Dorian Johnson’s uncle asked for a ride on Monday so he could get the latest iPhone. Soon after that, Johnson was held at gunpoint by Fresno police demanding he crawl on his stomach out of the T-Mobile store on Blackstone Avenue just north of Shaw Avenue. Video captured by his uncle, Vincent Lemar, shows Johnson, … Read more
This spring, a lot of people have been focused on instances of corporate racism, with Starbucks and Waffle House being the most notable incidents. These occurrences illuminated how easy it is for black people to have the cops called on us. Still, there is a danger in building a movement only focused on implicit bias … Read more
During a stretch of 49 days, 19 Memphis police officers and an impound lot employee never saw the body of Bardomiano Perez Hernandez in the back of a van towed to the city lot after an attempted robbery in Binghamton last year. Perez Hernandez suffered a single gunshot wound to his torso during the robbery, … Read more
A Riverside County corrections deputy has been charged with six child abuse charges following an investigation that started when a 3-month-old baby girl was brought to Loma Linda University Medical Center June 25 with a skull fracture, authorities said. Jason Gordon Wenker, 30, of Loma Linda, was charged with the felony child abuse charges after … Read more
GREEN BAY – An ex-Menominee Tribe police officer was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after he was caught in a child sex offender sting operated by his own department, U.S. Attorney Matthew Krueger said Tuesday. Basil O’Kimosh Jr., 40, was convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child on the Menominee Indian Reservation … Read more
A federal judge sentenced the former Craig Beach Police Chief, Andrew Soloman, to five years in prison. former Craig Beach Police Chief is scheduled to appear before a federal judge today to be sentenced for a child pornography conviction. Thirty-six-year-old Andrew Soloman pleaded guilty in March to receiving child pornography. Investigators say Soloman received files … Read more
The State Police overtime abuse scandal, involving dozens of troopers, was a “conspiracy,” according to Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. Baker made the remark Friday, days after three current and former troopers were arrested on federal embezzlement charges, the Boston Globe reports. “I anticipate this conspiracy goes back a long time,” Baker said. Baker late last … Read more
Razan al-Najjar is the latest victim in Israel’s onslaught of Palestinians to go viral. The 21-year-old nurse was shot dead by a sniper. Her only weapon? A wad of medical gauze. She’d been treating protestors who’ve been rallying for their right to return to homes they were expelled from as refugees. Unfortunately, the death of … Read more
/center> Raphael A. Sanchez, who was chief counsel at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Seattle when he opened credit cards and took out loans using the personal information of vulnerable immigrants, has been sentenced to four years in prison. He took a plea deal with the Justice Department, which was approved by … Read more
COLUMBUS — Ohio lawmakers voted 88-0 in favor of a bill that lays out which dashboard camera and police body camera footage is public and when the government can withhold it from release. As more police departments use body cameras, it raises concerns about transparency, accountability and privacy. State Rep. Niraj Antani, R-Miamisburg, the bill … Read more
A child had the police called on him last week while he was simply mowing a yard as part of his summer business. According to ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland, 12-year-old Reginald Fields owns and operates Mr. Reggie’s Lawn Cutting Service in Maple Heights, Ohio. The child, along with his cousins and siblings, were working … Read more
Newly released body camera footage shows Las Vegas police officers pausing for several minutes in the hallway of the Mandalay Bay hotel — as mass shooter Stephen Paddock guns down 58 people on the floor directly above them. “Holy sh-t that’s rapid fire,” officer Cordell Hendrex utters in the chilling video, reacting to Paddock’s gunfire … Read more