The family of a black Air Force veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder claim in court that a police officer used excessive force in trying to subdue him during an non-violent episode, causing his death. Kayla Goggin | Courthouse News Service ATLANTA (CN) — The family of a black Air Force veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder claim in … Read more
A federal judge in Charleston, South Carolina has denied a motion to keep a cellphone video of a white former police officer shooting an unarmed black motorist to death out of sight of the jury in the ex-officer’s upcoming trial. Dan McCue | Courthouse News Service Defense attorneys for Michael Slager asked U.S. District Judge … Read more
The Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop last summer asked a state judge for a change of venue, arguing local media coverage of the case has turned prospective jurors against him. March 17, 2017 Dionne Cordell-Whitney | Courthouse News Service ST. PAUL, Minn. (CN) – The … Read more
A federal judge Tuesday lifted an almost two-year stay in a lawsuit against two officers who shot a 20-year-old immigrant in the back, citing unreasonably long delay in a criminal investigation of the officers. Nicholas Iovino | Courthouse News Service March 16, 2017 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA A federal judge Tuesday lifted an almost two-year … Read more
One of the small children in the van repeated, “I want my mommy!” after watching his unarmed father be blown away by an officer. Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2017/03/16 Strongsville, OH — A father of three is dead, and his three children are traumatized for life after watching a Strongsville police officer … Read more
Justin Gardner | The Free Thought Project “He’s not gonna die.” Those were the tragically unprophetic words of the person who filmed Los Angeles cops gunning down a 50-year-old homeless man on Saturday, March 4. The local ABC7 station reports that an altercation broke out at midday at an intersection in downtown LA, with two … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Nashville, TN — Last Friday, Jocques Scott Clemmons, 31, was pulled over for rolling through a stop sign near his home at Cayce Homes public housing development. Less than 1 minute after the stop begins, however, Clemmons would be shot in the back, dying a painful and slow death. … Read more
Molly Willms | Courthouse News Service MADISON, Wis. (CN) – The city of Madison, Wis., is off the hook for the death of Tony Robinson Jr., an unarmed, black 19-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer two years ago. But Officer Matthew Kenny, who was not criminally charged or disciplined in any … Read more
Dionne Cordell-Whitney | Courthouse News Service ST. PAUL, Minn. (CN) – Attorneys for the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last summer tried to persuade a state judge Wednesday morning to dismiss the criminal charges against him. Ramsey County District Court Judge William Leary III heard Jeronimo Yanez’s defense … Read more
Jamie Ross | Courthouse News Service PHOENIX (CN) – A woman with Asperger syndrome who posted a viral video showing her service dog calm her during a breakdown was shot and killed by a Mesa, Arizona, police officer after a 911 call indicating the woman was suicidal, her mother claims in court. Danielle Jacobs, 24, … Read more
Nick Cahill | Courthouse News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office on Friday found the 2016 killing of a homeless black man by police was justified, and that two officers lawfully shot 18 times at the man after he wielded a knife and ignored their commands. District Attorney Anne-Marie Schubert … Read more
Barbara Leonard | Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a summary reversal Monday in favor of a New Mexico police officer who gave no warning before he shot and killed a gun-wielding man. Samuel Pauly was killed at his home outside Santa Fe one night in October 2011 a couple … Read more