“Police just shot my daddy.” Those are the words of a woman who identified herself as the victim’s daughter. Her dad was evidently holding a book, and suffered from disabilities. As he was exiting his car, police shot him to death. Preliminary reports indicate that the man was completely innocent and unarmed, and police were … Read more
“Police just shot my daddy.” Those are the words of a woman who identified herself as the victim’s daughter. Her dad was evidently holding a book, and suffered from disabilities. As he was exiting his car, police shot him to death. Preliminary reports indicate that the man was completely innocent and unarmed, and police were … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Thirteen-year-old Tyre King was “more likely than not” running from Columbus, Ohio, police when Officer Bryan Mason fatally shot him, an independent medical examiner retained by the child’s family has now found. Because results of the completed autopsy performed by the local coroner will not be revealed for … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby fatally shot 40-year-old pastor Terence Crutcher Friday night when he experienced car trouble after leaving night classes at Tulsa Community College — and now, dash cam video of the shooting shows the man’s arms were in the air when Shelby took his … Read more
Elizabeth Warmerdam | Courthouse News Service PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that an Orange County police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man suspected of stealing an ex-girlfriend’s cellphone is not entitled to immunity. The ruling means that Tustin Police Officer Osvaldo Villarreal will have to face a jury on … Read more
2016/09/16 via RT A mentally ill black man who died in a Milwaukee prison in April suffered from severe dehydration, a medical examiner concluded. Inmates said he was begging for drinking water days before perishing in custody. Terrill Thomas, 38, was sent to jail after two shooting episodes in which he allegedly was involved on … Read more
via RT Spokane, WA — (RT) Police in Spokane, Washington have released footage from an officer’s body camera which shows police fatally shooting a man earlier this year. Officers Chris Lequire, Ryan Akins and Brandon Lynch were responding to a 911 call from a man threatening suicide. The footage, some of which has been redacted … Read more
Helen Christophi | Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Defending police who killed a man with schizophrenia, attorneys for San Francisco told the Ninth Circuit on Monday that officers had a reasonable basis to view the man’s 1-inch blade as a deadly weapon. U.S. Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon seemed doubtful. “How much risk is … Read more
Matt Reynolds | Courthouse News Service 2016/09/14 LOS ANGELES (CN) — Parents of a 20-year-old student who was shot to death by a Long Beach police officer have followed up a state court lawsuit for wrongful death with a second claim in Federal Court. Feras Morad of Woodland Hills was shot multiple times by Long … Read more
Don DeBenedictis | Courthouse News Service LOS ANGELES (CN) — Sons of a man who died in handcuffs while several Los Angeles police officers allegedly pushed or sat on him sued the city and LAPD, claiming the officers ignored the man’s repeated pleas that he was having a heart attack. Henry Rene Medina Jr. was … Read more
Elizabeth Warmerdam | Courthouse News Service FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — The mother of an unarmed teenager who was shot to death by Fresno police officers, sparking “white lives matter” protests, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city on Thursday. Veronica Nelson claims in Superior Court that Officers Raymond Camacho and Robert Chavez had no … Read more
Nicholas Iovino | Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Parents who say a Eureka, Calif. policeman shot their son to death though his hands were in the air can take their case to trial, a federal judge said Wednesday. Twenty-two-year-old Thomas McClain was shot to death by Eureka police Officer Steven Linfoot on Sept. … Read more