via RT Three police officers in Los Angeles, California, were legally justified and acting in self-defense when they fatally shot a homeless man, Charly Leundeu Keunang, in March 2015, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has determined. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Sergeant Chand Syed and Officers Francisco Martinez and Daniel Torres “acted lawfully … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Aptos, CA — Luke Smith, a sophomore at Aptos High School, was fatally shot by police over the weekend while he was allegedly high on LSD. His death was a tragedy and has shocked the community. The entire interaction between police and Smith was captured on multiple body … Read more
Via Courthouse News Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Newly released police video of a black man’s fatal shooting, sought by protesters for days, isn’t settling questions about whether the man threatened police with a gun before he was felled by a black officer. Police said Keith Lamont Scott had a gun, though residents have said … Read more
Erik De La Garza | Courthouse News Service (CN) – A police officer writing a traffic ticket in San Antonio was executed inside his vehicle and another in St. Louis is recovering from being shot in the face, authorities said Monday. The ambush-style shootings are the latest in a string of attacks on police officers … Read more
Alek Hiddel | Anon HQ All too often, the community believes that because a cop gets indicted for killing someone that justice will be done. Once again, after being tried by a jury of his peers, a killer cop was acquitted. Trooper John Basler got drunk and crashed his car into the vehicle of 64-year-old … Read more
11/18/16 Courthouse News Service | Kevin Koeninger CINCINNATI (CN) — The fate of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing is in the hands of a jury, as both sides made their closing arguments Wednesday regarding the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Tensing, who testified on Tuesday, shot and killed Samuel DuBose, … Read more
Sabrina Canfield | Courthouse News Service (CN) — Two Louisiana police officers who shot a six-year-old autistic boy to death at the conclusion of a high speed car chase with his father were improperly trained, the child’s family claims in a lawsuit. In a complaint filed in the federal court in Alexandria, Louisiana Oct. 26, … Read more
To lose a father, and then for elitist politicians to USE his death for their cheap political campaign… is absolutely reprehensible. No family deserves this. Yet it is exactly what Eric Garner’s daughter is now being forced to endure, after leaked emails from the Hillary team show plans to use her dad’s death for political … Read more
Victoria Prieskop | Courthouse News Service SILVER CITY, N.M. (CN) — A grandmother of two sued the Silver City Police Department, claiming it ignored an officer’s history of violence, stalking and assault and her daughter’s repeated pleas for help, allowing him to kill her daughter. Capt. Mark Contreras shot his ex-girlfriend Nikki Bascom to death … Read more
Amanda Froelich | True Activist Upon exiting his vehicle, this deaf man was shot and killed. If police were taught to de-escalate situations rather than react out of fear, he might still be alive. It’s been argued that the reason Norway police are so much more effective at their jobs than cops in the U.S. … Read more
Jack Burns | The Free Thought Project 2016/10/21 Milwaukee, WI — When Sylville Smith, 23, was shot and killed at a traffic stop by police on Aug. 16th in broad daylight in Milwaukee, WI, his homicide set off violent riots which lasted for days, destroying property, and injuring several other police officers in the process. … Read more
Erik De La Garza | Courthouse News Service ABERDEEN, Miss. (CN) — A Mississippi police officer awaiting trial on a manslaughter charge faces a civil lawsuit from the family of the black man he shot in the back after a traffic stop. Canyon Boykin has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter for the October 2015 shooting … Read more