Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Winslow, AZ — In March, police officer Austin Shipley responded to a call about a woman acting irregularly in a store. Within minutes of his arrival, he would kill 27-year-old Native American woman Loreal Tsingine. Last week, conveniently before they released the body camera footage, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery … Read more
Bianca Bruno | Courthouse News Service SAN DIEGO (CN) — A San Diego Police Department gang unit officer is dead and another being treated for injuries after the two were shot in the chest during a traffic stop late Thursday night. San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said after the two made a stop around … Read more
Lorraine Bailey | Courthouse News Service Two police officers who fired 13 shots and killed a black man after one of their guns discharged are not entitled to immunity, the Sixth Circuit ruled. Twenty-two year old Gregory Thompson was shot and killed by Lebanon, Tenn., police officers in 2010. Police claim he was driving erratically, … Read more
Helen Christophi | Courthouse News Service 2016/07/21 FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — Fresno police shot an unarmed man to death in his home after chasing him there — because a passenger in his car wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, the man’s wife and daughter say in a federal lawsuit. According to the bizarre federal lawsuit, officers “with … Read more
Three police officers were killed in Baton Rouge, nearly a week after seven were killed in Dallas. Here is what we know so far about the shooter in Baton Rouge, named Gavin Long, based on preliminary reports: 1. He was a black man celebrating his 29th birthday in Baton Rouge, a city that has experienced … Read more
Rebekah Kearn | Courthouse News Service FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — Seventh months after Bakersfield was ranked the deadliest city in the deadliest county in the nation for police shootings, the family of a man who was killed at a Subway restaurant claims officers shot him in the back for no reason. “On August 22, 2015, … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project As many as seven police officers have been shot, three of them fatally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A video showing a portion of the shootout was taken by Twitter user #BLM and posted shortly after. It shows the tense moments police exchanged fire with the active shooter. While the … Read more
Dan McCue | Courthouse News Service Three police officers were killed and four others wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Sunday morning while on duty less than a mile from police headquarters. Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks said one suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Fresno, CA — Disturbing body cam footage was made public this week showing Fresno police execute unarmed Dylan Noble. The only thing this 19-year-old boy did wrong was get stopped by cops who have been trained to kill. The video shows cops shoot Noble for the sole reason … Read more
Sabrina Canfield | Courthouse News Service NEW ORLEANS (CN) – The owner of the store where Alton Sterling was shot and killed by police claims in a lawsuit that he was held for several hours without cause or a warrant while officers searched his store and confiscated the surveillance system. Abdullah Muflahi, the owner of … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Wagoner, OK — Graphic body camera video was just released showing a Wagoner police officer kill an unarmed man — for pointing his finger. The shooting occurred after 25-year-old Andrew Henson led police on a high-speed chase for approximately 20 minutes. The chase began after a routine traffic stop. … Read more
Matt Reynolds | Courthouse News Service LOS ANGELES (CN) — Amid demonstrations, the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Police Commissioners found Tuesday that a police officer’s fatal shooting of a black woman did not violate the use-of-deadly-force policy. Redel Jones was shot by police on Aug. 12, 2015, in an alley in the Baldwin … Read more