FONTANA, California – Surveillance video has surfaced showing Fontana police officers surrounding and gunning down a legally blind and mentally ill man at a convenience store. The video, first obtained by the Daily Mail, documented the fatal shooting of James Hall, 47, during the early morning hours of Nov. 22, 2015, inside a Chevron gas … Read more
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was released from jail late Wednesday after posting bail on murder charges in connection to the shooting death of a 40-year-old Australian woman. Bail had been set at $400,000 Wednesday after Hennepin County prosecutors raised concerns that the ex-officer could be a flight risk, noting that he might try … Read more
Police say they saw an object in Stephon Clark’s hand before they fired 20 bullets that killed him in his back yard Sunday night in Sacramento, a disturbing moment that was made public through body camera footage released Wednesday night. The two officers were responding to a 911 call about a man breaking vehicle windows … Read more
For Araceli Rodriguez, the wait has been agony. Her son was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent who fired 16 bullets through the border fence and into Mexico in October 2012 — a month before former President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term. For three years, Rodriguez relentlessly pressured the U.S. government, … Read more
If there was ever a police shooting that would bring criminal charges against a law enforcement officer in Los Angeles, the killing of Brendon Glenn near the Venice boardwalk looked like it could be the one. The shooting was captured on video. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck issued an unprecedented public call for the … Read more
Louisiana – A settlement agreement has resolved a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana sheriff over a handcuffed man’s shooting death, an attorney for the dead man’s family said Friday. The amount of the settlement or any other terms cannot be disclosed by the family’s lawyers, the attorney, Robert Cox, said in an email to The … Read more
The 22-year-old black man shot by Sacramento Police in his own backyard Sunday night was carrying a cell phone, not a “tool bar,” when confronted by officers, the department clarified late Monday. Clark was shot in the backyard of the home he shared with his grandmother, grandfather and some siblings, his 25-year-old brother Stevante Clark … Read more
A Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman in July has been booked on charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Officer Mohamed Noor turned himself in on Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest in the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. Damond was shot on 15 July, minutes after … Read more
Four billboards have appeared in Wichita, Kansas; all of them bearing the same somber message: “Andy Finch is dead. If you believe in justice, it’s time to file charges.” In December, a Wichita police officer fatally shot Andy Finch after a fake emergency call directed law enforcement to the 28-year-old victim’s home. A man in … Read more
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday is expected to approve the payment of $2.7 million to the family of a man killed by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop two years ago. The payment would settle a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Miguel Hernandez, who died after being … Read more
California – Christopher Eisinger, a 35-year-old homeless man left in a coma after being arrested by Anaheim police earlier this month, died from his injuries yesterday. He suffered from irreparable brain damage when family members made the difficult decision to end all life support. Eisinger’s death heightens questions surrounding what really happened just after midnight … Read more
California – Jurors in a federal civil rights trial have awarded $33.5 million to the family of a man who was shot and killed by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy during a 2015 encounter at the El Rancho Motel in Barstow. The eight-member jury deliberated for around two hours before unanimously awarding the parents … Read more