California – The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges of voluntary manslaughter against Stanislaus County sheriff’s Deputy Justin Wall in the February 2017 shooting of Evin Olsen Yadegar, a Modesto woman. Yadegar, 46, was shot by Wall in Ripon after a law-enforcement pursuit that began in Salida. Authorities have said she was … Read more
The NYPD on Monday said that after four years it is done waiting and will place Officer Daniel Pantaleo on trial in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Deputy Commissioner Lawrence Byrne, the NYPD’s top lawyer, in a letter sent Monday — one day before to the Department of Justice, said that unless the feds … Read more
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada corrections officer is wanted by police in the shooting death of a woman who was found early Saturday by her children in an east valley residence. Christopher Caggiano, 41, is wanted by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Caggiano is believed to be driving his vehicle, described as a 2017 … Read more
BY NOW it is difficult to resist the impression that the federal government is engaged in a coverup in the death of a 25-year-old accountant, Bijan Ghaisar, shot to death by U.S. Park Police last November. That was eight months ago — eight months in which neither the Park Police nor the agency to which … Read more
A South Side Chicago neighborhood was the site of violent clashes between police and residents of a community where an officer fatally shot an African-American man on Saturday evening. Chicago activists have identified the man as Harith Augustus, better known as “Snoop,” a popular barber and proud father who worked in the South Shore community. … Read more
More than two years after Fresno police shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Dylan Noble during a traffic stop, a lawsuit brought against the city by Noble’s parents will reach its first milestone next week as the two sides meet to discuss a possible settlement. According to federal court records, attorneys for Veronica Nelson, Noble’s mother, … Read more
COMPTON, Calif. – Attorneys for the family of a man fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in 2016 said the two deputies are part of a violent clique that get matching tattoos. In August 2016, 31-year-old Donta Taylor was killed in Compton. His family filed a $50 million claim against the Los Angeles … Read more
They did not have to die. That’s the bitter truth. Katie Sasser and her friend John Hall would likely still be alive if cops and prosecutors in Glynn County, Georgia, had done their jobs. But they were more interested in protecting one of their own. So Sasser and Hall were shot to death in June … Read more
BERNVILLE, Pa. — State police went grossly overboard in their pursuit of a marijuana suspect whose body was found under a bulldozer that authorities used to search for him in thick brush, a pot advocacy group said Thursday. Officials with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws blasted state police for calling in … Read more
YAZOO CITY, MS – Former Greenville police officer, Arsenio Robinson, was sentenced Tuesday for his involvement in the 2015 slaying of Tahiti Banks. He was found guilty by a Yazoo County Jury Thursday, June 28, 2018, and was scheduled for sentencing Tuesday The case is originally a Humphreys County case, but the venue was transferred … Read more
East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld’s past conduct has received intense scrutiny after he was charged with the shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose in June. Now, two men are accusing Rosfeld of “willful police misconduct” while on duty in a previous job, questioning how the officer “was able to still be a cop.” Timothy Riley … Read more
Guam – A family in Grandview, Missouri with ties to Guam is seeking answers, saying they believe police used excessive force when they were called out to Larry San Nicolas’ residence to assist the family. We spoke with his wife, Jessie, who says her husband had a diabetic manic episode and was not armed with … Read more