The video, which shows the unidentified officer slapping the teenager twice -- loud enough to hear the impact -- before kicking he or she as they walk down the stairs, has prompted the suspension of both officers involved in the incident.
A North Carolina cop shot and killed a young black man wanted on felony drug charges during a foot chase Monday. ABC13.com reports: Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck Brown told reporters Monday afternoon that a gun was found near the man. Brown promised a thorough investigation which will “follow the available facts and evidence wherever they […]
The issue of police brutality will be addressed this month on an episode of “Black-ish.” The Feb. 24 episode, titled “Hope,” will focus on a fictional incident of police brutality that Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) and Andre “Dre” Johnson (Anthony Anderson) discuss with the entire family, reports Variety. Each family member has a different reaction […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man in a dark public housing stairwell says what happened was a deadly accident. Prosecutors call it manslaughter and say he acted recklessly and then did little to help the dying man. Jurors will start discussing their views of Officer Peter Liang’s actions […]
ATLANTA (AP) — After a naked, mentally ill black veteran was shot dead by a white police officer last March in an Atlanta suburb, the officer was allowed a privilege ordinary citizens don’t get, and even police officers don’t get anywhere except in Georgia: He sat in on the grand jury session considering the shooting […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on two NYPD officers shot and wounded while patrolling stairwell of a public housing project (all times local): 12:21 One of the officers shot while patrolling a New York public housing complex will be released from the hospital. Officer Patrick Espeut was struck in the cheek. Authorities say he […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of an unarmed black teenager killed by a white police officer four years ago Tuesday have written a letter to the mayor and his wife saying the city has waited too long to fire the officer. Ramarley Graham was 18 when he was shot once in the bathroom of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are reporting a dramatic spike in the number of homicides and shootings in the city’s bloodiest January for at least 16 years. It’s another blow to a department that has struggled to regain public trust following the damning release of a video showing a white officer fatally shooting a black […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a police officer after he used a stun gun on a City Council member while arresting him in a small, predominantly black Texas college town, authorities said Monday. Prairie View officer Michael Kelley was indicted Friday for official oppression, a misdemeanor, said E. Rivera, chief investigator for […]
DENVER (AP) — The death of a 112-pound jail inmate who choked on his own vomit and suffocated after Denver sheriff’s deputies restrained him during a psychotic episode is drawing new attention to the way he was subdued: face-down on his stomach with five deputies holding him to the floor. Experts warn the common but […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Even prosecutors agree that rookie New York police officer Peter Liang didn’t mean to shoot and kill Akai Gurley in a pitch black stairwell in 2014. But Liang will go on trial this week for manslaughter anyway in a prosecution that stands in contrast to other cases around the country in […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police say a domestic violence suspect who was arrested “without incident” complained of chest pain while in custody, went into cardiac arrest and died. Police said in a statement Thursday that officers responded just before 9 p.m. to a domestic violence call after a teenager reported a man attacked her and […]
