Police
Judge Likens Convicted LA Sheriff’s Deputy’s Defense to ‘Nuremberg’
An attorney for a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who was found guilty of obstructing a federal investigation argued on Friday that her superior is to blame for her imprisonment and job loss.
Read moreReport: LA Takes in Billions of Bail Money From Minorities, Poor
Over 65,000 people were arrested and booked by the Los Angeles Police Department in 2017 and were levied over $3.6 billion in bail money, according to a study released Tuesday.
Read morePolice Examining Private Investigator in Greitens Sex Scandal
The St. Louis Police Department announced Tuesday that it will launch an investigation into perjury allegations against the private investigator hired by the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office in the ill-fated invasion of privacy case against Gov. Eric Greitens.
Read moreNinth Circuit to Decide on Warrantless Police Shooting Case
A three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit said Monday that two homeless residents shot by police officers who entered their shack should have protections against warrantless searches and questioned whether probable cause was properly established in the lead up to the confrontation.
Read moreReality Star Framed for Murder Awarded $4.5M in Legal Fees
A former reality TV show contestant framed for a 2007 murder by two former San Francisco police officers will get $4.5 million in attorneys’ fees, on top of $10 million awarded by a federal jury last month.
Read moreMom Blames Police for Son’s Suicide in Squad Car
An Ohio mother claims in a wrongful death lawsuit that Akron police officers could have prevented her son’s suicide if they had searched him before he fatally shot himself while handcuffed in the back of a squad car.
Read more4 Troopers Hurt, Suspect Dead in Oklahoma Shootout
Four Oklahoma troopers were struck by gunfire or shrapnel while serving a warrant early Friday at a man’s home that may have been booby-trapped to spark a large fire, authorities said.
Read moreNYPD Rape
NYPD officer Raul Olmeda’s indictment accuses him of raping an underage teenager, but a civil complaint filed Wednesday against the Bronx cop identifies the victim as a 6-year-old.
Read moreCivil Rights Groups Say District of Columbia Is Not Tracking Police Data
WASHINGTON (CN) – Three civil rights groups claim the District of Columbia has skipped out on collecting information about police
Read moreProsecutor Ducks Suit From Freddie Gray’s Arresting Officers
The Baltimore state’s attorney who blamed police for the death of Freddie Gray has immunity from five officers’ civil claims, the Fourth Circuit ruled Monday in a resounding vindication of prosecutorial authority.
Read moreActivists Call For an End to LA’s Predictive Policing Program
A coalition of privacy protection advocates on Tuesday demanded that two Los Angeles Police Department crime predicting programs be dismantled, claiming they disproportionately target those who are low-income or people of color and that they collect data on individuals without consent.
Read moreSue the Sheriff
A former officer Los Angeles County sheriff’s officer who says he was one of the few officers willing to testify in the corruption probe that led to the convictions of Sheriff Lee Baca, Undersheriff Paul Tanaka and others claims in a federal complaint that he was “repaid for his acts of courage by shunning, humiliation and ultimately the termination of his career.”
Read moreLA Will Pay $1.9M Settlement for Woman Killed by Police
The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a woman who police officers fatally shot while she was suffering a mental health episode.
Read moreStop & Frisk
Milwaukee reportedly approved a $1.9 million payment Monday to settle a class action brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin claiming city police used abusive stop-and-frisk tactics motivated by race and ethnicity.
Read moreCalifornia Police Beating Ducks Attention With Settlement Just Shy of $1 Million
Giving up on an extended legal battle, the state of California has agreed to pay a mentally disabled man who was severely beaten by California Highway Patrol officers following a high-speed pursuit nearly $1 million.
Read morePolice Killing of Dogs Goes Before Sixth Circuit
A pair of squatters whose three dogs were shot and killed by Detroit police during the execution of a search warrant argued Wednesday in the Sixth Circuit over a federal judge’s decision to dismiss their case against the city and several of its officers.
Read moreLA Rescinds Boycott Over Arizona Immigration Law
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to overturn a policy barring city officials from traveling to Arizona due to its passage of a controversial immigration law that has since been mostly struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreDrunken Police
Los Angeles police officer Edgar Verduzco faces murder and manslaughter charges for causing a collision last September that killed three people, while he was off-duty, driving drunk and speeding.
Read moreMom Says Ohio School Allowed Fake Cop to Assault Son
An Ohio mother claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that officials in the Akron school district allowed a man impersonating a police officer to handcuff and threaten to stun her child under the guise of a fake “scared straight” program purportedly aimed at deterring kids from committing crimes.
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