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The Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects the Legal Theory Underlying a Murder Charge Against Derek Chauvin 22 October 2021 Derek Chauvin, so cute in orange Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who fatally shot an unarmed 911 caller in 2017, was originally sentenced to more than 12...

Biden's Pick to Lead CBP Supports Two of Trump's Most Controversial Border Initiatives 19 October 2021 AFTER MONTHS OF delay, a Senate committee held a confirmation hearing Tuesday for President Joe Biden’s pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the nation’s largest law enforcement...

Former Minneapolis Cop Mohamed Noor Re-Sentenced to Prison for Shooting Innocent Woman Who Called 911 21 October 2021 A Minnesota judge on Thursday re-sentenced a convicted police officer to 57 months behind bars — the maximum possible punishment — in the shooting and killing of a woman who...

“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...

Minneapolis Cop Charged with Manslaughter for Killing Uncle of Teen Who Recorded George Floyd’s Murder 22 October 2021 Prosecutors in Minneapolis on Friday filed two criminal charges against a city police officer who struck and killed Leneal Lamont Frazier. The victim was was the uncle of...

Sheriff charged with falsely reporting Black newspaper carrier to police 21 October 2021 A sheriff in Washington state has been charged with two misdemeanors for falsely accusing a Black man delivering newspapers in January of making threats against him — an incident that led to a significant...

NYPD Lawyer Who Oversaw Violent Arrests of Legal Observers Should Be Disciplined, Watchdog Says 15 October 2021 THE WATCHDOG AGENCY that oversees misconduct by the New York Police Department has recommended that disciplinary charges be brought against the NYPD lawyer who directed police to...

Louisiana State Trooper Carl Cavalier A Black state trooper spoke out about police brutality. Louisiana police want to fire him. 14 October 2021 More than a year had passed since a Black motorist in northern Louisiana died after being violently arrested by state police, but state trooper...

Kim Potter May Claim ‘Innocent Accident’ and ‘Innocent Mistake’ Defenses in Daunte Wright Shooting Death 14 October 2021 The veteran police officer who shot and killed a 20-year-old Minnesota man in April is set to argue that the incident was the result of an accident and mistake, according...

Body-camera footage became a focal point of the trial. For months, prosecutors resisted attempts to share evidence of the incident, contending it wasn’t required in a simple misdemeanor case and it would be too costly. When a judge eventually ordered them otherwise, police revealed Wilson hadn’t...

‘The norms have broken down’: Shock as journalists are arrested, injured by police while trying to cover the story 31 May 2020 Ali Velshi knew almost instantly what had happened when he felt a sharp pain in his leg Saturday night in Minneapolis: He’d been hit with a rubber bullet fired by...

Police created an elaborate web of lies and used the lies to railroad Stallings. Thankfully, however, unlike the cops, the video footage did not lie. Video Shows Why Army Vet Was Acquitted After Shooting at Cops—It Was Self Defense 10 October 2021 Last year, after the death of George...

Dozens of states have tried to end qualified immunity. Police officers and unions helped beat nearly every bill. 7 October 2021 In the months after George Floyd’s murder, state legislators across the country tried to undo a legal doctrine that makes it virtually impossible to sue police...

100s of Cops Convicted of Child Rape & Murder Still Collect Millions in Taxpayer-Funded Retirement 4 October 2021 Imagine for a moment that your job description involves arresting people for murder and rape. Then imagine that you violate that description by committing murder and rape. Then...

Ed Mullins, former president, NYC Sergeants Benevolent Association FBI Searches NYPD Sergeants Union HQ, Union President's Home in Criminal Probe 5 October 2021 The FBI raided the Manhattan headquarters of the NYC Sergeants Benevolent Association and the Long Island home of its...

Has the judge ruled on the issue of qualified immunity in this case? He Lost His Eye After a Cop Allegedly Fired a Tear Gas Canister at His Face. The Officer Says He Has Qualified Immunity. 14 May 2021 If the officer succeeds, the victim will not be allowed to sue on those claims. A man...

In a California Desert, Sheriff’s Deputies Settle Schoolyard Disputes. Black Teens Bear the Brunt. 29 September 2021 Barron Gardner, a high school history teacher in Southern California’s Antelope Valley, stared down Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies during an online meeting in...

Investigation: Minneapolis Cops Responded To George Floyd's Murder By Refusing To Do Their Jobs While Still Collecting Their Paychecks 27 September 2021 The police in Minneapolis are giving the public what they think the public wants: fewer police officers, fewers interactions with police...

After lawsuits and calls for his firing, police agent leaves Palo Alto 27 September 2021 A Palo Alto police officer who has been named in several lawsuits, including one stemming from his violent arrest of resident Julio Arevalo in front of the Happy Donuts store on El Camino Real in 2019, is...

Sayonara! Don't let the door hit you in the fannies on your way out! Entire Police Dept Abandons Their Jobs Permanently and Town Doesn’t Descend Into Chaos 26 September 2021 Earlier this month, without warning, the taxpayers of Kimberling City found out that the police department they have...