Sabrina Canfield | Courthouse News Service BATON ROUGE (CN) – A second video has emerged of the killing of Alton Sterling, the black man who was shot dead by police in a convenience store parking lot early Tuesday morning. The video was shot by Abdullah Muflahi, owner of the Triple S Food Mart, where the … Read more
Jay Syrmopoulos | The Free Thought Project Minneapolis, MN – In shocking video streamed on Facebook Live, Philandro Castile, 32, is seen bleeding to death after a Minnesota police officer shot him through his driver-side car window. His girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds, also know as Diamond Reynolds, captured the horrific scene on her cell phone, narrating … Read more
Sabrina Canfield | Courthouse News Service NEW ORLEANS (CN) – A dead man’s father claims in a federal lawsuit that his son was shot seven times by cops because they believed he “may have hurt” a police dog. As recounted in a complaint filed Tuesday in New Orleans, Darien Greenwood and a friend entered a … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Douglas, WY — On Thursday, Scott Ramirez was attending his father’s funeral when he was shot and killed by undercover police officers, according to multiple eye-witnesses and local police. According to the Douglas Budget, Ramirez’ cousin, who asked not to be named, told the Budget that Ramirez was confirmed … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — An Austin police sergeant who shot to death a naked and unarmed black teenager on a quiet street will not be criminally prosecuted, but the teen’s mother has filed a federal complaint against him and the city. The late David Joseph’s mother Ketty Sully says her son’s Feb. 8 killing stems … Read more
BALTIMORE (CN) — Setting the stage for a fresh bout of riots in Baltimore, the police officer charged with Freddie Gray’s murder won acquittal Thursday on all counts. Of the six officers charged over Gray’s death last year, Caesar Goodson Jr., 46, had faced the most serious charges. Judge Barry Williams, the sole adjudicator of … Read more
Nick DiVito | Courthouse News Service BROOKLYN (CN) — The family of a Long Island woman fatally shot in the head by a policeman during a hostage situation fired back with a lawsuit against the Nassau County Police Department, claiming it tried to cover up its officers’ constitutional violations. Andrea and Jessica Rebello — 21-year-old … Read more
Officer said, “Going to kill this motherfucker!” moments before shooting the man to death, according to reports. Joe Harris | Courthouse News Service ST. LOUIS (CN) — City prosecutors charged a former St. Louis police officer with first-degree murder for a 2011 shooting after a traffic chase. Jason Stockley, 35, was charged Monday with the … Read more
Daniel Staples | Courthouse News Service BALTIMORE (CN) — The trial that kicks off Thursday for a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray will be heard by a judge, not a jury. Edward Nero is the second of six officers to go to trial on charges related to Gray’s death on … Read more
Note: In a leaked audio recording, Officer Slager can be heard laughing at the “adrenaline rush” he felt after killing Walter Scott. The audio is provided at the bottom of the article that follows. Dan McCue | Courthouse News Service Ex-Cop Faces Federal Charges Over S.C. Death A white,former North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer … Read more
Erik De La Garza | Courthouse News Service Little Rock Settles With Family of Shooting Victim LITTLE ROCK (CN) — The city of Little Rock will pay about $900,000 to settle claims by the family of a 67-year-old black man shot dead in 2010 by two off-duty police officers who entered his apartment without a … Read more
2016/05/05 David Lee | Courthouse News Service TULSA (CN) — The former Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy convicted of manslaughter for firing his gun instead of his Taser at an unarmed and restrained black man was denied bail Tuesday, and his attorney angrily lashed out at the victim’s “punk” attorney. Tulsa County Judge William Musseman agreed … Read more