Justine Damond: Minneapolis Police Officer to Plead Not Guilty to Murder

The Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering Australian woman Justine Damond will plead not guilty and fight the charges at trial, court documents suggest. Mohamed Noor, 32, will seek to argue self-defence and reasonable force, according to court documents seen by the Guardian. The documents were filed by Noor’s lawyer, Thomas Plunkett, on Wednesday in … Read more

New York Correction Officer Who Plotted Murder of Grandmother Spoke of Killing Inmates Undetected

FORT EDWARD, New York — A former state correction officer who is accused of plotting his grandmother’s murder is alleged to have told the killer how to commit the homicide by wrapping a towel around the woman’s neck, saying that was how correction officers killed inmates without detection, according to court records. Kevin Gonyea pleaded … Read more

Law Enforcement Groups Gave $420,000 to DA Deciding Whether to Bring Charges Against Cops Who Killed Stephon Clark

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, HAS been all over the news for the past month, since police shot and killed an unarmed black man, 22-year-old Stephon Clark, in the backyard of his own home on March 18. An independent autopsy conducted at the family’s request showed that Clark was shot six times in the back, according to the … Read more

WATCH: Eric Garner’s Mom Issues Emotional Plea For Justice After Federal Prosecutors Recommend Charges

The mother of Staten Island police chokehold victim Eric Garner issued an emotional plea Friday for long-delayed federal charges against a city cop in the 2014 death. “If the Trump Administration’s Justice Department doesn’t hold NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo and others who killed my son accountable … they are failing to uphold law-and-order for politics,” … Read more

Unarmed Teen Killed by Police Was ‘Simply Backing His Mom’s Minivan’ Out of Garage

When 17-year-old John Albers threatened suicide on FaceTime, his friends called police. Within minutes of officers’ arrival at the teen’s home, he was dead—but not because he killed himself. Officer Clayton Jenison allegedly “acted recklessly and deliberately” when he shot 13 times at Albers, who may not have even known police were at his home, … Read more