I have some new information to share about the Columbia, South Carolina school resource officer caught on tape manhandling a high school girl. CNN learned last night that he is Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Department deputy named Ben Fields. He has been placed on administrative duties and will not return to the high […]

Once again, a video of officer misconduct is going viral. A female student in a high school classroom in Columbia, South Carolina refused to leave the classroom after she reportedly became disorderly. A school security officer was brought in to escort her out of the class. Instead, he threw her out of her chair and […]

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Mourners filed for hours Sunday past the coffin of the man who died after sustaining serious injuries in the custody of Baltimore police, somberly paying respects after a night of violent protests. All afternoon, a steady stream of people entered the funeral home for a wake for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black […]

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Ferguson, Missouri’s police chief says he isn’t going anywhere. Chief Tom Jackson and the town’s mayor are denying a CNN report that the he will step down as early as next week as the town awaits a grand jury decision on whether it will charge police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael […]