The former St. Louis police officer who stood trial on first-degree murder and armed criminal action charges has been found not guilty for the 2011 killing of Anthony Lamar Smith. Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson made the ruling in favor of the defense despite the prosecution’s argument that former Officer Jason Stockley carried out a premeditated … Read more
A mentally ill man was tasered and then shot dead by a NYPD cop, and now, the dead man’s family has filed a $20,000,000 lawsuit against the city. The family is concerned with the police lack of training in dealing with mentally ill people that lead to the unnecessary death. “This wrongful death is particularly … Read more
A New York City agency that investigates police misconduct has found that the officer who put his arm around the neck of Eric Garner before his death did use a chokehold and restricted Mr. Garner’s breathing, a person familiar with the case said on Friday. The findings, reported earlier Friday by Rolling Stone, represent an … Read more
A former Marskville deputy marshal accused in the shooting death of a six-year-old must serve seven days in jail for violating the conditions of his bail. Norris Greenhouse Jr., son of an Avoyelles Assistant District Attorney, faces a second-degree murder charge in the December 2015 death of Jeremy Mardis, and an attempted second-degree murder charge … Read more
Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Patrick Upton still isn’t sure why mere words led to the deaths of two women allegedly at the hands of a one-time reserve officer. “It was just talk,” Upton testified Thursday in Loudon County General Sessions Court. “There was some Facebook stuff and text messages. To this day, we don’t … Read more
Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $1.49 million to the family of an unarmed, disabled Compton man who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in a tragic case of mistaken identity last year, officials said. The settlement, approved Tuesday by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, will be paid to the father … Read more
After answering to Internal Affairs on Thursday for his role in the shooting death of a 30-year-old dirt bike rider in North Philadelphia earlier this summer, Officer Ryan Pownall was officially suspended by the Philadelphia Police Department for 30 days with intent to dismiss. “Sadly, two parallel lanes of poor judgment crossed paths on that … Read more
A Video was released from a Nevada jail that shows the last minutes of a mentally ill Reno man’s life before he died during a struggle with deputies who pinned him to the floor with a spit hood covering his head during booking procedures. During the struggle, deputies can be seen taunting 35-year-old Justin Thomson … Read more
A 36-year-old woman whose body was dumped in a South Side alley this summer had accused a former Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy of sexual assault and was listed as a witness in a separate sexual assault case against the same deputy, court records show. Jessica Ramona Gonzales, who also went by the alias Ramona … Read more
The daughter of Freddy Centeno, a mentally ill man fatally shot by two Fresno police officers two years ago, can move forward with her civil rights lawsuit because there is a dispute as to whether Centeno posed a threat to the officers, a judge has ruled. Judge Dale A. Drozd ruled in U.S. District Court … Read more
The price to settle a 2015 police stun-gun case that left a man dead: $750,000. Calvon “Andre” Reid died Feb. 24, 2015, two days after three Coconut Creek police officers stunned him 10 times within 10 minutes, according to the police Taser data. Reid’s family, which filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the police and the … Read more
Marksville, LA — A high-profile former police officer who has been charged with the murder of an innocent child, is currently out on a $1 million bail and is awaiting trial, was allowed to leave the continental U.S. to enjoy a vacation at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Norris Greenhouse Jr. is the … Read more