Police

A drummer from Florida was fatally shot by a plainclothes officer on Sunday, leaving his family with many questions about his death.

The Georgia Legislature is likely to review a proposal that would end some of the special privileges Georgia police harbor if they shoot and kill someone and the case goes to a grand jury for possible charges.

Students from Tolman High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island were pepper sprayed and arrested by police during a protest that were sparked after an officer body slammed a teenager to the ground earlier this week.

A Black teenager from the D.C. area inspired protests after a recording showed him being brutally detained by police officers for making a White customer at a local bank feel "uncomfortable."

New laws require California police to report the race of people they pull over. Click on the audio player to hear why this new measure is being enforced, and more on this story in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays 3-7 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted felon charged in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Memphis police officer is set to make his first court appearance in the case on Tuesday. The officer — Terence Olridge, 31 — was headed to work when he and a neighbor got into an argument in the normally quiet […]

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A 36-year-old man has been charged with felony possession of a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting of an off-duty Memphis officer, police said Monday. Memphis police spokesman Louis Brownlee said Lorenzo Clark is a neighbor of 31-year-old Terence Olridge, who died Sunday after being shot multiple times at […]

The family of Vachel Howard, who was killed in police custody in 2012, will receive a $3 million pay-out from the city over his death.

NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin in the trial of a professional basketball player charged with resisting arrest and other crimes following a confrontation with police officers outside a trendy Manhattan nightclub in April. The Atlanta Hawks’ Thabo Sefolosha, who suffered a season-ending leg fracture in the struggle, has pleaded not […]

An 18-year-old accused of shoplifting in Indianapolis died in police custody Saturday after twice complaining of breathing problems.

On Sunday afternoon, the wife of Miami Dolphins cornerback Brent Grimes was arrested for disorderly conduct, battery, and resisting arrest.

Stockton, California police are being criticized after a large group of officers were captured tackling a teenager for jaywalking.