Paralyzed Maryland Man Pulled From Car by Police Reflects On Law Enforcement’s Unfamiliarity with the Disabled
A Maryland man who is disabled and unable to walk was pulled out of his car on Sept. 25 by an officer who mistook him for...
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Small Texas Town Axes Police Force After Issuing Over $1 Million In Tickets And Misconduct
A small town in East Texas has terminated its police force after the department issued over $1 million in tickets to its population of 250...
Philadelphia to Pay $9.25 Million to Protesters at George Floyd Demonstration
Philadelphia will pay $9.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by racial justice protesters who accused police of abusing them at a 2020 rally...
Innocent Brooklyn Man Released from Prison After 18 Years, District Attorney States Conviction Was ‘Fundamentally Unfair’
Spending more than 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Sheldon Thomas conviction is vacated....
Report: Investigation at Federal Prisons Unveils Workers are Committing Some of the Crimes
Since 2019, there have been more than 100 federal prison workers who have been arrested, convicted, or sentenced for crimes....
Los Angeles Testing National Cop Registry to Track Police Misconduct
The LEWIS Registry, the first comprehensive national database of police officers who have been terminated or resigned due to misconduct, will be tested in California....
Rehired Officer Goes Back To His Old Ways; Tried To Brutalize Another Black Man
A recently rehired police officer in Iowa is back to brutalizing Black people. Now there is a petition to get him removed again....
Michigan Deputy Fired For Arresting Black Man Collecting Signatures to Start Tenant’s Association
A white police officer that arrested a Black man who was collecting signatures in his neighborhood in Michigan has been fired....
Former Officer Charged in Breonna Taylor Shooting Is Being Sued Over Alleged Sexual Assault
Brett Hankison, the former officer facing criminal charges in the Breonna Taylor shooting, was sued by a woman who alleges that he sexually assaulted her....
Arizona Police Officer Suspended After Holding Black Hotel Employee at Gunpoint While Looking for White Suspect
A police officer in Tempe, Arizona, is under investigation because, while searching for a white suspect, he held a Black hotel employee at gunpoint...