A federal jury awarded $3.5 million on Friday to the parents of a mentally ill man who was fatally shot by a Los Angeles police officer while at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, according to the family’s attorney. Ruben Herrera, 26, had been taken to the emergency room in December 2015 by officers after they used a … Read more
ANTIOCH, Calif. – A former Hercules police officer was sentenced Friday to more than 28 years in prison for trying to kill his estranged wife in a drive-by shooting in Antioch. John Goodner showed no visible emotion as Judge John Kennedy of Contra Costa County Superior Court pronounced sentence in Martinez. A jury previously convicted … Read more
When Miami SWAT Officer George Diaz fired eight shots into a moving car outside Club Space in 2011, his case should have been clear-cut for internal affairs investigators: Miami cops aren’t allowed to shoot into moving cars because they could cause an accident or hit innocent people inside the vehicle. But according to documents New … Read more
Michael LaPorta was left permanently disabled after suffering a gunshot wound to the head from the pistol of a violent cop on Jan. 12, 2010 The bullet that severely injured LaPorta came from Chicago Police Officer Patrick Kelly’s service weapon, and a lawyer representing LaPorta’s family says there is “overwhelming evidence” that Kelly—who was a … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Police Department confirms an officer is under investigation for a controversial post he made on social media about the deadly shooting by an officer in Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby was charged Thursday with felony manslaughter in the 1st degree for killing Terrance Crutcher, 40, after … Read more
America is reeling this morning from the worst mass shooting in the nation’s history. At least 400 people were wounded and 50 killed in Las Vegas when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire with at least ten rifles from the 32nd floor of a hotel onto a concert crowd below. Paddock’s motives are still a mystery … Read more
Police officers mistook an actor portraying a burglar for a real-life armed robber, opening fire on him in a central Indiana bar Tuesday. Montgomery County Movies was filming a crime scene at the Backstep Brewing Company in Crawfordsville, Ind., around 7 p.m. when the shots rang out, Indiana State Police said. The staged scene so … Read more
A Texas cop who shot an unarmed man with his hands on his head will not face charges, a grand jury decided today. The dash cam video shows Grapevine police officer Robert Clark ordering Ruben Garcia Villalpando out of his car at gunpoint after a high-speed chase through city streets and highways. Clark orders Villalpando … Read more
The city’s Police Oversight Board recommended that two officers receive lengthy suspensions after reviewing an internal affairs investigation into an officer-involved shooting that took place in June 2015. The Albuquerque Police Department’s internal affairs unit last month had exonerated the officers involved. But the board Thursday night found that the officers violated numerous policies and … Read more
The way Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy Jason Franqui described it, he was about to be run over by a madman in a minivan. He even made eye contact with him as the driver, who turned the steering wheel directly into his path in a final stare-d0wn before attempting to kill him. Naturally, Franqui feared … Read more
2017/09/22 LEE COUNTY, Ala. — A little more than three years to the date, the dashcam video of Airman Michael Edwards being shot by Opelika police officer Phillip Hancock on Interstate 85 has now been released to the public. A call came into the Opelika Police Department on the night of March 6, 2014 about … Read more
A woman and her two brothers were shot by a Chicago police officer. Now, a jury says the cop went too far and they’re owed almost five million dollars by the city, including half a million from the police officer. The three victims hope the jury’s verdict sends a message, but it still hasn’t made … Read more