results are pending. District Attorney General Ray Couch requested the … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. – Two Orlando police officers are under investigation for actions the state attorney calls inappropriate. The officers arrested an 18-year-old outside Rosemont Park on Jan. 4 for what they said was resisting an officer, but after watching footage from a body-worn camera, Orlando police Chief John Mina said he’s concerned. Nyejewel Burney and … Read more
Bleeding from two lacerations in his cheek, Tyrone Hines was sitting in the back of a Toronto police cruiser, handcuffed, when the officer who had just struck him in the face with his baton pulled out his pepper spray. What happens next in the “disturbing” video captured on Toronto police in-car camera left no doubt … Read more
May 9, 2010 The FBI says it has launched an investigation into the controversial beating of an innocent man by Seattle police officers. Federal agents said the findings of the routine investigation will be forwarded to the Civil Rights Section of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Meantime, police sources have identified Officer Mary … Read more