The District has reached a $3.5 million settlement with the family of Terrence Sterling, the unarmed motorcyclist who was fatally shot in 2016 by a D.C. police officer during an attempted arrest for reckless driving. The settlement in the wrongful-death lawsuit comes four months after an internal review by the D.C. police concluded that Officer … Read more
The undercover officers were dressed in plain clothes and armed with AR-15 rifles when they ambushed the car of teenagers. As the car’s driver attempted to speed away – he later said he thought they were being robbed – two of the policemen fired at the vehicle, missing the driver and striking Elena Mondragon, a … Read more
30 Sep 2014 On March 16 2014, Albuquerque police opened fire on homeless camper James Boyd in the New Mexico foothills. The entire scene was caught on video and sparked instant public outrage. The death of James Boyd was one of many fatal shootings in New Mexico, something the Department of Justice determined was a … Read more
21 January 2015 Dashboard footage from a fatal police shooting in Bridgeton, New Jersey confirm eyewitness accounts that the victim was stepping out of the car with his arms raised when officers shot and killed him, the Press of Atlantic City reports. Police in Bridgeton pulled over the car in which Jerame Reid was a … Read more
March 17 2015 A mentally ill African-American man was shot by Dallas police officers last summer when he did not drop a screwdriver he was holding. The family of the victim has released the footage from an officer’s body camera to the public. 38-year-old Jason Harrison suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and his mother … Read more
23 June 2017 A mistrial has been declared in the case of a white Ohio police officer who was accused of shooting an unarmed black man. A jury was unable to come to a consensus on whether Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing, 27, was guilty of charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter after he shot and … Read more
Tulsa County Oklahoma officials settled a civil rights lawsuit on Friday when it agreed to pay the estate of Eric Harris $6 million after he was shot and killed in 2015 by a man so rich, county officials allowed him to literally play a game of cops and robbers. The case made national headlines when … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil-rights violation investigation against a former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man in January 2016 and was later acquitted of murder. Sgt. Steve Berry, a Mesa police spokesman, said in a news release Thursday the DOJ recently sent the police department a subpoena requesting all … Read more
Louisiana – A trial is set for April 9 in a civil suit against the Terrebonne Parish sheriff and two officers accused of violating the constitutional rights of a teenager who was shot and killed by a deputy in 2014. Deputy Preston Norman fatally shot 14-year-old Cameron Tillman about 5:30 p.m. Sept. 23, 2014, at … Read more
A disturbing video has emerged about Michael Lee Marshall’s final minutes in police custody. Marshall’s final moments of consciousness can be seen from video that, shows him choking on his own vomit as police restrained him. The incident happened after a hunger strike and a lawsuit, according to the city of Denver. The tapes unfold … Read more
The brother of a Colorado man beaten to death by deputies is suing the 2 deputies and a medical technician who ignored signs that the victim was dying of a head injury from the assault. According to the lawsuit, deputies Christian Crain and Nicholas Cardinal used excessive force that killed Joseph Jaramillo after he flipped … Read more
There really is no justice in this world, and as such, a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, black motorist is somehow back patrolling the streets, this time as a sheriff’s deputy, even after the same jurors who acquitted her recommended that she “should never be a patrol officer again.” Of course, I … Read more