Nicholas Iovino | Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A new lawsuit claims San Francisco police officers abandoned their training when they shot and killed an immigrant “within 30 seconds of confronting him” in April. Luis Demetrio Gongora Pat, a Mexican immigrant of Mayan descent, was “peacefully sitting against a wall” on the 400 … Read more
Emma Gannon | Courthouse News Service DENVER (CN) — Convicted of murder in June, a Colorado “second-chance cop,” and his city, have been sued by a mother who saw the officer shoot her son to death in her kitchen. Rocky Ford police Officer James Ashby shot and killed Jack Jacquez on Oct. 12, 2014 in … Read more
Ted Wheeler | Courthouse News Service OMAHA (CN) — The mother of a man who was fatally shot in the back three times by an Omaha police officer sued the officer and the city Monday, asking for $2 million in damages for wrongful death. Officer Alvin Lugod shot Daniel Elrod to death on Feb. 23, … Read more
Nick Cahill | Courthouse News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Stunning dashboard-camera video capturing a Sacramento police officer saying “Fuck this guy” moments before he and his partner fired 14 bullets into a mentally ill homeless black man has reignited pleas for an investigation into the fatal shooting. The videos, which were released more than … Read more
Andrew Emett | The Free Thought Project Marksville, LA – After viewing officers gunning down a 6-year-old autistic boy in a police body cam video during court on Wednesday, a state judge released a heavily edited copy of the footage to the public. Although the officers claim that the boy’s father had used his vehicle … Read more
Bianca Bruno | Courthouse News Service SAN DIEGO (CN) — Police in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon shot to death an unarmed black man who was behaving “erratically” on Tuesday afternoon, the police department said, and by Tuesday night about 200 people had gathered in protest. The man, tentatively identified as Alfred Olango, … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project El Paso, TX — Reports have surfaced indicating what none of us should be surprised by. A former El Paso police officer was just given his job back. Despite the fact that he was captured on video shooting a handcuffed man to death, according to reports. Officer Jose … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project On Friday, a United Nations expert working group released a scathing report that will be debated at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday. The report noted that police killings of black people in the United States are reminiscent of lynchings and the government must step up to protect them. … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project In what could be considered the most telling insight into police culture yet, the officer charged with second-degree murder for killing a 6-year-old child with autism has requested charges be thrown out — because he shot the boy multiple times in the head in self-defense. Lt. Derrick Stafford, … Read more
The DA’s report says Naharro stood a mere 5′ tall and weighed only 160 pounds. Matthew Renda | Courthouse News Service 2016/09/24 SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge appeared inclined to dismiss at least some of the claims made by the family of a 60-year-old woman who was shot and killed by a … Read more
UPDATE 9/24/16 New Footage Released A new video of police killing Keith Lamont has just been released. In this footage, you can clearly see Keith with his hands at his sides, walking backwards away from the cops. Then they kill him. Discretion is advised. A closer look — do you see him pointing a gun … Read more
UPDATE 9/23/16 Raw Footage of Shooting is Released We have just received the raw footage, filmed by the victim’s wife. She can be heard pleading with police to shoot her husband, and warning them that he had brain damage. Conspicuously absent from the video footage is any “gun” near the body of Keith as he … Read more