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Panel Recommends Array of Changes at Texas Jail Where Sandra Bland Died
The Waller County, Texas, jail where Sandra Bland died in July is in serious need of an upgrade, according to a report issued Tuesday by a panel put together after Bland’s death, the Associated Press reports. The panel noted that the jail needs a new building, more expertise is needed among staffers in identifying mental-health…
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Mich. Family Wants Answers After Woman Dies Following Dental Visit [Updated]
This original post has been removed because the original source of the reporting has retracted the story.
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San Antonio School District Launches Investigation After Viral Video Shows School Cop Body-Slamming 12-Year-Old Girl
The San Antonio Independent School District has launched an investigation after viral video surfaced showing a school police officer tossing a 12-year-old to the ground, Fox San Antonio reports. In the incident, which took place March 29 at Rhodes Middle School, the sixth-grader, identified as Janissa Valdez, was picked up and slammed to the ground…
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DC Launches New Search for Relisha Rudd, Who Disappeared More Than 2 Years Ago With Janitor
Police in Washington, D.C., are continuing the search for Relisha Rudd, the young girl who disappeared more than two years ago with the janitor of a District homeless shelter, the Washington Post reports. The new search will be carried out on the grounds of the National Arboretum in Northeast D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy…
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Abdul Majid, Convicted of Killing NYPD Officer, Dies in Hospital After Transfer From Prison
Abdul Majid, convicted in the 1981 shooting of two New York City police officers that left one dead, died in a hospital over the weekend, officials confirmed Monday, the New York Daily News reports. A spokesperson for the Onondaga County, N.Y., Medical Examiner’s Office said that Majid, 65, died of natural causes—namely, acute cholecystitis, an inflammation…
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Prosecutors Seek to Compel 2nd Officer to Testify Against Colleague in Freddie Gray Case
Maryland prosecutors are hoping to compel a second officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray to testify against a colleague, according to a court filing made available Monday, Reuters reports. In the motion, filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court, prosecutors are asking a judge to make Police Officer Garrett Miller testify at the trial of…
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Watch: ‘I Ain’t Resisting, Bro!’ Police Body-Cam Video Captures Controversial Loud-Music Arrest
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article quoted Tony Hollis and identified him as president of the Mississippi County chapter of the NAACP. Since the story was first reported, WREG has posted an update indicating that “Tony Hollis told WREG he was the president of the Mississippi County Chapter of the NAACP. The chapter…
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Police in Idaho Accused of Assaulting 12-Year-Old Boy Who Was Reported Missing
A mom is accusing police in her town of Idaho Falls, Idaho, of assaulting her 12-year-old son after she called them to inform them that the child—who had been reported missing—had been found, KIDK reports. Amy Olzak’s attorney sent a tort claim to the Idaho Falls Police Department last week, claiming that an officer used…
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9 Rikers Island Guards to Go on Trial for Brutal Beating of Inmate
Nine correctional officers at Rikers Island were set to go on trial Wednesday for the horrific beating of an inmate and the cover-up that followed at the controversy-plagued jail complex in New York City, Reuters reports. Prosecutors have accused 10 guards in the July 2012 attack that left Jahmal Lightfoot with two fractured eye sockets…
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