Salinas, Calif. – A brutal attack on a mentally ill man by Salinas police was caught on cell phone video Friday. The graphic video shows officers relentlessly beating a man with batons as he lay on the ground.
Police claim Jose Velasco, 28, was attempting to shove his mother into oncoming traffic. However, a woman claiming to be Velasco's ... (more)
Dajerria Becton, the 15-year-old girl seen being thrown to the ground by a McKinney Police officer in a controversial incident says the officer should be fired and receive other punishment.
An off-duty cop in Jacksonville, FL shot and killed his neighbor’s dog on Friday after the dog entered his yard through a three-foot-wide hole in his fence. Sergeant C. Bradley Shivers shot the dog because he claimed it wouldn’t “back down” after he tried to scare it off with a rake.
Wrongful imprisonment happens for any number of reasons, but the first thing law enforcement agencies can do to lower the likelihood of this happening is to make sure they're arresting the right person.
The Clay County (FL) Sheriff's Office issued a notice to appear to a man who was witnessed shoplifting $200 worth of cologne f
A young man who spent three years in Rikers Island prison without trial--almost two of them in solitary confinement--after being arrested at age 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack, committed suicide Saturday at age 22.
Kalief Browder's case, brought to light by New Yorker journalist Jennifer Gonnerman in an October 2014 profile, helped raise awareness about New York City's dysfunctional crimin... (more)
The National Security Agency (NSA) is taking steps to turn its massive collection of Americans' phone records back on.
After President Obama signed legislation last week to end the controversial program, the Justice Department submitted a legal memorandum to the secretive federal court justifying authorization for the NSA collection for another six months, as the new l... (more)
Addison, Tx – An Addison police officer used extreme force when he smashed a man’s window during a routine traffic stop.
Scott Richardson recorded the cop, who pulled him over for speeding in early May. He refused to show his driver’s license, citing a court decision that ruled that speeding in and of itself is not a criminal ... (more)
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are investigating a confrontation on Sixth Street between police and what appears to be a crowd of people watching a person being arrested. The video, going viral on YouTube, shows some people in the crowd
First, it was the "Dirty Thirty," a line of four towns along a 30-mile stretch of Interstate 45 south of Dallas that issue a high volume of traffic tickets.
Now, welcome to the "Texas Triangle" – a group of small towns in Falls and Robertson counties southeast of Waco that are also in the ticket game, ac
McKINNEY — A police call about unwelcome teenagers at a community pool thrust this affluent suburb into the national spotlight on race and police relati
“In any civilized nation … this is the act of paramilitary thugs,” Leo Lech told the chief of the Greenwood Village Police Department.
Leo Lech purchased this Greenwood Village, CO home for his son, only for it to be left completely destroyed and uninhabitable by local police who used chemical agents, flash-bang grenades, and a breaching ram to catch a man suspected of shoplifting who ran inside the home.
A Los Angeles police officer accessed of kicking and striking a handcuffed woman who later died, was convicted by a jury of felony assault Friday.
Officer Mary O’Callaghan had pleaded not guilty to assault under color of authority in the 2012 arrest of 35-year-old Alesia Thomas, but after two days of deliberation by jurors, a guilty verdict was reached.
Officers had went to arrest Thomas at her home after she left her two children outside a police station. ... (more)
The last "British" prisoner in Guantanamo has described horrific torture at the hands of US interrogators who allegedly told him they would rape his five-year-old daughter.
Shaker Aamer, 48, has been held in the notorious jail for 13 years without charge after being imprisoned in Afghanistan on suspicion of working with al-Qaeda.
He was born in Saudi Arabia but gained British residency while living in the UK with his wife and four children, who he has not seen for 1... (more)
It's a trend of late to videotape yourself "busting" someone for "stealing valor" because they're dressing in a military uniform despite not actually having been in the military. In this latest case out of Pennsylvania, a police officer joining in on the fad accused an elderly 75-year-old man of being a fraud and publicly humiliated him in front of a crowd at a Memorial Day arts festival. There's just one problem, the man... (more)
Some police officers see their "thin blue line" immunity from traffic tickets as a perk that comes with the job. It is not uncommon to see squad cars momentarily turn on their flashing lights to speed through a red light, only to have the lights turned off once they make it to the other side. On February 10, 2013, Albuquerque Police Sergeant Adam Casaus did not make it to the other side.
On Tuesday, the Tenth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that Casaus will not enjoy any immunit... (more)
A small town in Texas known as a “speed trap” doesn’t have a prosecutor and relies on motorists to pay their tickets without challenging them in court, the city’s former judge admitted. The former judge of Calvert, Texas, David Viscarde, said that small towns write so many tickets not only for the revenue but also because they know the vast majority of drivers who simply pay up have no idea that the towns are incapable of trying the cases.
Over the past weekend a man in Maui, Hawaii went on a wild creeper spree, exposing himself and masturbating aggressively at strangers. From the files of Hawaii News Now:
Multiple sources tell [us] the man accused of exposing himself on Maui over the weekend is a Maui County police officer.The incidents happened near an Upcountry elementary school, a shopping center, and
Deptford, New Jersey -- Wenonah resident John Cokos recently settled a lawsuit against the Gloucester County police department for $35,000. The lawsuit comes after an arrest for drug possession because the officer claimed that his crackers were crack rocks.
According to NJ.com, the incident occurred in November of 2011 when Cokos was stopped by police because they saw him walking down the stre... (more)
Broward County, FL — A deputy was recently exonerated for brutally beating a woman who was jailed for being drunk in public. However, a video has surfaced casting serious doubt on the judge’s decision.
As we previously reported, Audra West is a hairdresser from Texas who was on vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida when she was arrested and assaulted by ... (more)
Los Angeles, California – Police from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office were recently accused of physically and verbally abusing children. The alleged abuse took place at a camp they were operating at Camp San Luis Obispo, a California Army National Guard Military Base.
The children, ages 12 to 16, were participating in a 20-week-long program that aimed to teach discipline and leadership as well as reduce family conflict, according to a news release from Owen's law... (more)
Salt Lake City, UT — On August 11, 2014 Dillon Taylor was gunned down in broad daylight by Officer Bron Cruz.
The confrontation happened because Cruz confused Taylor with a possible criminal in the area.
Taylor, his brother, and his cousin were exiting a 7-Eleven in an area where police were searching for a suspect who had allegedly been waving a gun around. These uninvolved young me... (more)
A lawsuit filed in federal court on May 27 alleges a “lewd and disgusting” Las Vegas police officer pulled down a woman’s pants, photographed her, and then exposed himself.
Sasha Boseke says she called the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on June 1, 2013, after a “domestic incident” with her boyfriend, who assaulted her. The boyfriend was arrested. ... (more)
The video above was posted to Cop Block Central Florida’s Youtube channel and shows Detective Zach Pickett striking a man in the face while reading him his rights. Oh the irony there, right? According to the LiveLeak description:
Senatobia, MS -- Four people were recently asked to leave Senatobia High School's graduation ceremony because they clapped and cheered for their loved ones. However, it did not stop there, the families were later served with warrants demanding that they appear in court to defend themselves against charges of “disturbing the peace.”
One parent, Linda Walker, explained to WREG that, "My 18-year-old daughter, Lanarcia Walker, graduated from Senatobia High," Walke... (more)
