After years of conversation and controversy, police body cameras hit the streets of Seattle on Saturday. Bike patrol officers in the West Precinct will be the first to wear them. Mayor Ed Murray issued that executive order earlier this week. In a video message explaining the order, Murray referenced the recent police shooting death of … Read more
Video has emerged showing the moments before a man died after being thrown to the ground by police officers in an east London shop. The man, named locally as 20-year-old Rashan Charles, died in the early hours of Saturday morning after being chased and apprehended in the Yours Locally 24-hour store in Dalston, Hackney. CCTV … Read more
A sheriff’s deputy in Texas was fired Friday for her alleged involvement in a deadly fight outside a Houston-area Denny’s restaurant in May. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release Friday that it has concluded its internal investigation of the violent altercation in a parking lot of a Denny’s restaurant on May … Read more
A Knoxville Police Department officer who shot an unarmed parolee in the back as he was running away and, again, after he fell to the ground cannot escape a federal civil rights lawsuit, an appellate court has ruled. The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals earlier this month upheld a ruling by Chief U.S. District … Read more
SAGINAW TWP, MI — Moments before he was shot and killed by a police officer, Farhad Jabbari was able to move his cuffed arms from behind his back to the front of his body as he was sitting in the back of a Saginaw Township police cruiser, said township Police Chief Donald Pussehl. Alarmed, the … Read more
Those who want to blame every single black person who has ever been shot by police for their own death have finally gotten their perfect victim: a white woman named Justine Damond. A lawyer representing the family of the Australian native who was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer said Thursday that Damond … Read more
Former Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver says the sound of breaking glass prompted him to fire the shots that killed unarmed Texas teen Jordan Edwards, his lawyers claimed in new court documents. Oliver’s partner, Tyler Gross, was yelling for the black Chevrolet Impala — driven by Jordan’s older brother — to stop as it … Read more
Killer policeman Mohamed Noor has said he was ‘startled’ by his victim Justine Damond seconds before he opened fire. The cop has told friends about why he gunned down the bride-to-be, 40, in his first account of what happened Saturday night. The fact Noor has disclosed the events of the evening to friends will raise … Read more
Former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler will stand trial a fourth time on a first-degree murder charge, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler announced Monday. Three previous trials have ended with hung juries. In a statement Monday, Kunzweiler said he made the decision after he consulted with the Tulsa Police Department and came to an … Read more
The San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man in Vista last week has been involved in two fatal shootings in the one year he’s been employed by the department. Deputy Christopher Villanueva has been identified as the deputy who fired his service weapon, killing Jonathan Coronel, 24, on Wednesday, July 5. … Read more
OTTAWA, Kan. – The brother of an 18-year-old man shot and killed by police in 2014 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the case saying responding officers used “excessive force”. In August of 2014, family members said 18-year-old Joseph Jennings was shot and killed by police only hours after receiving hospital treatment following a … Read more
MEMPHIS, TN – A former Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been granted bond, for the second time. But, during the court hearing Tuesday we learned a second Shelby County deputy has been named in connection with the former deputy’s murder-for-hire indictment. Federal Judge Tu Pham granted Jeremy Drewery bond. The bail amount is $25,000 … Read more