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New details in UFC star Jon Jones’ arrest have been revealed. The MMA fighter, who was detained Friday in Las Vegas, allegedly pulled his fiancée’s hair and headbutted a police car before being apprehended, TMZ reports. MMA Fighting also viewed a copy of the Vegas Metro PD report. Police were called over a “domestic disturbance”; fiancée Jesse Moses was discovered “bleeding from her nose/mouth” […]
A California man and woman have been charged after police discovered over 46 pounds of a powerful synthetic opioid called carfentanil in their home. Andres Jesus Morales, 30, and Christine Ponce, 27, have been hit with four felony counts each of possession of a controlled substance for sale, USA Today reports. That amount of carfentanil is extremely […]
Graphic footage showing Missouri cops allowing a police dog to attack a Black man is drawing nationwide criticism, with one regional editorial board comparing the graphic video to Civil Rights Movement-era tactics used by now-dead Alabama racist Bull Connor. The footage in question, initially shared to Facebook and excerpted in the news clip above—viewer discretion […]
Community members are outraged after a video surfaced showing a student at a Los Angeles-area high school being body-slammed by a school resource officer. The teenage girl was thrown to the ground by an officer from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department around two weeks ago at Lancaster High School, ABC 7 reports. The footage […]
Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers pleaded not guilty Tuesday after being charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were indicted in May by a federal grand jury for allegedly depriving Floyd of his rights on May 25, 2020, while acting under government authority. Chauvin is currently serving a 22 1/2-year […]
Three Vermont state troopers have resigned following allegations related to fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. Per a statement released by the Vermont State Police, two troopers—identified as Shawn Sommers and Raymond Witkowski—handed in their resignations on Aug. 10. The previous day, another trooper had “raised concerns with supervisors” about their conduct. Trooper David Pfindel, meanwhile, resigned […]
39-year-old Tennessee man Tyson Gilbert has been apprehended by authorities after he cut off and tossed his penis during a police pursuit. As per local Cookeville station WJLE, Gilbert reportedly cut off his penis and threw it out of the window of his Honda Accord as he attempted to escape law enforcement. It began shortly after […]
A Black police officer in Syracuse filed a lawsuit against the city’s police department, claiming “blatant and extreme racism” and an attitude of “Jim Crow culture” toward Black employees. Brandon Hanks, 28, was reportedly denied entry into the department’s gang violence task force this year because officers in his department said he was a “gang member” and “narcotics trafficker” […]
On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York confirmed eight people were arrested for their involvement in an “around-the-clock” crack cocaine-selling operation in Times Square. The group of men are alleged to have sold crack around the NYC landmark area, sometimes bringing in over $10,000 a week from sales. The mission to […]
Two New York Police Department officers were fired this year after allegedly raping an underage girl who was enrolled in the department’s youth program. According to the New York Times, former officers Sanad Musallam and Yaser Shohatee are accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl between 2015-2016, while she was a member of the Law Enforcement Explorers program. […]
