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Newark cops, with reform, didn’t fire a single shot in 2020 10 January 2021 Newark Police officers did not fire a single shot during the calendar year 2020, and the city didn’t pay a single dime to settle police brutality cases. That’s never happened, at least in the city’s modern history...

Race takes center stage as jury questioning begins in hate-crime trial of former South Jersey police chief 10 November 2021 Should the use of racist slurs by a police officer be a crime? The question was among the thorny topics posed Tuesday to potential jurors in the federal hate-crime...

Minneapolis Votes to Keep Its Police Department 2 November 2021 Nearly a year and a half after a white Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd, voters in the city have decided not to replace their police department with a new public safety agency that would have relied less on armed...

Cleveland Votes for More Police Oversight, While Minneapolis Rejects Abolishing, Replacing Cops 2 November 2021 Minneapolis voters Tuesday rejected the activists who had been trying to get rid of the city's police department and replace it with a new department intended to provide a public...

Cops Mistake Innocent Pregnant Woman for Criminal, Kidnap & Force Her to Give Birth in Shackles 1 November 2021 In January of 2020, Faris Hussien opened fire on a group of home invaders who kicked in his door to kidnap him and his 9-month pregnant wife Sara. He missed, and the home...

Former MPD officer found guilty of civil rights violations, stealing controlled substances 2 November 2021 A former Minneapolis police officer has been found guilty of stealing controlled substances and violating civil rights through unconstitutional searches and seizures. The U.S...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If the Police Lie, Should They Be Held Liable? Often the Answer Is No. 12 September 2021 In 2010, Officer Heather Weyker of the St. Paul Police Department in Minnesota had the biggest case of her career: a child sex-trafficking ring said to have spanned four states and involved girls as young...

“Even if You Win, You Stay Locked Up”: How ICE Uses Appeals to Keep Immigrants in Detention 1 October 2021 Sara Mendez-Morales had lost almost all hope. It was a cold stretch in early February, and she had spent nearly six months in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

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...

The DHS Agent Who Tried To Kill Kevin Byrd Can't Be Sued—Because He Works for the Federal Government 22 September 2021 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent Ray Lamb was not acting in his professional capacity when he approached Kevin Byrd in the parking lot of a Texas bar and allegedly...

Police auditor sees its caseload swell as Palo Alto calls for more oversight: OIR Group promises more substantive, regular reports as city increases scope over Police Department 14 September 2021 For more than a decade, Palo Alto police auditor Michael Gennaco has probed every incident that...