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The leader of a local Black Lives Matter chapter is suing the city and the NYPD, alleging that he was assaulted and falsely imprisoned while protesting police brutality at rally in Midtown, Manhattan earlier this year. Hawk Newsome, president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, says the March 28th confrontation began when an … Read more

On June 7, Tiana Smalls, whose Facebook profile describes her as owner of Fire Flower Beauty Company, was riding a Greyhound bus from Bakersfield, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. As the bus approached an agricultural checkpoint at the Nevada state line, Ms. Smalls said the driver made an unusual announcement: “We are being boarded by … Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago police apologized and promised to make repairs, after breaking down the door of the wrong home while conducting a raid Tuesday afternoon on the South Side. Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, offices raided the first-floor apartment of a building near 52nd and Wells in the Fuller Park neighborhood. They damaged the front door … Read more

A man who would later die in Sacramento police custody told state and local law enforcement officers he felt like he was having a heart attack in video released by the Sacramento Police Department. Minutes later during the June 6 encounter, the man, Brandon Smith, died of unknown causes inside a police transport vehicle. Police … Read more

Graphic CCTV footage has been released, which shows a woman in custody being dragged by a group of officers from the garage of a Sydney police station. The footage was shown during a hearing of the state’s Law Enforcement Conduction Commission, which is investigating the actions of 10 police officers. The incident occurred in the … Read more

GLENDALE – A black actor who says he was taken into custody at gunpoint at the Glendale Galleria by authorities searching for burglary suspects following a high-speed pursuit said Tuesday he was wrongfully detained in a case of racial profiling. Darris Love, 38, and his attorneys announced the filing of a legal claim against the … Read more

First look at video from of a high-profile arrest at South Dakota State University last year. Melissa Mentele, the mother of two of the girls involved, released the video after a court appearance on Monday. It is important to note that no charges were filed against the officer for the incident. But Melissa said the … Read more

An FBI agent who shot a man in the leg after dropping his gun while doing a backflip on a dance floor has been charged with second-degree assault and more charges could be filed based on the results of blood alcohol tests. Chase Bishop, 29, has been charged with one count of second-degree assault in … Read more

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created in the panicked days after 9/11 to enhance national security. But its primary purpose has become hunting down and ejecting people whose main “crime” often is that they can’t obtain a piece of paper from the government authorizing them to live and work in the United States. America … Read more

(Georgetown, Del) – A Correctional Officer at Sussex Correctional Institute has been arrested on bribery charges. Delaware State Police began an investigation on Monday, June 4, 2018, when Troop 4 Major Crimes Unit received information from the Department of Correction, regarding a Correctional Officer, 47-year-old Corey C. Davis of Delmar. An internal investigation conducted by … Read more

BISCAYNE PARK, Fla. — Federal agents have arrested a former police chief and two other officers accused of trying to frame a 16-year-old for several burglaries. Officers from several law enforcement agencies participated in the arrest of former Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano and former officers Charlie Dayoub and Raul Fernandez, Monday. According to … Read more