DENVER — Denver’s police department said Friday it has launched an internal investigation into the detention of a journalist who was photographing officers as they tended to a man sitting naked on a downtown sidewalk. The probe follows a report by Susan Greene, editor of The Colorado Independent, in which she said she was handcuffed … Read more
A video taken outside the Philadelphia Zoo on Thursday allegedly showing the arrest of a black teenager selling water has gone viral on Facebook. The 92-second video shows what appears to be an aggressive scuffle between a teen and two Philadelphia police officers outside the zoo’s front gates. At the same time, two zoo public … Read more
An internal affairs investigation has revealed that six on-duty police officers who were part of an emergency ‘Landfall Team’ were indoors having a ‘hurricane party’ and boozing it up when 2016’s Hurricane Irma touched down in Florida. According to the report, obtained by the Miami Herald, on the evening of September 9, 2017, North Bay … Read more
The Miami-Dade Police Department must return nearly $20,000 in cash to a woman after prosecutors admitted that officers illegally searched her car and seized several lawfully owned guns. The Miami Herald reports that the department will also pay $3,000 in legal fees to Lizmixell Batista, a dancer at the local Cheetah Gentleman’s Club, and her … Read more
A Florida police officer who took to social media on Wednesday to accuse a Burger King employee of sprinkling dirt in his sandwich is reportedly walking back his accusations. Officer Tim McCormick of the Fort Myers Police Department was reportedly shown security footage from the kitchen of the Burger King on Thursday, and admitted that … Read more
Eleven self-styled First Amendment “auditors” who were arrested or detained by Leon Valley police during three June protests at the suburb’s City Hall filed a federal lawsuit Thursday accusing officers of various civil rights violations. The plaintiffs live in San Antonio, the North Texas town of Crowley, and in Ohio, Arizona and Illinois. Supporters call … Read more
The video highlighting a deadly clash between Los Angeles police and a suspected prowler doesn’t start with a shouted command, a grainy image or other hallmarks that have defined body-worn camera recordings of controversial uses of force in recent years. Instead, the LAPD’s chief spokesman explains what is about to be shown and why it … Read more
Aug 23, 2017 TRENTON — A woman arrested by two New Jersey state troopers for refusing to answer questions during a 2015 traffic stop will receive $30,000 under a settlement with the state, court records show. Rebecca Musarra, a Philadelphia attorney, put her right to remain silent to the test after she was pulled over … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A Hampden County grand jury has indicted a suspended Springfield police officer on 35 criminal charges, including child rape accusations. Jim Leydon, spokesperson for the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office, confirmed for 22News that Daniel Cintron, a Monson resident, is accused of rape in the case of three different underage victims. He … Read more
ZANESVILLE, Ohio – A retired Muskingum County deputy and local boxing trainer pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to eight counts involving nude photos of juvenile males. Timothy Hartmeyer, 61, was arrested after Muskingum County deputies were alerted to pornographic material discovered at his former address. On March 16, the couple who purchased a home from Hartmeyer … Read more
A police union in South Carolina has challenged the inclusion of Angie Thomas’s multiple award-winning novel about police brutality, The Hate U Give, on a school’s summer reading list, describing it as “almost an indoctrination of distrust of police”. The intervention from the Fraternal Order of Police Tri-County Lodge #3 came after Wando high school’s … Read more
Former Florida Department of Law Enforcement supervisor Charles McMullen is guilty of nine child sex offenses surrounding his time as a foster parent and child sex crime investigator. A Santa Rosa County jury heard six days worth of testimony and evidence beginning with jury selection Monday and returned with a guilty verdict late Saturday. McMullen … Read more