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A federal judge has released body cam footage in which Los Angeles Police Department officers are seen arresting a Black man while searching for a suspect that turned out to be white. According to ABC 7, the video was unsealed this week as part of a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. The plaintiff, 42-year-old Antone Austin, says […]
On Wednesday, a judge ordered the release of an ex-Dallas policeman, Bryan Riser, who had previously been accused of ordering a pair of killings in 2017. This decision by the judge comes after prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed with a capital murder case against him. Preceding the decision was 3+ hours of […]
New York City officers can no longer conduct vehicle searches based on the smell of marijuana alone. The order was outlined in a new NYPD memo that details the state’s new laws pertaining to cannabis sales, possession, and use among adults 21 and older. “Effective immediately, the smell of marijuana alone no longer establishes probable cause of a crime to […]
On May 25, 2020 George Floyd—a 46-year-old Black man and father of five—was killed at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. Floyd’s death spurred protests nationwide and stood as the latest example of rampant, institutionalized police brutality in the U.S. Among those who publicly criticized the Minneapolis Police Department during the summer of 2020 was […]
Following a robbery and shooting at a local fancy restaurant, Beverly Hills police are hiring private, armed security guards to increase law enforcement presence in the city. “First and foremost safety is our top priority in Beverly Hills and criminal activity of any kind will not be tolerated,” Police Chief Dominick Rivetti said in a […]
Police have dropped a charge against a Black teen from Plano, Texas, after said teen was arrested last week for walking in the middle of the street when the state was freezing over. Local police chief Ed Drain told KDFW-TV that a charge against 18-year-old Rodney Reese is being dropped. Reese had spent a night […]
A man who admitted to participating in the U.S. Capitol riots is accused of trying to flee the country and commit suicide shortly after the insurrection. As reported by CNBC, Jeffrey Sabol—a 51-year-old geophysicist from Colorado—told authorities he was “in a fit of rage” on the day the of deadly siege when he was allegedly filmed assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer. Footage […]
29-year-old Memphis police officer Patric Ferguson has been charged with kidnapping and killing a man while on duty, the Memphis police department revealed. CNN reports that Ferguson allegedly shot and killed 30-year-old Robert Howard when he forced the man into the back of his squad car. Howard was taken to the Frayser Boulevard and Denver Street, […]
A sheriff‘s deputy in Virginia has been fired after the department was alerted to “disturbing comments” on Parler, the far-right social media platform. “Early yesterday our agency was notified about disturbing comments being made on several social media outlets by a deputy sheriff,” a rep for the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office said over the weekend. […]
Following the fatal shooting of 47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill by Officer Adam Coy this past Tuesday, Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan is recommending that the officer be fired for his actions. In a video statement shared on Christmas Eve, Quinlan said that he believes Officer Coy demonstrated “critical misconduct” and should be terminated as a result. “I witnessed his critical […]
