Amanda Cozio said she watched a Southwestern Regional Police officer shoot a man at close range as the man sat handcuffed in the back of a police car outside a Spring Grove bank Wednesday afternoon. “He didn’t even warn him,” the 25-year-old Hanover woman said. “He pulled his gun out and shot … No warning, … Read more
Grand Rapids police have released body camera video from an incident in which they fired bean bag rounds at a woman who was harming herself. The incident happened Thursday evening near the roundabout at Jefferson Avenue and Cherry Street SE near Mercy Health Saint Mary’s. The Grand Rapids Police Department says the woman cut herself … Read more
A review of a fatal shooting last year in Sunland by Los Angeles police who were on the ground and in a helicopter found that several officers fired after the suspect no longer posed an imminent threat and that others were too far away to determine the threat. The report released Friday provides insight into … Read more
August 26, 2016 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 had drawn a … Read more
A deputy with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot a groundhog in Eldersburg on Sunday, in an incident captured on video that has been widely shared on social media. The deputy stopped when he observed the groundhog acting oddly, department spokesman Cpl. Jon Light said. “It doesn’t appear that it had bitten anyone at … Read more
Video showing a rookie cop shooting a black teenager in the back as the 18-year-old was running away seems to contradict previous statements by the officer involved, who said on camera that the shooting victim had pointed a gun at the officer. On Oct. 29, Portsmouth, Va., Police Officer Jeremy Durocher responded to a burglary … Read more
28 Dec 2016 Tuesday, the full 23-minute video was released showing Jacqueline Craig’s arrest by a Fort Worth cop after she called to report that a white man choked her 7-year-old son. The video shows after Craig’s arrest, the cop handcuffed her two teen daughters, one of whom he kicked to shove her into the … Read more
University of Chicago police officer shot and seriously wounded a 21-year-old student who charged an officer with a metal pipe near the South Side campus late Tuesday, authorities said. The student, identified as Charles Thomas, is facing criminal charges in connection with the shooting, including felony aggravated assault of a peace officer and two counts … Read more
24 April 2016 The Albuquerque Police Department released body cam video on Friday showing ten officers firing repeatedly at a stolen vehicle, believing the driver had run over a fellow officer. According to the Albuquerque Journal, 20-year-old Rodrigo Garcia was hit seven times — including once in the head — by the 48 bullets that … Read more
FLORENCE, S.C. – Video from a police shooting in South Carolina shows a volunteer officer firing as many as eight shots at a car as the driver hits a police cruiser and then drives away from a traffic stop. The driver who was shot and wounded by a constable in Florence was released from the … Read more
Christopher Bachochin, a licensed pharmacist who volunteers as a gun-carrying state constable, stood next to a car that lurched backward during a traffic stop last weekend in Florence. He started shooting. He and two city officers were not standing in the car’s path as it reversed and struck an empty police cruiser. But Bachochin fired … Read more
It reasonably appeared to Clark County Deputy Jacob Shaw that a news photographer he shot in September had a gun and was a potential danger to the public, lawyers for Clark County allege in their response to a lawsuit. Photographer Andy Grimm sued the deputy, Clark County and the city of New Carlisle in December, … Read more