A white NYPD sergeant says he wouldn’t go along with the harassment of a black officer — and now he claims that he’s being subjected to harsh treatment for his refusals. Sgt. Valentin Khazin’s Brooklyn federal lawsuit argues that he was targeted with unjustified payback because he wouldn’t help make life miserable for Officer Dana … Read more
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and local news outlet Fox2Now, a white St. Louis police officer shot a black off-duty officer from his own force after a car chase ended in a crash outside the off-duty officer’s home. The African American officer, who has not yet been identified, came outside of his home while … Read more
Police handcuffed three teenagers Thursday evening for attempting to selling water without a permit on the National Mall. Photos tweeted by passerby Tim Krepp, a tour guide and writer, show three plainclothes U.S. Park Police officers detaining the three African-American teens near the Mall’s Smithsonian Castle, located between the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol. … Read more
A former deputy sheriff in southeast Arkansas has pleaded guilty to charges related to a plot to plant methamphetamine on an unsuspecting person. Robert “Bo” Sanderlin, 26, was sentenced Monday to five years of probation on charges of use of a communication device in commission of a drug offense and abuse of office, an order … Read more
Minutes after Philando Castile was shot by a Minnesota officer, his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, sat handcuffed in the back of a patrol car with her weeping 4-year-old daughter. Both had been passengers in the car when Castile was shot by police officer Jeronimo Yanez, mere inches from the seven shots fired into the stopped vehicle. … Read more
“It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent or an unarmed person contributes to the … Read more
A Caldwell Police Sergeant has resigned from the city after being arrested for DUI twice within three days. Caldwell Police Chief Frank Wyant confirmed Sgt. Adam Matthews’ resignation Monday. According to a probable cause affidavit dated Thursday, June 15, a Canyon County Sheriff’s deputy was southbound on Middleton Road just south of Marble Front Road … Read more
A jury awarded the largest settlement in US history for a police-dog shooting when they voted to give $1.26 million to a family whose dog was needlessly shot and killed by police in February 2014. According to a press release from the Hansel Law firm in Baltimore, the three-day trial took place in the Circuit … Read more
A former Ottawa County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Monday to two disorderly conduct charges after he was accused of stalking his supervisor. John Carpenter, 50, of Port Clinton was sentenced by visiting Judge Richard McMonagle in Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas to a suspended 30-day jail sentence. In addition, he will be on probation … Read more
Nobody likes a snitch. But if you’re in jail, informing on fellow inmates can pay. Legislators in at least four states are now trying to make sure that rewarding jailhouse informants — with cash, perks or deals for freedom — isn’t leading to wrongful convictions. Bruce Lisker knows how convictions can go wrong. He was … Read more
The city police drug unit is under investigation for allegedly filing a false burglary report in an attempt to cover up entering a home without a search warrant, several city government sources said Friday. The drug unit went to the residence on a tip from another Capital Region police agency, according to the sources who … Read more
An off-duty San Antonio police officer was arrested early Friday morning on drunken driving charges after he allegedly crashed into the back of a Kirby police officer’s squad car. Kirby police said the crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. in the 5500 block of Farm-to-Market Road 78. The Kirby officer had pulled someone over for a … Read more