Arrests Made in California on Day of Protesting Police Brutality
About 50 protesters took to the streets in Monterey, California on Saturday as part of a growing national movement aimed...
Year: 2015
After Bragging About Transparency, Baltimore Cops Refuse to Provide Reports on Incidents
In June 2014, Baltimore police held a news conference to demonstrate their commitment to transparency amid growing distrust after a...
US Government Stole $67 Million From Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom
The US government has won a civil forfeiture case against Megaupload founder, Kim Dotcom after he was barred from contesting the...
Sex, Bribes and Drugs Are The Norm in Dayton, OH Prison
Three Dayton Correctional Institution employees have been fired since January for inappropriate relationships with inmates, including the man whose job...
Man Freed After 19 Years For Murder Sues Baltimore Police
Aman whose murder conviction was thrown out after another man confessed has sued Baltimore police, saying the nearly two decades...
Colorado Bill Would Impose Penalty On Police Interfering With Citizen Recording
In contrast to Texas legislation introduced by state representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) that would penalize a citizen for filming police activity...
Arizona Legislature Passes Bill to Keep Cops’ Names Secret After They Shoot Civilians
On Tuesday the Arizona Legislature passed a bill that would forbid any state agency from releasing the name of police...
Annapolis Cops, Dispatcher Stalked And Harassed Employee Opposing Police Brutality
The Annapolis Police Department says it is conducting an internal investigation after a city dispatcher accessed a law enforcement database...
Inmate E-mailed Prison With Instructions to Release Him
A convicted fraudster used an “ingenious” escape plot to trick prison officers into letting him go free, a court has...
Fresno Leaders ‘SHOCKED’ After Drug Arrest of Deputy Chief
As the highest-ranking black law enforcement officer in Fresno, Deputy Chief Keith Foster was seen as a pillar of the...
Former FBI Agent: ‘Cops Shoot a Lot More People Than You Think’
A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with murder in the death of a man who sped away after the...
Ferguson Lawsuit Forces Cops to Tell Protesters Before Using Tear Gas
Three Missouri police agencies have agreed to limit their use of tear gas as part of a settlement in a...
Draconian Laws Sending Spain Back to the Dark Ages
Yesterday three laws widely criticized by the opposition and human rights groups were approved in Spanish Congress. The Penal Code,...
Bitcoin Will Make Civil Asset Forfeiture a Sad Joke
The Washington DC-based organization Cato recently announced some “good news:” that civil asset forfeiture – that is, state seizure of...
Woman Rethinks Career After Being Shot by Cops
A Humber College police foundations student is re-evaluating her planned career after she was shot last weekend — by police....
The Cops Are Useless in The Face of Tragedy
Tragedy rocked Oakland, California, on March 9 when Chyemil Pierce, a 30-year-old mother of three, was killed by a stray...
Man Beaten By Police In Michigan Says Cop Planted Drugs
The black man who was pulled over, beaten, punched and shot with a Taser by police officers in Inkster, Michigan,...
Man Beaten by Hollywood Cops For Looking Homeless Wins $240,000 Settlement
Paul Gozaloff says he was only trying to check on a pal he thought had been stopped by police. Yet within...
Arizona Republicans Are Trying to Pass a Bill to Decrease Police Brutality Transparency
What starts as a routine traffic stop turns into an argument. Tempers flare, handcuffs come out and soon, the suspect...
Police Brutality And Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Cleveland Police
A civil rights lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the City of Cleveland and several police officers, alleging that Cleveland police...
