Seven St. Louis Corrections Officers Fired For Beating Inmate
Seven St. Louis corrections officers were fired following a more than year-long investigation probing their beating of a former inmate....
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Police Killings Numbers Are Scarce or Inaccurate
Each year police kill a certain number of civilians. And every year the FBI puts out the Supplemental Homicide Report that’s...
Leaked Dashcam Video Shows Cops Lied About Shooting, DA Left Evidence Out
In the predawn hours of January 24, 2013, a police officer in Fayetteville, North Carolina, shot and killed a 22-year-old resident...
It’s Time to Talk About the Black Police Officers Who Killed Freddie Gray
Caesar Goodson. Alicia White. William Porter. These are three of the Baltimore City police officers facing criminal charges in the...
How Police Abuse is a Serious Threat to The Rule of Law
Far too often, police officers in many European countries resort to excessive use of force against protesters, mistreat persons in...
How an Epidemic of Police Abuse is Actually Going Unpunished
A woman faces a line of Baltimore police officers in riot gear during protests following the funeral of Freddie Gray...
Video: Deputies Fired at Homeowner Almost Instantly, Did Not Give Him Chance to Drop Gun
Bryant Heyward had about two seconds to drop the 40-caliber handgun in his hands before a Charleston County Sheriff’s deputy...
Canadian City Outlaws Insulting Cops Online
Insulting a police officer or municipal official on the internet has been made illegal in the town of Granby, Que., after...
117 Countries Grill U.S. Lawyers Over Police Brutality; U.S Responds, ‘We Are Proud of Our Human Rights Record’
The United States has mounted a vigorous defense of Washington’s pursuit of justice for all its citizens at a United...
Why a ‘Combative’ 5-Year-Old Was Shackled And Cuffed by NYPD
Troughout the cascade of horror stories of cops killing people with uncaring glee or cold calculation, it is clear a...
Police Abuse Costing Taxpayers Big Money
When African Americans are faced with police misconduct, they are often told to seek justice in the courts, but that...
Rand Paul Re-Assures Evangelicals That he Will Not End The War on Drugs
FAIRFAX, VA – OCTOBER 28: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul listens speaks at a “Get out the Vote” rally for Virginia...
Man Successfully Sues San Diego After Sheriff’s Department Censors Facebook Posts
Sheriff Bill Gore is trying to overcome a reputation of being an outsider as he seeks reelection. Dimitrios Karras filed...
Lima, Ohio Police Department Deletes Facebook Comments After They Lose Trial
by Virgil Vaduva UPDATE 15:52: It appears that the Lima Police Department chose to take down their Facebook page completely...
Beating Unlawful Search Attempt in 7 Seconds or Less
We have no idea who this is or why this happened, but the speed at which these NYPD cops were...
Idaho Man Tags Police in Facebook Post Complaining, Gets Charged With Felony
An encounter that started with a Meridian police officer talking to a man about lingering in a crosswalk has become...
Baltimore Cops Assault, Detain Journalist Then Falsify Charges
The First Amendment was cast aside on Saturday night in Baltimore, as credentialed journalist Ford Fischer of News2Share was abducted...
Sick: Ohio Cop Indicted For Raping Disabled Woman
A Clermont County grand jury indicted a Village of Bethel, Ohio police officer on rape charges Thursday. Brandon Brenes, 25,...
New Report Cites Years of Police Abuse Against Baltimore Citizens
In Baltimore, where 25-year-old Freddie Gray died shortly after being taken into police custody, an investigation may uncover homicidal misconduct...
The Supreme Court is Not Sure if Jail Guards Should or Should Not Torture Innocent Inmates
In the eyes of the law, Michael Kingsley was an innocent man. Although he had been arrested in April of...
