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Roadside assistance caught the cop who killed my cousin. Justice shouldn't be so rare. 10 December 2021 Six years ago, my cousin Corey Jones, a musician, was driving home from a gig in Jupiter, Florida, when his SUV broke down. He was on the phone with roadside assistance when an undercover...

Miami Police Officer Khadijha Hardemon Charged With Battery 10 November 2021 A Miami police officer has been charged with battery. Officer Khadijha Hardemon, 27, is accused of approaching a man at FTX Arena during a concert last week and poking him in the back of the neck. She then left...

L.A. sheriff’s deputies use minor stops to search bicyclists, with Latinos hit hardest 4 November 2021 Thousands of times a year, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies pull over bicyclists for minor violations such as riding on the sidewalk or not using lights at night — infractions that can...

‘Trooper of the Year’ Gets 17.5 Years for Producing Child Porn, Distributing It to His Own Network 8 November 2021 In 2018, Louisiana State Police Trooper of 18 years, Jason Boyet received one of the department’s highest honors—Trooper of the Year. Fast forward two years, and this hero cop...

She Tried To Report Sexual Harassment in Jail. After Her Suicide, the Guard Was Convicted of Assaulting Four Other Women. 29 October 2021 The family of a 23-year-old woman who committed suicide in a rural Washington jail says she tried to report sexual harassment by a guard, but her complaint...

Brickbat: Come and Knock on Our Door 4 November 2021 A Bradenton, Florida, woman said officers from U.S. Marshals Service pulled her and her baby out of their apartment at gunpoint. She says they left without an explanation or an apology after realizing they were at the wrong apartment. The...

Florida activist says cop warned her not to wear condo costume to Halloween party 29 October 2021 Imagine getting a spooky call from a cop warning you not to wear a boxy condo costume to a Halloween party. Hollywood mom Cat Uden says it happened to her. Uden has emerged in the past few...

Polk County police officer resigns after DUI arrest in Auburndale 1 November 2021 A deputy with the Polk County Sheriff's Office has turned in his badge after he was arrested for driving under the influence. At around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday night, deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash...

Woman found not guilty after Jacksonville police parked on her property and broke her teeth while arresting her 28 October 2021 A woman from Jacksonville, Florida, who was facing up to 10 years in prison for felony battery on a law enforcement officer has been found not guilty after...

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...

Top FBI Official in Charge of Crimes Against Children, Arrested for Sex Crimes Against Children 4 September 2021 Before he was arrested, FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Harris, 51, was tasked with investigating crimes against children, including child sexual abuse material, otherwise...

Man Killed by Police, His Home Burned After SWAT Team Shows Up Over Tall Grass 29 October 2021 Because the state claims the ability to tell you what you can and cannot do with your own property, often times, we see utterly ridiculous government overreach for simple issues like tall grass. In...

“Javi is a bad cop protected by bad leaders ...” ... For instance, Miami attorney Leonard Fenn said he was shocked when an appeals-court judge sided with Ortiz and other officers involved in the violent arrest of his client, a man named Francois Alexandre, when police cleared the streets of...

WATCH: Cops Mistake Man’s Severe Autism for ‘Resisting’, Taser Him in His Head, Sending Him to Hospital 21 October 2021 In his neighborhood, Louis Grahai, a 20-year-old with severe autism and the mental capacity of a 4-year-old, is known as a kind and lovable person who has never hurt anyone...

New Research Says Police in Schools Don't Reduce Shootings but They Do Increase Expulsions and Arrests 20 October 2021 New research finds that police deployed in schools, commonly called school resource officers (SROs), do not reduce school shootings, but do increase suspensions, expulsions...

Man Facing 30 Years for Shooting Down Police Drone — ‘Harassing Him’ on His Property 15 October 2021 Wendell Doyle Goney, 51, a “Florida man,” is facing 30 years behind bars after he was charged this week for destruction of an aircraft. That “aircraft” was a drone and it belonged to the Lake...

Journalists are reexamining their reliance on a longtime source: The police 30 June 2020 For several weeks early this year, reporter Larry Hobbs struggled to nail down the story he was chasing. Police in his hometown of Brunswick, Ga., had offered few details about the death of a young...

Top Cop Who Presided Over Deadly Corruption in Houston Loses His New Job in Miami 6 Months After He Was Hired Art Acevedo provoked many complaints, but they paled in comparison to his prior record of negligence and obliviousness 12 October 2021 Art Acevedo, who presided over deadly corruption...

Wikipedia: Pecan Park raid On January 28, 2019, in the Pecan Park area in the East End district of Houston, Houston Police Department (HPD) officers initiated a no-knock raid on a house, killing the two homeowners, a husband and wife: Dennis Wayne Tuttle and Rhogena Ann Nicholas. They were...

‘He’s a Monster!’—Cop Sentenced to 20 Years After Admitting He’s a Serial Child Rapist 10 October 2021 It was a dramatic day in a Jacksonville courtroom this week as multiple child victims spoke out at disgraced officer, Matthew Butler’s sentencing hearing. After facing a slew of charges...