Shooting

Jamie Ross | Courthouse News Service A University of Arizona Police Department corporal used excessive force when he fired four shots at a mentally ill woman carrying a knife, the woman’s attorney told the Ninth Circuit on Monday afternoon. Amy Hughes sued Andrew Kisela, then a corporal in the University of Arizona Police Department, in … Read more

Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Video footage has once again proven police frequently either assess a potential threat situation incorrectly or simply craft fictitious narratives to justify a wholly unnecessary use of force. Keston Charles miraculously survived being fired upon 16 times during a foot pursuit by the NYPD, who claimed the Brooklyn teen … Read more

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Marshall, MO — As tensions between police and citizens rise amid tragic police shootings and despicable attacks on cops, two officers in Missouri were exposed for faking a story about being shot at — and their supervisor helped cover it up. Donald Stouffer, the prosecuting attorney in Saline County … Read more

Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project A 73-year-old librarian became the latest victim of police in Punta Gorda, Florida. However, her tragic death — in front of 34 people, during an officer’s demonstration about police use of deadly force — is far from the, unfortunately common, tales of violence by law enforcement. Mary Knowlton … Read more

Ashley Harrell | Courthouse News Service The unarmed black therapist who was lying on his back with his hands raised when he was shot by a South Florida police officer is suing the officer in federal court. In a complaint filed Wednesday in Miami, Charles Kinsey claims North Miami SWAT Officer Aledda violated his civil … Read more

Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project 2016/07/21 An unarmed therapist, who had his hands in the air as he lay on his back on the ground attempting to calm an autistic patient in distress, was shot in the leg by a trigger-happy cop. Police in North Miami, Florida, responded to an emergency 911 call … Read more

David Lee | Courthouse News Service DALLAS (CN) – Snipers killed five Dallas police officers and wounded seven more at the end of a peaceful protest against police brutality Thursday night in what Mayor Mike Rawlings calls the city’s “worst nightmare.” Dallas Police Chief David Brown said it appeared the shooters triangulated their fire from … Read more

Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project 2016/07/07 Dylan Noble, according to those who knew him, loved everyone, wanted to make people laugh, and thoroughly enjoyed life — until Fresno Police abruptly ended everything in a shooting on June 25 2016. “We lost a very unique and beautiful soul,” a friend posted following Dylan’s untimely … Read more

Pasco County, FL — (RT) Matthew Trevino, an Army veteran with a history of mental illness, was having a schizophrenic episode in the Pasco County Jail. When he resisted detention deputies, guards escalated things by shooting him with a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with a Nova round. Newly-released footage from inside Florida’s Pasco County Jail shows … Read more

Rebekah Kearn | Courthouse News Service 2016/05/20 Man Says Cop Shot Him for Sleeping in Car FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — A 20-year-old man who is paralyzed from the waist down claims in court that it’s because Bakersfield police shot him five times for sleeping in his car in a church parking lot. “We believe that … Read more

Dan McCue | Courthouse News Service SCOTUS Maintains Stay of Alabama Execution A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the execution of an Alabama inmate who lawyers claim can’t understand he’s facing death due to a series of strokes and the onset of dementia. The 11th Circuit halted Vernon Madison’s execution Thursday morning, about seven … Read more