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A Chicago officer faces felony charges after he was filmed pinning a 14-year-old boy to the ground with his knee. According to CNN, the incident occurred in Park Ridge, Illinois, last month, when Chicago police sergeant Michael Vitellaro wrongly accused the teen of stealing his son’s bike. Vitellaro reportedly learned that the bicycle had been stolen at a library and later spotted […]
Kelly Goodlett, a former Louisville Police Department Detective charged for her alleged role in the March 2020 shooting of Breonna Taylor, plans to plead guilty. The New York Times reports Goodlett, 35, confirmed the plea with her attorney during an online court hearing Friday, and is scheduled to appear Aug. 22 before U.S. District Judge David […]
Council members in a small Alabama city have moved to terminate two officials with its local police department, as well as to disband the department itself, after an officer shared a racist text message. Per the Associated Press, Vincent Mayor James Latimore said last week that Vincent Police Department Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief […]
Police have launched an investigation over a video that appears to show a man claiming to be an off-duty officer pinning a 14-year-old to the ground with his knee on the boy’s back. As Fox 32 Chicago reported, the footage shows an unidentified white man who says he’s an off-duty cop pinning down the teen, who is Puerto […]
Randy Cox was left paralyzed following his arrest last month, and video of the incident shows the 36-year-old Black man’s head getting slammed against a police van. As CBS News reports, Cox’s family is now calling for answers and accountability in his arrest by police in New Haven, Connecticut. Video footage of Cox’s arrest, which happened after […]
Both sides in a lawsuit over the alleged taking and sharing of Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site photos have shared statements on an involved sheriff’s deputy having also been at the center of a 2021 excessive force scandal. Per a report from USA Today, Luis Li—an attorney representing Vanessa Bryant—said Friday that he and his […]
After 24 years on the job in law enforcement, Officer Bruce Dyker has resigned. He’s tired of all the “scrutiny” he’s been receiving for, as his union puts it, “doing his job.” Dyker is white. John Catanzara, head of the Chicago Police Union said Dyker was unjustly targeted, per Atlanta Black Star. “Bruce […]
Thomas Lane, a former Minneapolis cop, pleaded guilty to a manslaughter-related charge on Wednesday in connection with George Floyd’s murder. Per a report from the Associated Press, Lane has pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. The conditions of Lane’s plea agreement will also result in the dismissal of an aiding […]
A Bay Area police officer is facing a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly masturbated at a home where he was responding to a domestic disturbance situation. According to a press release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, Matthew Dominguez, 32, was arrested last week and charged with a misdemeanor indecent exposure. The charge stems […]
The parents of a 10-year-old boy with disabilities have filed a lawsuit against a local sheriff’s office and school board after he was allegedly placed in a chokehold by a deputy. As NBC News reports, the boy’s parents—Ashley Hutchinson-Harper and Terry Harper—have accused the responding deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana of violating […]
