police-brutality
During the Monday press conference, police said they “made about 11 arrests” during the recent protest, including a photojournalist. Referring to the journalist as “a reporter” in the press conference, NYPD chief of patrol John Chell claimed the individual “interfered in at least two arrests.” Chell added that the individual was “placed under arrest” after they […]
The detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor in March 2020 during a deadly raid on her apartment has been hired by a rural sheriff’s office in Kentucky, the New York Times reports. Former Louisville police officer Myles Cosgrove has recently joined the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, county executive David Wilhoite confirmed. Cosgrove, who is white, was fired by […]
The former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor in 2020 is now working for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky. The hiring was revealed in a report from regional outlet the Courier Journal, which said over the weekend that the department had confirmed the addition of Myles Cosgrove, formerly of LMPD. […]
The Akron, Ohio police officers who shot and killed Jayland Walker will not face state criminal charges. A grand jury decided not to move forward with charges after concluding that the officers didn’t commit any crimes, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Monday. Walker, who was 25 years old and had no past criminal history, was […]
New Mexico’s Farmington Police Department has landed itself in hot water after cops shot and killed an innocent man while responding to the wrong home for a domestic violence call. NBC News reports the fatal shooting took place around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday after police officers responded to a domestic violence call at a home in […]
A $13 million settlement has been announced in connection with a wrongful death lawsuit filed over the fatal shooting of a California teen by a school resource officer. Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez, 18, was struck in the head when Long Beach Unified School District safety officer Eddie Gonzalez fired into a car in which she was a […]
The family of Stanley Wilson Jr., the former Detroit Lions defensive back who died at a Los Angeles mental hospital on Feb. 1, claims he was beaten by police prior to his death at age 40. TMZ reports Wilson Jr.’s attorney John Carpenter says his client was a victim of excessive force at the hands of L.A. law enforcement, […]
A fired EMT has shed more light on Tyre Nichols’ death. Robert Long, who was at the scene of the brutal police beating, accused Memphis officers of “impeding patient care” while Nichols was in their custody. Long made the allegation during a hearing with the Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board on Friday, nearly two months after […]
A man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by a police officer in Florida in 2021 has filed a federal lawsuit. Per the office of attorney Ben Crump, who announced the lawsuit on Wednesday during a press conference with co-counsel attorney Hunter Shkolnik and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson, the suit against […]
A settlement has been reached between a Florida city and the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2015. Per a report from the Palm Beach Post, the City of Palm Beach Gardens has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of Corey Jones, who was shot […]
