29 Sept 2014 Four Memphis police officers have been put on administrative leave after they tipped over a portable bathroom containing a suspect they were chasing. The suspect, Jo Hampton, admits that he was running from the police when he took refuge in the portajohn at a construction site, but said the officers didn’t need … Read more
08 Aug 2015 The sheriff of Bradford County in Florida shared a dash cam video on his Facebook page showing an older white man being Tasered after stepping out of his SUV and aggressively approaching an officer complaining about the lights on his police cruiser, WJAX reports. Sheriff Gordon Smith posted the video explaining “Lawtey … Read more
14 Oct 2015 An Alabama man recorded himself shutting down two police officers who questioned him for jogging while black. The man, identified as Corey Dickerson, was out of breath and resting after a hard sprint when an officer pulls up in his patrol car to ask who he is and where he is going, … Read more
04 Feb 2016 A white former suburban Detroit police officer was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 months to 10 years in prison for the beating last year of a black motorist during a traffic stop caught on video. William Melendez, 47, was found guilty last November of assault and misconduct in office by a jury … Read more
New York – A state judge handed a light sentence on Wednesday to a once-decorated detective who had been convicted of perjury, sparing him jail time and accusing prosecutors of hypocrisy in their handling of the case. The former detective, Kevin Desormeau, 34, was convicted at trial earlier this year of lying under oath in … Read more
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A pregnant Miami-Dade corrections officer was arrested Tuesday on accusations that she pepper-sprayed, struck and strangled her husband of four years. According to an arrest report, Officer Marsha Bienaime, 32, and her husband got into an argument Jan. 12 because he would not allow her to go through his cellphone. The … Read more
SURREY – The Crown says a former Vancouver police detective constable has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation and breach of trust charges. Crown prosecutor Winston Sayson says James Fisher pleaded guilty to three charges in Surrey provincial court on Wednesday. Fisher was still on active duty in December 2016 when he was charged with a … Read more
In June 2016 a Bordentown father was wrapping up his Father’s Day by playing a game of basketball with his two sons, when the ball rolled into the street and got stuck under a New Jersey State Trooper’s patrol car. Annoyed with the number of troopers that came speeding through his neighborhood, Thomas Rowley, walked … Read more
“Why’d you shoot me?” Amy Hughes, screaming and bleeding, asked Officer Andrew Kisela after he fired four rounds at her through a chain link fence. Thanks to the Supreme Court, a jury will not get a chance to consider that question. In a case that illustrates how hard it is to hold police officers responsible … Read more
A Knoxville Police Department officer repeatedly accused of using illegal tactics to garner the arrests of black men has received another judicial rebuke – the third in his seven-year career. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals last week overturned drug convictions against Calvin Lyndell Dibrell and ordered the case against him dismissed. The court ruled … Read more
26 May 2016 A Boston Police officer is reportedly under investigation after he was caught on video pinning a pedestrian to the ground while off duty. Video posted to Facebook by Stephen Harlowe this week shows the off-duty officer, who is wearing a Red Sox jersey, with his knee in the back of a man … Read more
20 March 2016 The police watchdog group, Peaceful Streets Project, has released a disturbing video showing an Austin, Texas police officer pepper-spraying a handcuffed man. Early on in the video you can hear an officer tell individuals filming the incident “get out of the way” and the woman holding one camera saying “but we’re not … Read more