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$2.9M settlement! They need to quit hiring cops from the bottom of the IQ barrel: "The person police were searching for lived next door and was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet. " Botched Chicago police raid victim: "I lost a lot of my life that night" 21 January 2022 The Chicago...

Do Minnesota cases show it’s getting easier to convict cops? 18 January 2022 First, it was Mohamed Noor — convicted for shooting an unarmed woman who approached his police SUV. Then it was Derek Chauvin, found guilty of murder for using his knee to pin George Floyd to a Minneapolis street as...

Jason Van Dyke to be released from prison Feb. 3 Former Chicago police officer spent more than three years in prison for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. 14 January 2022 Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke will leave prison next month after serving more than three...

Kyjuan Tate's mugshots Off-duty Chicago police officer arrested after three people were shot during argument at Blue Island bowling alley The Chicago probationary police officer got into an “altercation” at the bowling alley in the 3000 block of West 127th Street and opened fire, according to...

Boston Police Department Used Forfeiture Funds To Hide Purchase Of Surveillance Tech From City Reps 3 January 2022 Asset forfeiture is just cops going shopping for things they want. The analogy -- one prompted by statements made by Sean McMurty, the head of a county forfeiture unit in New...

Drew Peterson to ask judge to toss out murder conviction Peterson, from the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, is serving a 38-year prison sentence in the 2004 killing of Kathleen Savio. 2 January 2022 Drew Peterson, the former Chicago-area police sergeant who was convicted in 2012 of killing his...

New Law Requires Police to Train Yearly on How to Stop Fellow Cops from Breaking the Law 26 December 2021 Arkansas has recently passed a handful of laws which are highly beneficial to the people and will go into effect in 2022. Some of the laws ban vaccine mandates, grant constitutional...

WATCH: Cops Smack Man’s Phone Out of His Hand, Flip Him Off, Then Beat the Hell Out of Him — For Filming 22 December 2021 Filming the police is entirely legal, in every state. However, all too often, we will see police officers overstep their authority and arrest, attack, and assault innocent...

Rodriguez blurted out that he was headbutted, although that’s not what happened, the memo pointed out. Officers took Anderson to the ground and arrested her. She was charged with felony battery of a law enforcement officer, a case that prosecutors dropped quickly .... After the video surfaced...

$1.2M settlement to family of 14-year-old shot in the back by Chicago Police in 2014 10 December 2021 Chicago taxpayers will spend $1.2 million to compensate the family of a 14-year old boy who was shot in the back and killed by a police officer during a holiday weekend that included five...

Off-duty Chicago cop allegedly killed woman who planned to leave him 10 December 2021 An off-duty Chicago cop was arrested for fatally shooting the mother of his child — who planned to break up with him, relatives and police said. The officer — who was not identified because he had yet to be...

Dallas Police Took $106,000 From a Traveler. They Haven't Explained Why. A police dog's alert prompted the search, and the money was seized via civil asset forfeiture. 8 December 2021 On Sunday, a Facebook post from the Dallas Police Department went viral. It depicts a police dog, Ballentine...

Chicago Police Officer Jacqueline Villasenor Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In Shooting That Killed Her Husband, Also A CPD Officer 5 November 2021 A Chicago Police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in a shooting that killed her husband – also a CPD officer – on...

School Officials Welcome Homeland Security Surveillance After Student Fights Administrators in a Maryland school district say they wanted help monitoring school safety — but sweeping surveillance could land kids in gang databases and families in deportation proceedings 9 November 2021 In late...

Family upset after COPA recommends slain CPD officer Ella French receive suspension for botched raid 11 November 2021 The Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s review of the 2019 botched police raid on the wrong home – whose occupant was forced to stand naked for a time concluded half...

Public Records Plumb The Depths Of Illinois Law Enforcement's Accountability Black Hole 28 October 2021 The Chicago Police Department isn't willing to police itself. That much is apparent from the actions of its officers, which includes the department setting up an inner city "black site"...

The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations. 31 October 2021 Harold Brown’s contribution to the local treasury began as so many others...

Dad Calls 911 To Report Being Stabbed, Cops Show Up and Kill Him, Treat Assailant Like the Victim 4 November 2021 Graphic body camera footage released this week highlights the crap shoot that is calling 911. Michael Craig, 61, the building custodian in his apartment complex, called 911 to...

Chicago cop facing felony charge after allegedly shooting at thieves who swiped her SUV in Evergreen Park A Chicago police sergeant was hit with a felony charge after she allegedly opened fire when a team of thieves made off with her SUV Saturday evening in suburban Evergreen Park. Oneta...

Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children 19 October 2021 Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns. He was...