DES MOINES, Iowa — A termination letter shows that a member of the Iowa State Patrol was fired this month because of “intimidating, threatening and unwelcome” interactions with colleagues. The patrol fired Des Moines-based trooper Wade Karp on July 3 after a 10-month paid administrative leave. The agency had refused to explain the leave or … Read more
Police are apologizing for pulling their guns on black children after a video showed cops detaining two black kids in a Minnesota Park. But don’t worry, after investigating the incident, the police determined that there was no factual basis for them to draw their guns on the kids and put them in handcuffs. Everything’s fine. … Read more
A shocking video has emerged of a Texas cop drawing his gun at a group of children and pushing one of their mothers. The video was filmed in El Paso on Thursday near a recreation center. Police had been called to deal with reported criminal trespassing. When the two officers arrived, they were confronted by … Read more
LAS VEGAS — There are new developments in the controversy over a video showing North Las Vegas Police riding motorcycles on the UNLV campus without permission and immediately after a Black Lives Matter spoken word event. Students believe the officers were trying to intimidate them. It happened on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday, the university’s … Read more
A new viral video shows a police officer taunting a black man and appearing to threaten him by saying, “you’d be the first one I’d shoot if I had a gun.” According to the Washington Post, the cell phone-recorded video shows an unnamed West Midlands Police officer in the U.K. “joking” with a man whose … Read more
A suspended Terre Haute police officer arrested in a 2015 domestic battery incident has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of battery and intimidation. Danial Armentrout took the stand this morning in Vigo Superior Court 3 to admit guilt to criminal charges of battery as a Class B misdemeanor and intimidation as a Class A misdemeanor. … Read more
DAWSON, GA – A Dawson Police officer was arrested after an investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. According to the GBI, the Dawson Police Department requested assistance after a report that Latavius McIntosh, 27, pointed a gun at another person during an altercation. Officials said the incident happened on July 5 at a residence … Read more
Police in Knoxville, Tenn., have ruled that an off-duty officer acted appropriately when he pulled a gun on a Charlotte woman who was picking up a used SUV she bought there in May. An Internal Affairs review ruled Officer Matthew Janish believed he saw suspicious behavior May 3 when he observed Tonya Jameson attempting to … Read more
A borough police officer accused of holding a gun to a security guard’s head and threatening “to blow his (expletive) head off” failed to properly record the incident and report it to his superiors, new records show, sparking charges of a cover up. In a letter dated April 7 obtained by NJ Advance Media, Chatham … Read more
Two weeks ago, a black woman driving alone in Princeton, Louisiana, was pulled over for no apparent reason. But she was not shot and killed. Or hauled from her car and body-slammed. Or even arrested for getting snippy. The officer explained that she was driving under the speed limit, something he said drivers do when … Read more
A Louisiana cop has been caught on tape threatening to fight a teenage suspect. The police officer is heard telling the suspect “Want Me To Take These Handcuffs Off And See What You Really About?” while the other offices at the scene intimidate the person taping the incident. Thanks to World Star Hiphop for the … Read more
04/26/17 Disturbing video footage has surfaced showing what appears to be an officer holding a gun to an unarmed citizen’s head and threatening to murder him. “Don’t fucking resist,” one officer says to James Yarborough. Moments later a pistol can be seen in the video being held against James’s head. “I will kill you, you … Read more