Karle Robinson was finishing the move into his new home in the small Kansas town of Tonganoxie last August, carrying a television into his home from a moving van at 2:30 in the morning. That’s when the police arrived.
Read moreA Fourth Circuit panel seemed unlikely Thursday to overturn a ruling that found Charlottesville and Virginia State Police did not violate a counterprotester’s rights when they issued a stand-down order before violence erupted during the infamous “Unite the Right” rally that saw numerous injuries and one murder.
Read moreA September 2013 police raid on Micah Jessop and Brittan Ashjian, two Fresno businessmen suspected of running an illegal gambling ring, netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and rare coins that were seized as evidence. Their names were cleared, but most of that money mysteriously disappeared – and Jessop and Ashjian never saw their property again.
Read moreA North Carolina Jewish group and rabbi claim in a federal lawsuit that the Durham City Council’s adoption of a policy barring city police from training in Israel spreads anti-Semitism and deepens racial tensions.
Read moreThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a $13.1 million settlement Tuesday to compensate a man who spent more than six years in prison after police framed him for murder.
Read moreWithout explanation, the Illinois Supreme Court denied the Illinois Attorney General’s petition to resentence former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who received just six years prison time for murdering black teen Laquan McDonald.
Read moreA union representing Chicago police officers claims in court that an oversight commission is violating Illinois law by using uncertified personnel to lead investigations into officer-involved shootings.
Read moreA federal lawsuit filed Monday claims Pennsylvania police officers are responsible for a state worker crushing and killing a short-order cook with a bulldozer after they caught him growing marijuana on public property.
Read moreA federal judge ordered West Sacramento to pay $4.8 million to a family into whose home a police officer unlawfully entered and shot the husband without justification, after which other officers “relentlessly harassed” the family; the shooter was fired.
Read moreIt was a tale of two San Diegos this week as a state assemblyman Thursday introduced two bills aimed at increasing government transparency following the public backlash which led a state senator earlier in the week to kill a bill he’d written with the city attorney which would have made it harder to recover attorney’s fees under the California Public Records Act.
Read moreGiving a police officer the middle finger is protected speech and doesn’t qualify as probable cause for a traffic stop, the Sixth Circuit ruled.
Read morePolice on Thursday questioned two K-pop stars over interlocking sex scandals that have fascinated South Korea and prompted both men to announce they are retiring from the entertainment industry.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss a former police chief’s racial discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against Alexander City, Ala.; the city does not qualify for immunity as the allegations presented are a violation of federal law.
Read moreA California appellate court declined to take up an appeal from a Contra Costa County police union on Tuesday who were told by a state judge last month that police misconduct records created before 2019 can be released to the public.
Read moreThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to freeze Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s internal review of cases in which officers were terminated or disciplined for misconduct over concerns the process lacks transparency and could erode public trust.
Read moreData-driven policing strategies and artificial intelligence-driven technologies utilized by the Los Angeles Police Department lacked oversight in their implementation and often strayed from their stated goals, an internal audit found Friday.
Read moreA grand jury in Chicago indicted “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs.
Read moreIn claims filed with Los Angeles County on Thursday, a group of Latino officers say a street gang within the ranks of the LA County Sheriff’s Department assaulted them and continues to operate a clique that intimidates and harasses anyone who speaks up about their actions.
Read moreA South Florida police officer is headed to prison for the 2015 shooting death of a drummer stranded on the side of the road, whom he confronted in undercover clothing with no visible badge, triggering a fatal encounter between the two armed men.
Read moreThe California Supreme Court quietly denied a Los Angeles police union’s request Wednesday to review a lower court’s ruling that a law unsealing police misconduct records can be applied retroactively.
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