Nogales, Mexico – The street corner where 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was shot dead by a US Border Patrol agent six years ago has turned into a shrine. Every 10th of the month, one or more family members visit the corner to replace the dried-out flowers with fresh ones and light a candle at … Read more
DETROIT – Opening statements are planned Tuesday in the murder trial of a former state trooper accused of firing a Taser at a Detroit teen who died. A jury was seated Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court to hear the case against Mark Bessner, charged with second-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Damon Grimes. … Read more
Los Angeles County will pay more than $14.3 million to the family of a man who was mistakenly shot to death in his doorway by a sheriff’s deputy. City News Service says county supervisors on Tuesday approved the payout to settle a negligence lawsuit filed over the 2014 death of Frank Mendoza. Mendoza, a 54-year-old … Read more
HAWAII ISLAND – A former Hawaii County police officer has been found guilty of misdemeanor negligent homicide. Jody Buddemeyer was on trial accused of hitting and killing cyclist Jeffrey Surnow while driving a police car on Waikoloa Road in Kohala more than three years ago. Surnow was 63 years old at the time of the … Read more
New footage released this week by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows an off-duty Chicago Police officer shooting an unarmed autistic man whom he claimed had been a threat to his life. Local news station ABC 7 Chicago reports that the video, which was filmed in 2017, shows Sgt. Khalil Muhammad shooting and wounding … Read more
An African-American man who died this week after a San Mateo County sheriff’s deputy used an electric stun gun to subdue him was not armed, according to San Mateo County’s top prosecutor. Authorities say 36-year-old Chinedu Valentine Okobi of Redwood City was dodging in and out of traffic on El Camino Real in Millbrae on … Read more
CLEVELAND – Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, has withdrawn his application to become a part-time police officer in Bellaire, Ohio. “As of this afternoon, Timothy Loehmann has withdrawn his application in Bellaire,” Rice’s mother Samaria Rice said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon. “Hopefully, he … Read more
A Philadelphia police officer was justified in shooting and killing an armed homeowner who believed SWAT officers were home intruders during an early morning August raid. No charges will be filed in the death of Ricardo Giddings, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office announced Tuesday. “We have concluded that the officer reasonably believed he was … Read more
The City of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $1 million to avoid a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man shot and killed by a city officer last year. “The shooting death of David Jones was a tragic incident, and I hope this resolution will begin to assist his family in moving … Read more
Jason Van Dyke’s defense attorney said Monday that he expects the former Chicago police officer to receive the minimum possible sentence, possibly just three years in prison for his convictions in the Laquan McDonald shooting. The attorney also says he believes any jury outside of Cook County would have acquitted Van Dyke. “I believe that … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Northern Kentucky man was fatally shot Monday at an Orlando hospital. The shooting happened Monday morning at Orlando Regional Medical Center, investigators said. Brian Baker, 33, of Covington, Kentucky, was shot and killed early Monday. Investigators said he was taken to the hospital for a medical condition and at some point … Read more
Michael Bell has conducted a campaign for change since his son was shot by a Kenosha police officer nearly 14 years ago, and it has paid off in reform in his home state of Wisconsin. But Bell now has bigger things in mind. He wants authorities nationwide to investigate officer-involved shootings in a new way, … Read more