NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementFormer Officer Responsible for the Death of Eric Garner Files Lawsuit to Get His Job BackRefusing to accept his punishment for his failure to properly protect and serve his community, disgraced former NYPD…ByJay ConnorPublishedOctober 24, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityWatch: School Resource Officer Resigns After Brutal Attack on 11-Year-Old GirlA New Mexico school resource officer has resigned after his body camera recorded him slamming a sixth-grade girl to…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 23, 2019
NewsNewsYou Can Now Use Google Maps to Find Out Where Cops Are Hiding and Police Don’t Like It One BitLaw enforcement is “concerned” that citizens may try to abide by the law after the team at Google Maps announced the…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 21, 2019
NewsNewsPolice Chief Says It’s Perfectly Fine an Officer Was Part of a Hate Group Because the Cop Already Retired From RacismWhat would happen if a police chief found out one of his officers was a part of a white nationalist organization…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 16, 2019
NewsOpinionOpinionNewsOpinionOpinionIf You Love Me, Do Not Call the PoliceI do not want to die.ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 14, 2019
NewsNews'Like a Prisoner in My Own Home': Black Family Says They Were Arrested for 'Loitering' in Their Own Front Yard [Corrected]The definition of loitering, as it relates to criminal offense, generally runs along the lines of this: to hang…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 11, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityWhere Are the Good Cops?I want to believe there is a God.ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 11, 2019
NewsNewsBaltimore’s Top Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby Moves to Throw Out Nearly 800 Cases Involving Tainted CopsIn the wake of a massive police scandal, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby is asking the courts to toss out…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 10, 2019
NewsNewsWhite City Council in Majority Black City Quietly Moves Only Voting Location to Police StationThe rapidly gentrifying Atlanta suburb known for banning sagging pants has outraged black residents while likely…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 8, 2019
NewsNewsBlack Police Officer Says He Was Forced to Resign, Told He Was a 'Disgrace' to Uniform After Wearing an Afro WigA Georgia police officer is calling out Dekalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann after being forced to resign just three…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 7, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsMississippi Police Shot a Bullet Into the Back of His Head. A City Attorney Is Arguing It Doesn’t Matter Since He’s Not a CitizenMississippi police should have never been at Ismael Lopez’s door. But in executing a warrant for a man wanted for…ByAnne BraniginPublishedSeptember 30, 2019
NewsNewsFlorida Cop Who Arrested 2 Elementary Kids Fired; Was Previously Charged With Child AbuseOrlando Police have fired Officer Dennis Turner for violating department policy when he arrested two six-year-old…ByAnne BraniginPublishedSeptember 24, 2019
NewsNews'Black Nonsense': Pennsylvania State Police Says Its Officers Did Not Racially Profile Black DriverPennsylvania State Police, investigating one of their own for allegations of racial bias, have (surprise!) cleared…ByAnne BraniginPublishedSeptember 23, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementNo Charges Filed Against Police Officer Who Killed 11-Year-Old Riding a Bike: 'Justice Was Not Served'In what has become an all too familiar outcome, another officer of the law will go unpunished for his role in taking…ByJay ConnorPublishedSeptember 17, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityUse of Force Investigation Underway After Black Man Tased, Choked by Police: ‘It Was Police Brutality’In 2014, the world watched in horror as 43-year-old Eric Garner lost his life to an illegal chokehold used by NYPD…ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 30, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementU.S. Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Accusing Baltimore County Police Department of Racial Discrimination in Its Hiring PracticesSomething is amiss in the Baltimore County Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on…ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 28, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityThank God for the Nanny-Cam: Illinois Family Sues Police for Raiding Home, Snatching Up TeenTeenagers are going to do what teenagers do, but thank goodness for home surveillance systems.ByKaru F. DanielsPublishedAugust 25, 2019
NewsNews‘Jawn Wick’ Was a Snitch: Accused Philly Cop Shooter Said to Have Been an Informant for the FedsThe man charged with shooting six Philadelphia cops during an eight-hour standoff with police as they tried to serve…ByDara SharifPublishedAugust 22, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementPhiladelphia Police Commissioner Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment, Discrimination AllegationsWith the integrity of the Philadelphia police department crippled by allegations of sexual harassment and…ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 21, 2019
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementPhoenix Police Now Required to Self-Report Every Time They Point a Gun at Someone: ‘That’s a Traumatic Event’Phoenix is well known for its oppressive heat and obnoxious Republicans. But with police misconduct rapidly working…ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 21, 2019