Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Tag: police violence

A police car hit a kid on Halloween 2019. The NYPD...

Civilian investigators found that officers engaged in serious misconduct, including hitting one boy with a car, pointing a gun at another and wrongly arresting three teens. Then the NYPD intervened.

Lawsuit filed after Texas cop hit unarmed man with patrol vehicle

A federal lawsuit was filed Monday after police dash cam video recorded a Texas police officer striking an unarmed suspect with his...

Former jail officer pleads guilty to using excessive force

Accused of assaulting an inmate and fracturing his rib, a former sergeant with the Grady County Jail, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty...

3 Florida cops charged with battery in separate incidents

Florida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced Wednesday that three cops from three different police departments are facing battery charges in separate...

Independent review released after police fracture elderly woman’s arm

According to the assessment, staffing shortages at the police department are leading to fatigue and frustration, while the quality of law enforcement has declined due to policies pushing officers to increase the number of arrests and citations.

All 3 men receive life sentences for murdering Ahmaud Arbery

Next month, all three men face a second trial on federal hate crime charges.

North Carolina police officer fatally shot teen son in the head

But the unidentified Jacksonville police officer remains under investigation due to the fact that he claims he mistook the .45 caliber weapon for a toy gun.

Texas deputy fired after shooting teen suspect

The Precinct One Internal Affairs Unit, Houston Police Department, and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office are conducting investigations into the officer-involved shooting. Constable Rosen has not disclosed the name of the fired deputy who shot Hannibal.

He was filming on his phone. Then a deputy attacked him...

Police can arrest people for “cover charges,” like resisting arrest, to justify their use of excessive force and shield themselves from liability. In Jefferson Parish, 73% of the time someone is arrested on a “cover charge” alone, they’re Black.

Ben Crump: Derek Chauvin’s guilty plea of violating George Floyd’s civil...

“To be held accountable on both levels, on state level and federal level, we believe, sends a very clear message that the deliberate indifference and the denial of constitutional rights of marginalized people of color won’t be tolerated.”

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How Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging a deep and wide ‘uncivil war’

Historians and neuro-scientists show there are well-established psychological patterns that explain how personal fear fosters anger that leads to a need for action to eliminate the fear.

Schumer’s lack of fight is the real problem

Whether you read Chuck Schumer as surrendering or taking an unwise but principled stance, one thing is clear: People now want leaders who fight.

You’re wrong Elon. Social Security’s not the ‘Ponzi Scheme’–The ‘unrealized gains’– taxloophole is…

“At current interest and tax rates, it is far cheaper to borrow against the value of one's shares than to sell them and pay taxes on the gains.”

Israel’s renewed blockade and airstrikes leave Gaza’s children starving as Trump backs Netanyahu’s escalation

Human rights groups warn that these actions constitute grave violations of international law and could amount to war crimes.

Trump halted an agent orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands at risk for...

Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.