Eric Garner‘s family is scheduled to receive $4 million as part of a $5.9 million wrongful death settlement approved earlier this month by a Staten Island judge, according to the LA Sentinel. The money will be divided between his widow Esaw Garner and other relatives, being paid out in installments over the next three months, … Read more
COLUMBIA, SC – A former South Carolina state trooper who shot an unarmed motorist in 2014 was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday, but is expected to serve around three years behind the fence. Sean Groubert pleaded guilty in March 2016 to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. More than … Read more
SUNSET, SC – The Pickens County Coroner’s Office said the death of an Easley man in law enforcement custody in May has been ruled a homicide. The coroner said 42-year-old Randall Dale Scruggs was pronounced dead at Cannon Memorial Hospital just after 4 p.m. on May 28. The Scruggs family said they were coping and … Read more
The family of the man police shot to death in North Philadelphia on Friday acknowledged that he had reached for an officer’s gun, but questioned whether that should have been met with deadly force. Tyreas Carlyle, 31, was killed as he struggled with police who had responded to a report of a car theft shortly … Read more
On August 5, 2016, US Marshals came to the Georgia home of Jamarion Robinson’s girlfriend. Robinson was suspected of opening fire on a police officer a week prior. When the Marshals left the home where Robinson, a Tuskegee University Biology student was staying, he had been shot 76 times by cops. Authorities said Robinson began … Read more
Cook County jury took about an hour Friday to convict a former Chicago police officer of the 2009 slaying of his wife at their Oak Forest home. Norberto Rodriguez was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Irma Rodriguez, and of concealing a homicide. Prosecutors alleged Rodriguez, 57, shot his wife multiple times on May … Read more
Videos released by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office show in gut-wrenching detail the final hours of a Reno man with a mental illness who died after struggling against deputies who kept him pinned to the floor — his face covered with a spit hood — for more than 30 minutes. Justin Thompson, 35, was booked … Read more
The family of Aaron Bailey said Thursday that an autopsy report shows the unarmed motorist killed by two Indianapolis police officers was shot in the back four times. Bailey, 45, was unarmed when he was shot and killed by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers following a short pursuit that ended in a crash near 23rd and … Read more
A former Dent County sheriff’s deputy and state correctional officer has been convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend during a child custody dispute. Marvin Rice was found guilty Thursday in St. Charles County of first-degree murder in the 2011 deaths of Annette Durham, 32, and second-degree murder in the death of Steven Strotkamp, … Read more
Two years ago, the Portsmouth commonwealth’s attorney announced that a police officer was justified when he shot and killed Walter Brown III inside his home. Brown fought with police, she said, and was armed with a gun. His widow isn’t convinced. Octavia Brown filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit earlier this year against former … Read more
2017/08/10 Las Vegas police released footage Tuesday of an officer shooting a naked man outside a southeast valley church last weekend. Police said Jason David Funke, 25, initially complied with officer commands to drop his gun and raise his hands after they responded about 11 a.m. Saturday to Life Springs Christian Church, 2075 E. Warm … Read more
A 73-year-old librarian became the latest victim of police in Punta Gorda, Florida. However, her tragic death — in front of 34 people, during an officer’s demonstration about police use of deadly force — is far from the, unfortunately common, tales of violence by law enforcement. Mary Knowlton signed up to be a student in … Read more