Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man who was killed by the Sacramento police in his grandmother’s backyard, was shot eight times from behind or the side, according to a private autopsy commissioned by his family. The autopsy concluded that Mr. Clark’s death was not instantaneous, taking an estimated three to 10 minutes, raising questions about … Read more
February 13, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO — The city of Gardena’s claim that a judge prematurely released video of police shooting an unarmed man was dismissed by a federal appeals court Monday. The video by police in the city of Gardena was widely published after its release in 2015. The city failed to show it will … Read more
An unarmed black man who was shot dead by a Texas police officer last Thursday had been walking towards the cop with his pants down when the officer fired the lethal shot, according to video of the shooting released by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. In the clip, taken from Deputy Cameron Brewer’s … Read more
On Tuesday morning, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry declared that no state charges would be filed against the two Baton Rouge police officers who killed Alton Sterling in July 2016. After months of deliberating over visual evidence such as body cameras, Landry said officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II were acting in a “reasonable … Read more
Authorities in Louisiana said Tuesday that the Baton Rouge police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling will not face criminal charges, a decision announced nearly two years after his death prompted intense protests. Sterling was killed in July 2016 by officers responding to a call about a man who had threatened someone … Read more
The NYPD began spreading misinformation shortly after Ramarley Graham, an unarmed Bronx teen killed by a cop, drew his final breath, his mother says. Internal NYPD documents newly turned over to Graham’s mother through a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit show inaccurate accounts of Graham’s 2012 death began at the crime scene. One document filed by … Read more
A Texas deputy was caught on video fatally shooting an unarmed man who had his pants around his ankles last week. The video, obtained by the Houston Chronicle, shows the Harris County sheriff’s deputy drawing his weapon at 34-year-old Danny Thomas, who was wearing a white T-shirt, at a street intersection in Houston Thursday. “He … Read more
About seven minutes after Sacramento police fatally shot an unarmed black man in his grandmother’s backyard last week, officers were instructed to mute their body cameras. Stephon Clark, 22, was in the backyard March 18 when two police officers shot at him 20 times. Police said they thought he was holding a gun. But investigators … Read more
Former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler gets to keep his monthly pension despite being convicted of manslaughter. The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System was going to terminate the retirement benefit on the recommendation of the Attorney General’s Office in November, four weeks after a jury found Kepler guilty of in the death of his … Read more
Minneapolis Police Union President Bob Kroll said he filed a grievance Thursday on behalf of recently-fired city police Officer Mohamed Noor, who faces third-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the 2017 shooting death of Justine Damond. “It’s an extremely unusual situation,” Kroll said over the phone. “I’ve never encountered anything like it before.” Kroll and … Read more
Michigan – Fieger Law Firm attorneys representing the family of Damon Grimes are accusing the state of covering up details about a Michigan State Police chase and crash that left the Detroit teenager dead last year. In a new MLive report, the attorneys say a state attorney filed an emergency motion in February requesting U.S. … Read more
A police inspector who strangled his wife and dumped her body in a lake, after she discovered he had applied for a loan in her name, has been found guilty of murder. Darren McKie, 43, admitted the manslaughter of Leanne McKie, a detective constable, nine days into his trial at Chester crown court. On Friday … Read more