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DC Metro Transit Police reportedly  opened an internal investigation into an officer’s use of force during an arrest at the U Street Metro station. A video of the incident has sparked outrage on social media, as it shows a Metro Transit Police officer using a taser on an unarmed Black man who allegedly interfered in […]

A Smithville, Ohio, school resource officer was put on unpaid leave after allegedly using her taser to wake up a student who was sleeping during class reports News 5 Cleveland. The incident happened on Aug. 30 at Liberty Preparatory School. The male student, who is a junior, wouldn’t wake up for the teacher or Interim Principal […]

The police are denying tasing while the man is holding the baby -- even though it's on video.

  A video that has gone viral on Facebook appears to show a Westland Police Officer tasing a man as he is holding his two-month-old baby. ABC reports that the incident happened on August 17 just outside of Detroit while neighbors were having a BBQ. Police arrived after someone called to report a fight, neighbor […]

We're pretty sure there was a better way to get the same result.

Police were called to a Phoenix, Arizona home after receiving a call that a woman allegedly tased her 17-year-old son on Easter morning. Sharron Dobbins, 40, tased her son on his leg to get him up for church according to court documents reported by Fox 10 News. Dobbins claims otherwise saying she only “sparked” the taser to get his attention. […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas police sergeant has been fired for ordering a rookie officer to use a stun gun on a woman who had called for help during a domestic dispute. Fort Worth police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said in an emailed statement that he fired Sgt. Kenneth Pierce on Monday, saying the […]

Authorities say they were called to a local Taco Bell in Madison, Wisconsin, where they allegedly found Genele Laird yielding a knife.

Authorities say they were called to a local Taco Bell in Madison, Wisconsin, where they allegedly found Genele Laird yielding a knife.

Video of Linwood Lambert, the man who died in police custody during a medical trip to the ER, has finally been released in an exclusive report by MSNBC.

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.

A Virginia police officer is now under review after using a Taser on a suspect who appeared to be compliant.