The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has released body camera footage showing the fatal shooting of an Atlantic City man by police. Timothy Deal, 32, was shot dead after he allegedly stabbed a police officer in what Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner has called an unprovoked attack. The injured officer, whose name has not been released, … Read more
Two men arrested by Michael Rosfeld outside a Pittsburgh bar in December allege in a lawsuit that Rosfeld fabricated evidence, and an attorney for the two men said their case followed a pattern by the police officer facing homicide charges in an unrelated case. Timothy Riley and Jacob Schilling were arrested by Rosfeld, then a … Read more
Tommy Barnes paced back and forth along Franklin Street in front of the Harris County Criminal Justice Center on Wednesday evening, gazing occasionally at the dozen police officers standing on the opposite sidewalk. “The police murdered my son,” he said between drags from a cigarette. “(The officer) opened the door to the car, with his … Read more
Over the weekend, a 46-year-old homeless man died while Anaheim police tried to arrest him. Officers began receiving calls on Saturday around 5:30 p.m. about a man acting “bizarrely” near the 1000 block of West Lincoln Avenue. He reportedly ran in and out of traffic and appeared to want to get struck by a car, … Read more
/center> A Portland man fatally shot early Friday outside a sports bar near Portland State University by campus police officers was a U.S. postal worker and father of three daughters who served in the Navy and married his high school sweetheart, friends say. They identified the man as Jason E. Washington, 45. Friend Alyssa LeCesne … Read more
/center> Lt. Robert C. Sasser had a well-documented history of misconduct as a Glynn County police officer, but nothing outdid his final spectacle of violence Thursday when he shot and killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend, before fatally shooting himself in the head. The incident has left authorities in Glynn County exposed to charges … Read more
For at least the second time this week, a white police officer has been charged in the death of an unarmed black person. Kingsland, Ga., Police Officer Zechariah Presley was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Anthony Green, a black motorist who was shot while running away from Presley. CBS News reports that … Read more
The surveillance video of a 2016 fistfight and fatal shooting in front of a Union Township bar isn’t easy to watch. But the jurors who last week convicted former Newark Police Officer Joseph Macchia of reckless manslaughter in the shooting death of Michael Gaffney watched it dozens of times. Macchia, 36, and Michael Gaffney, 37, … Read more
PITTSBURGH — The East Pittsburgh Police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. on June 19 has been charged, CBS Pittsburgh reports. According to court records, a charge of criminal homicide has been filed against East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld. According to sources, Rosfeld had only been on duty in East Pittsburgh for … Read more
The unarmed 17-year-old who was shot and killed by police in East Pittsburgh earlier this week died of a gunshot wound to the “trunk,” the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday. The manner of Antwon Rose’s death was listed as homicide. The medical examiner’s brief report did not specify in what side of the … Read more
Newark police officer Joseph Macchia was drinking off-duty at a Union Township bar when he got into a fight, drew his service weapon and shot a man to death two years ago. On Tuesday, court officers led him to jail after a Union County jury convicted the 36-year-old of reckless manslaughter in the shooting death … Read more
The chief medical examiner made a ruling from the death of an inmate at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, CT. His death was a homicide caused by chest compression and an adverse reaction to pepper spray because of his heart disease. J’Allen Jones, 31, of Atlanta was killed on March 25 while being brought to … Read more