A federal judge has ruled that the mother of Jordan Edwards can join the wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Balch Springs and former officer, Roy Oliver, who killed her 15-year-old son with a rifle April 29. Jordan and four others — including his two brothers — were leaving a house party as police … Read more
An autistic man’s family is suing the city of North Miami and four police officers, claiming the disabled man’s civil rights were violated. The police interrogation of Arnaldo Soto was released Monday nearly a year after the autistic man was taken in handcuffs to the North Miami Police Department. On July 18, 2016, Soto was … Read more
The Milwaukee Common Council has approved a $2.3 million settlement for the young son of Dontre Hamilton, the 31-year-old black man who, on April 30, 2014, had been sleeping on a park bench when, after a brief encounter, then-Milwaukee Police Officer Christopher E. Manney shot him 14 times, claiming self-defense. Red Arrow Park, where Hamilton … Read more
A New York City police sergeant was arrested and charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a 66-year-old mentally ill woman in her apartment last year. Sgt. Hugh Barry, an eight-year NYPD veteran, responded to a 911 call on Oct. 18 regarding an emotionally disturbed person in a Bronx apartment building. … Read more
A 24-year-old father reportedly beaten by the husband of a Texas sheriff’s deputy died after being taken off life support Wednesday night, the family lawyer confirmed Thursday. Johnny Hernandez had been in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital where he was declared brain dead. Late Sunday night, Hernandez’s family stopped at a Denny’s … Read more
Two detectives are being investigated by the police watchdog after a woman was murdered by her ex-partner two days after he was released without charge following claims he had repeatedly raped her. Miklos Verebes, 29, was arrested and interviewed on 13 September last year over the allegations made by fellow Hungarian national Melinda Korosi. He … Read more
The five Inglewood police officers who fatally shot a young couple, firing 20 bullets into them as they appeared to be unconscious in a parked car, are no longer police officers in the city, Mayor James T. Butts said Tuesday. The announcement marked the end of an internal probe of the Feb. 21, 2016, slayings … Read more
Cleveland Police announced they have fired police officer Timothy Loehmann but not for the 2014 shooting death of 12 year old Tamir Rice. Police Chief Calvin Williams confirmed Loehmann was fired because of inaccuracies on his job application in which he failed to disclose that his previous police department allowed him to resign rather than … Read more
Khalfani Akata Bey was visiting his local Wal-Mart, when he arrived, he discovered an incident where a man suspected of shoplifting had been shot and killed by an off-duty Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy. Khalfani was arrested for filming the aftermath of the incident but was later released when he invoked his rights and asked to … Read more
Mark Roshawn Adkins, 54, from Lemon Grove, CA, died this week after two deputies tased him multiple times. Authorities were responding to multiple calls that a black man was attempting to enter townhouses and jumping fences. The Sheriff’s Homicide Lt. Kenneth Nelson said “The callers also said the suspect was acting as if he were … Read more
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that they fired Deputy Carson Lee Plank for helping cover up a murder plot. This decision comes after the end of an Internal Affairs investigation that recommended she be removed from her position. Plank’s co-workers arrested her in February and again in May for helping now former … Read more
A Chesterfield County judge imposed a sentence of 3 months in jail and a $1,000 fine on a former Richmond police officer convicted of manslaughter in the October 2015 off duty shooting and death of an unarmed teen at a Chesterfield car wash. In comments from the bench, Circuit Judge David E. Johnson said he … Read more