July 13, 2014 Independent journalist Matthew Grunert was gathering footage for a film he was making. He was photographing the NYS Police Academy – a campus of three publicly accessible buildings located next to the SUNY campus. Grunert was approached first by a female trooper who refused to identify herself. Later, Investigator Thompson (5257), Major … Read more
OCTOBER 20, 2016 Jean-Jacques Gabriel was biking home Tuesday night when a pair of strangers stopped by Philadelphia police called out, urging him to record the scene on his cellphone. Two white, plainclothed officers had stopped two black men, whose hands were on the back of their heads, along Kingsessing Avenue, between 48th and 49th … Read more
“EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A police officer who stopped an off-duty firefighter on his bicycle and threatened him with a TASER did not violate any regulations, according to an internal investigation by the Evansville, Ind. Police Department. George Madison Jr., an Evansville firefighter and youth pastor, filed a formal complaint against Officer Jason Clegg following the … Read more
A teacher was handcuffed and thrown out of a board meeting after questioning a pay rise for the superintendent. Deyshia Hargrave, an English language arts teacher at Rene Rost Middle Schools in Kaplan, Louisiana, voiced her disagreement of the raise during the packed gathering on Monday night. Teachers met for a board vote on the … Read more
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The fallout continues after an 11-year-old girl was handcuffed and held at gunpoint earlier this month by Grand Rapids Police officers during a search for a stabbing suspect. The Grand Rapids Police Union president spoke to FOX 17 about the issue, after Police Chief David Rahinsky called the incident “nauseating” and … Read more
The Durham police officers said they would take the mentally unstable man to the hospital. He was suicidal and needed to see a doctor. Instead, the officers interrogated him in an attempt to find some dirt on a female sergeant who had lodged complaints about a senior officer’s abusive and misogynistic behaviour, according to allegations … Read more
He was doing nothing other than standing in a parking lot and drinking a can of iced tea. But he found out that this can apparently get you arrested, all on it’s own. Two men had been outside waiting for friends to arrive. They were standing in the parking lot outside of a state-owned ABC … Read more
Newly released body cam footage from Kentucky police in Graves County — a county located near the state’s southwestern corner — shows several officers outside the home of Billy Hamilton and Patric Rodriguez, a married gay couple, near midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2016. One officer calls Rodriguez a “shit apple redneck” and threatens to … Read more
Illinois – A Lake Villa police officer has been disciplined after he was caught on video telling a teenager that he was being detained “because he’s white”. The video, posted on Monday by Dezi Baczek on Facebook, already has over 40,000 views and shows Lake Villa Police Department detective Esteban Gomez telling a teen he … Read more
COLORADO SPRINGS – A formal complaint has been filed against the Colorado Springs Police Department following the release of a YouTube video. In the video, a man claims his rights are being violated and he was arrested for only being “suspicious” to two Colorado Springs officers in the Falcon Division. The citizen says he refused … Read more
After months of being harassed by Ed Gillespie’s campaign for simply trying to ask the Republican gubernatorial nominee questions, Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark was violently arrested Saturday while filming the annual Annandale parade. Gillespie has repeatedly dodged questions from Stark about his increasingly racist campaign, uncomfortable endorsement from Donald Trump, and his use of … Read more
Denver police officer Ryan Burke was arrested last month after allegedly harassing his former girlfriend so persistently at an area hotel that representatives from the business called his fellow cops on him. But this is hardly the first time he’s been in trouble with either his employer or local officials. He’s been suspended twice during … Read more