Sonora, CA — Distrust among police officers is not fomented out of thin air. It is the result of countless interactions—many of which are caught on viral videos—in which police abuse, attack the rights of, and even kill innocent citizens. All too often, in spite laws to prevent them from doing so, police will target … Read more
An Arizona State University professor whose videotaped arrest in 2014 stirred national outrage now says the former campus cop who abused her is harassing people in his new job as a Pinal County deputy. Ersula Ore is an assistant professor of African and African American Studies and Rhetoric, and also ASU’s Lincoln Professor of Ethics … Read more
No one is disputing that Toledo Police Officer Michael E. Moore, Sr., was good at taking drugs off the streets. At issue this week in Lucas County Common Pleas Court is whether Mr. Moore, 45, paid a 14-year-old girl to have sex with him on at least two occasions between August, 2015, and November, 2016. … Read more
OAKLAND, Calif. – A former reality TV show contestant framed for a 2007 murder by two former San Francisco police officers will get $4.5 million in attorneys’ fees, on top of $10 million awarded by a federal jury last month. Attorneys for ex-VH1 reality show star Jamal Trulove and officers Maureen D’Amico and Michael Johnson … Read more
Republicans and at least one Democrat in Congress rolled out legislation on Tuesday that would imprison people for up to 10 years for seriously injuring a police officer — or attempting to do so — with backers saying a new federal punishment is needed to curb “cowardly assaults” on police. As videos of white cops … Read more
Llanfair Caereinion, Wales – A decorator is suing after three of his fingers were chopped off in a police cell door. Footage of the horrific moment Jamie Clark had his hand shut in the door at Dyfed Powys police station was caught on camera. The 28-year-old had been wrongly accused of assaulting a police officer. … Read more
When West Milwaukee police killed Adam Trammell, a Black resident of the city, he was unarmed and alone in his locked apartment, just taking a shower. The police came because a neighbor had called them and reported that Trammel was acting “oddly.” Police arrived to do a “wellness check,” already knowing Trammell had schizophrenia. Trammell … Read more
AKRON, Ohio -In spite of pleas from his wife and a bible counselor, a federal judge is refusing to free former Craig Beach Police Chief Andrew Soloman from jail. The former chief, who has been in jail since his arrest in late December, pleaded guilty earlier to one count of receiving child pornography. A motion … Read more
June 27, 2011 Prosecutors dismissed a charge Monday against a community activist who was arrested while filming a police encounter with her iPod camera because she was concerned it was initiated by racial profiling. “I’m feeling vindicated, I’m feeling energetic” Emily Good, 28, of Rochester, New York, said of the decision to have the charge … Read more
A Quebec father taking his young daughter for a walk in her stroller on a residential street was shocked to get a $48 ticket for walking on the street. Danny Cohen, of Cote-St-Luc, a suburb of Montreal, said he initially thought the police officers were joking. “I asked them if they were kidding and they … Read more
Arrested when he reported for duty, a Michigan State Police trooper is facing felony charges involving child pornography. Devin Wilson, 26, who worked from the state police Hart Post, was arraigned Friday in Newaygo County District Court, on charges of possession of child sexually abusive material, distribution of child sexually abusive material and use of … Read more
A suburban Atlanta police officer resigned after his department said he used foul language and inappropriate tactics during the arrest of a 65-year-old grandmother during a traffic stop, recorded on a police dashboard camera. Alpharetta Officer James Legg had been called in as backup during a May 4 traffic stop because the Lyft driver would … Read more