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Even Axon, i.e. the company formerly known as TASER, is questioning the ethics behind the implementation of facial recognition technology in the policing industry. In a statement Thursday detailing the findings of a report from the Axon AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board, formed in April 2018, CEO Rick Smith pointed to a need for additional research […]
A retired NYPD detective said he was forced to pull out his gun when a bat-wielding man confronted him on a New York City subway. The tense moment, which took place Wednesday morning on the G train at Greenpoint Avenue, was captured in a now-viral video. The cellphone footage shows NYPD veteran David Morales arguing […]
DMX hit the set of the upcoming Chronicle of a Serial Killer this week. As previously reported, X was cast as a detective in the film that also stars Tara Reid and Brendan Sexton, with director Steve Stanulis predicting the iconic artist would easily bring a new flavor to the part. Per a TMZ report Tuesday that […]
The Phoenix Police Department has launched an investigation after several of its officers were accused of using excessive force on a black family. A portion of the incident was captured on a cellphone video that shows an unidentified officer handcuffing 22-year-old Dravon Ames before throwing him against a vehicle and sweeping one of his legs. The officer […]
An independent report ordered by the city of Vallejo, California, found officers had acted “reasonably” in the fatal shooting of Willie McCoy, a 21-year-old Bay Area rapper who went by the stage name Willie Bo. The report, authored by retired peace officer David Blake, revealed Vallejo cops had fired 55 rounds in 3.5 seconds during the February incident. Officers […]
Turns out Snapchat‘s gender-swap filter is good for more than learning your homies are beautiful. A college student in San Francisco, for example, used the filter to take down a cop looking to meet up with underage girls. The student, identified only by his first name, Ethan, created a fake Tinder profile using images altered to […]
There used to be a time when New York City’s “Hip-Hop Police” was a unit that moved with so much secrecy that you only heard about their mythical existence on Chamillionaire songs. But now the law is stretching its long arm for everyone to see as it has been reported that the “Rap Unit” actively followed Remy […]
Ed Truitt says he had two options when he found himself at the end of an officer’s gun barrel: Comply and get killed or disobey and survive. The young black man faced this dilemma early Sunday morning in the parking lot of an Arkansas convenience store. Law enforcement arrived at the area at around 3 a.m. and began instructing […]
Netflix has provided another glimpse at When They See Us, an Ava DuVernay-directed project about the notorious Central Park Five case. The limited series is based on the true story of five Harlem teenagers who where wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in 1989. Broken up into four parts, When They See Us will chronicle the legal battle […]
50 Cent isn’t a snitch, according to law enforcement sources who spoke to TMZ. The clarification on whether or not 50 was running to the law came after a faked report allegedly from Fif made the rounds. The document was allegedly a tip from the rapper pointing authorities toward his nemesis Jimmy Henchman in the murder […]
