police accountability
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Former Cop Convicted of Statutory Rape After Impregnating 13-Year-Old, Tried to Contact Victim From Prison
A former North Carolina police officer who is serving time behind bars for statutory rape after impregnating a young teen is now adding insult to injury and has attempted to contact his victim, violating the restrictions set up by his plea agreement, authorities say. According to the Gaston Gazette, James “Paul” Blair, 52, who is…
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Horrific Video Showing Arizona Cop’s ‘Execution’-Style Shooting of Texas Dad Daniel Shaver Released After Officer’s Acquittal
There’s nothing worse than when someone takes you for an idiot. It’s probably 1,000 times more so when there is video evidence of something and they (in this case the criminal-justice system) still take the piss. But apparently those involved in the trial of Arizona Police Officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford don’t give a damn. Brailsford…
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Family Still Searching for Answers 1 Year After Young Father Suffers Severe Brain Injuries in Chicago Jail
The family of 23-year-old Tyler Lumar is still searching for some sort of closure, one year after the young father suffered severe brain damage after he was found hanging from his own shirt inside a Chicago jail. As the Chicago Tribune reports, Lumar is currently in need of constant medical care and can no longer…
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Arizona Police Chief Loses Gun in Library, Takes 4 Days to Realize It’s Missing
Really, the punch line just writes itself. Except this isn’t a joke. An Arizona police chief really did up and forget his service weapon in a library bathroom stall and didn’t even realize it was missing until four days later. And now he wants the public’s help finding it. According to the Arizona Republic, the…
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Georgia Cop Viciously Beat Teen, Causing Him to Suffer Concussion, Mom Says
A Georgia mother is finally speaking out, months after her teenage son was brutally beaten by an Atlanta police officer following a high-speed chase. The original incident occurred back in September 2016, but the officer wasn’t fired until July 26 of this year, and now Zabora Brown is demanding action, WSB-TV reports. “Something needs to…
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Charges Dropped Against Black Man Shot by Texas Cops Who Thought He Was Breaking Into His Own Damn Car
Charges have been dropped against a black man who was shot by Mesquite, Texas, cops who wrongly assumed he was breaking into a vehicle. Actually, as the Dallas Morning News notes, 31-year-old Lyndo Jones was just trying to access his own vehicle when he was shot by the officers. Jones was wrongly charged with evading…
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White Man Allegedly Stabbed Florida Officers Trying to Arrest Him, and Somehow Managed to Be Apprehended Alive
A white Clearwater, Fla., man is safely in police custody after allegedly stabbing three police officers who attempted to arrest him during a domestic violence dispute. Justin Shuford, the suspect, was apparently not shot or beaten up during the incident, and was happily carted down to the police station to take his smug-looking mug shot.…
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Utah Nurse Arrested by Police for Doing Her Job Reaches $500,000 Settlement
A nurse who was arrested after refusing to let a Salt Lake City cop draw blood from an unconscious patient has agreed to a $500,000 settlement. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Alex Wubbels reached the agreement with Salt Lake City and the University of Utah (Wubbels was working at the University of Utah Hospital…
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Woman Says NYPD Held Her Hostage in Her Own Apartment for 10 Hours
A Brooklyn, N.Y., woman says that officers with the New York City Police Department held her hostage in her apartment for 10 hours while they conducted an investigation of her adult children. Rolinda Walls, 54, is a resident of the Van Dyke Houses in the Brownsville section of the city’s Brooklyn borough. She told the…
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NJ Man Suffers Fractured Jaw, Broken Nose, Multiple Other Injuries After Being Brutally Beaten by Cops, Lawyer Says
A Trenton, N.J., man says he was viciously beaten by local police, suffering multiple injuries, after he was pulled over for allegedly running a red light. Let me repeat that. A 40-year-old man says he was tackled, punched and kicked by two city police officers, leaving him with a concussion, several broken or fractured bones,…