A resident sued the City of La Mesa, Calif., claiming its use of public tax money to buy less-than-lethal weapons and deploy them against peaceful protesters in public places is unconstitutional, in San Diego Superior Court.
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Body camera video shows Antonio Arnelo Smith handing his driver’s license to a black police officer and answering questions cooperatively before a white officer walks up behind him, wraps him in a bear hug and slams him face-first to the ground.
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A judge in Virginia’s capital denied a request for an injunction blocking the use of tear gas and enforcement of a controversial riot law against protesters in a case brought by ACLU.
Read moreBills to ban police use of chokeholds and tear gas, create a state database of officer misconduct, require cops to stop the misconduct of other officers and report it, and a new task force to recommend further legislation all headed to the governor’s desk Friday.
Read more“Who brings flash bombs to a fucking sleepover?” shouted protesters, according to local student journalists, as Richmond police hurled crowd dispersal tools, including tear gas into the Virginia Student Power Network’s late night teach-in in the street in front of Richmond’s city hall.
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The Minneapolis City Council took an early step toward its promised reimagining of the city’s police department Friday morning, voting unanimously in favor of a proposal to change the city charter.
Read moreBlack Lives Matter 5280 et al. sued the City and County of Denver in federal court, claiming its police forces used unconstitutional violence against peaceful protesters from May 28 through June 2, including tear gas, pepper spray, grenades and stunning devices.
Read moreSpurred by mass protests demanding an end to racism and police violence in Los Angeles County, officials from the third-largest transportation agency in the nation voted Thursday to probe transit police’s use of force standards and pursue alternatives to armed officers patrolling buses, trains and platforms.
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An Oregon police officer lost his job and then returned to work after fatally shooting an unarmed black man in the back. A Florida sergeant was let go six times for using excessive force and stealing from suspects, while a Texas lieutenant was terminated five times after being accused of striking two women, making threatening calls and committing other infractions.
Read moreA woman sued La Mesa, Calif., and its police department in San Diego County Court for, among other things, the name of the police officer who shot her between the eyes with a beanbag on May 31, blinding her in one eye and fracturing her face.
Read moreA federal court in Texas ruled in favor of a police officer sued for First Amendment retaliation and excessive force by a Second Amendment activist who was arrested while filming another officer’s encounter with a fellow activist. The woman failed to follow the arresting officer’s commands.
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Just two female black judges sit on the bench in the U.S. District Court for the District
Read moreA federal class action accuses the Sacramento Police Department of unconstitutionally injuring peaceful civil rights demonstrators on the night of May 30-31 with gas canisters and rubber bullets.
Read morePlainclothes police officers who approached a black man with their weapons drawn and tased, pepper sprayed and arrested him — without probable cause — are not entitled to qualified immunity on excessive force claims, the Sixth Circuit ruled. The man initially thought he was about to be robbed.
Read moreWeighing a law that would alter police conduct and accountability to the public they are sworn to protect — in particular African Americans disproportionately impacted by police brutality — House lawmakers found themselves sharply at odds Wednesday over how to solve a long-running crisis of civil and human rights.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that seeks to incentivize police reforms on use-of-force policies and other issues.
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The Supreme Court opted not to hear a case on qualified immunity Monday, drawing sharp criticism from Justice Clarence Thomas, who holds strong doubts about shielding police from civil lawsuits over the use of excessive force.
Read moreA federal court in California denied the City of Tehachapi’s motion for summary judgment in an excessive force case brought by a man who was shot twice in the back during a foot pursuit by police officers. There is a triable issue of fact as to whether the officers had a “reasonable belief” the man was armed at the time of the shooting.
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Two injured protesters sued Dallas police Thursday, demanding they stop using less-lethal ammunition and tear gas on police brutality protesters just hours before President Donald Trump’s visit to the city for a private fundraiser.
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Cable channel A&E canceled police docuseries “Live PD” late Wednesday, a day after it admitted video of the arrest and death of an unarmed black motorist was destroyed and two weeks after George Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests against police brutality.
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