A coroner’s inquest into the killing of an unarmed man during a traffic stop determined on Wednesday that a Montana police officer was justified in the shooting. A seven-person jury deliberated for about an hour, delivering its decision after Billings police officer Grant Morrison testified that he feared for his life when he fired the … Read more
A judge Thursday morning sentenced Dwayne Thurman to five years in prison in the shooting death of his wife, Brenda Thurman, which happened while he was cleaning her gun at home. A jury convicted Thurman of second-degree manslaughter after prosecutors made the case that Thurman was a reserve deputy in Lincoln County who had gun … Read more
At some point past two hours into a police standoff last August, Olathe police and the Johnson County deputies backing them up decided to forcefully enter a home where a mentally distressed and most likely armed woman was waiting. But unlike during the first hour of the standoff when police discussed reasons not to enter … Read more
The Los Angeles City Council approved a $1.95 million settlement Tuesday with the family of a woman who was fatally shot by two police officers. Attorneys for the family of Norma Guzman argued that the 37-year-old woman was harmless and her death at the hands of Los Angeles Police Department Officers Samuel Briggs and Antonio … Read more
Former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver’s murder trial has been pushed back from June to August 20 after State District Judge Brandon Birmingham granted a continuance at a hearing this morning. The former Balch Springs Police officer has been awaiting trial ever since being indicted with the murder of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards last July. … Read more
MACON COUNTY, N.C. — The family of a man killed by a Macon County Sheriff’s Deputy is disputing law enforcement claim about exactly what happened that night. In a press release Monday, Macon County Sheriff Robert Holland said a deputy was responding to a call about a neighbor dispute on Pheasant Road late Sunday night. … Read more
The ongoing speculation over the circumstances surrounding the death of Baltimore homicide detective Sean Suiter have continued to stir doubt and mistrust across many communities in the city. The veteran cop was shot in the head with his own gun in November. But, since then a series of miscues have only stoked concerns the department … Read more
A California police department has released the names of four officers involved in an April shooting that left a black man dead — and one of the officers was fired years ago after being charged with committing a hate crime, records said. That Barstow police officer, Jimmie Alfred Walker, faced hate crime and battery charges … Read more
It’s been a year since 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was killed as he left a Balch Springs party, and the murder trial for the cop who opened fire into a car full of teens could be delayed again. Defense attorneys for fired Officer Roy Oliver, 38, told state District Judge Brandon Birmingham on Friday that they … Read more
A Barstow, Calif., police officer accused of being involved in the fatal shooting of driver Diante Yarber, a young father of three, was convicted of a hate crime back in 2010 but was somehow allowed to return to the police force, attorneys representing Yarber’s family and his passengers say. Not only was the officer allowed … Read more
Ex-Houston police officer Clarence McNatt has been sentenced to five years in prison after his conviction earlier this week for hiring two men to kidnap and rape his estranged wife. McNatt, 64, was found guilty Thursday of two counts of soliciting the supposed hitmen — who turned out to be undercover police officers — but … Read more
The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office said it will not press charges against two police officers who used their stun guns as many as 18 times in the death of a naked man in the shower last May. District Attorney John Chisholm made the announcement on Friday, saying there was “no basis to conclusively link … Read more