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WATCH: Cop Intervenes, Stops Fellow Cop from ‘Groping Woman’s Vagina’ During Traffic Stop 11 March 2022 The taxpayers of Louisville, Kentucky were put on notice this week that they will be shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to pay for the disgusting actions of one of Louisville’s...

Prosecutor Extorts $300,000 Out of Alleged Drug Dealer by Threatening His Entire Family With Charges Patrick Card's story is a case study in how the state uses civil forfeiture to try to coerce plea bargains. 4 March 2022 A prosecutor is injecting new life into the idea that you can buy your...

Fired Louisville, Kentucky, police detective Brett Hankison Brett Hankison Is Not the Only Cop Who Acted Recklessly the Night Breonna Taylor Was Killed The former detective's trial should not obscure the responsibility of the drug warriors who authorized, planned, and executed the deadly raid...

$1M settlement reached in 2018 death of inmate 20 October 2021 The Harrison County Circuit Court released an order on Thursday for a compromise and insurance settlement payment of $1 million to be paid to Vicki Renee Budd, the personal representative of the minor daughter of Jerod Draper, who...

U.S. Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Police in New York Suburb The inquiry will focus on whether the Mount Vernon department engaged in a “pattern or practice of unlawful policing,” officials said. 3 December 2021 Federal prosecutors have opened a civil rights investigation into whether...

With federal oversight in short supply, state AGs step in to probe troubled police 23 November 2021 Police in Aurora, Colo., shot 20-year-old Jamaal Bonner in the back three times with a submachine gun during a sting operation, killing him. Four years later, the department formally apologized...

ACLU, NAACP allege Vancouver police, Clark County sheriff’s deputies use excessive force, urge federal DOJ investigation 10 November 2021 Community groups called Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation into the Vancouver Police Department and Clark...

‘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...

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...