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Big Trouble in Little Rock A Reformist Black Police Chief Faces an Uprising of the Old Guard 18 December 2021 1 - Backlash: On the morning of May 28, 2020, a Black sergeant with the Little Rock, Arkansas, Police Department woke up, turned on the news, and saw the George Floyd video for the...

Watch Nevada Highway Patrol Officers Seize a Veteran's Life Savings Through Asset Forfeiture The officers admit there's nothing illegal about carrying large amounts of cash, then take almost $90,000 from him anyway. 1 December 2021 "I just want to tell you Officer Brown, you're taking money...

After Rittenhouse Verdict, Girl Facing Life for Killing Her Child Sex Trafficker in Self Defense Should Also Be Freed 4 December 2021 Last month, the internet and streets erupted in both anger and joy after a jury of his peers found Kyle Rittenhouse ‘not guilty’ on all charges in Kenosha...

After Judge Suspends Prison Sentence, Ex-Cop Gets House Arrest for Raping Drunk Woman 29 November 2021 Fifteen years: That’s how long a fired police officer could have spent in prison for rape, but a judge suspended most of the sentence and let the defendant serve the rest another way...

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...

The Supreme Court Declines To Determine if You Have a First Amendment Right To Film the Police 1 November 2021 The Supreme Court has just refused to hear a case at the nexus of police abuse and the First Amendment, declining to consider a petition from a man who says his free speech rights...

Man shot by trooper among many with mental illness history 12 November 2021 A man fatally shot by a Virginia state trooper after a police chase and a crash that killed his passenger had been mentally ill for years, according to court records. Brian Michael Price, 45, was judged not guilty by...

After Years of Complaints, the D.C. Jail Has Been Deemed Too Wretched for Some Inmates 3 November 2021 The U.S. Marshals Service announced Tuesday that it was transferring roughly 400 inmates out of the D.C. Jail due to unacceptable living conditions that reportedly included water and food...

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...

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...

Considering how the cops assassinated her son and paid out almost $5,000,000 for it, the kids in Fresno obviously need some protection and self-defense. As he was fleeing, Sgt. Ray Villalvazo shot the teen in the back of the head. Body-camera footage released by Lopez’s lawyers recorded a...

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...

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...

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...

White Riot In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall — and changed New York history. 4 October 2021 At around 11 a.m. on September 16, 1992, Norm Steisel heard a roar from outside his office in City Hall. Peering out the window, he saw thousands of off-duty police...

Two incidents, two lawsuits, same two cops: Unarmed 75-year-old Michael Clark Tasered without warning by Colorado officers Nicholas Hanning & Ellie Summers Officers Nicholas Hanning & Ellie Summers arrested Brady Mistic for not complying with their orders. That’s because he is deaf. Nicholas...

Two incidents, two lawsuits, same two cops: Unarmed 75-year-old Michael Clark Tasered without warning by Colorado officers Nicholas Hanning & Ellie Summers Officers Nicholas Hanning & Ellie Summers arrested Brady Mistic for not complying with their orders. That’s because he is deaf. Nicholas...

FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars 23 September 2021 The vulnerability equities process meets the FBI's natural tendency to find and hoard illegal things until it's done using them. And no one walks away from it unscathed. Welcome to the...