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California AG Launches Civil Rights Probe of LA Sheriff’s Department

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 NATHAN SOLIS
Excessive Force, Los Angeles County, Police

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said investigators will look into reports of a “pattern and practices of unconstitutional” policing carried out by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government 

NYPD Fights to Keep Eyes Off Discipline Records

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 NINA PULLANO
discipline, Excessive Force, NYPD, Police, privacy, protests, public records

Former New York City Police Department officers and firefighters who say Mayor Bill de Blasio put them in harm’s way by unsealing discipline records advanced their claims to the Second circuit on Tuesday.

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Criminal National 

Police: Thief Berated Mom for Leaving Kid in Car He Stole

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
automotive, children, Oregon, Police, theft

A car thief who found a toddler in the backseat of a stolen vehicle drove back and chastised the mother for leaving the child unattended before taking off again, police in Oregon said.

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Criminal National 

Pro-Trump Rioter Seen Beating Cop With Flagpole Arrested in Arkansas

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 ERIK DE LA GARZA
Arkansas, arrests, Police, riots, U.S. Capitol

Little Rock FBI agents on Thursday arrested the man caught on video repeatedly striking a Capitol police officer with a flagpole during the violent mob attack in Washington last week.

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Criminal Government International 

Ex-King’s Former Lover Says Spain Spy Chief Threatened Her Life

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
corruption, Police, Spain, threats

The ex-lover of Spain’s king emeritus testified Friday that her life had been threatened by a former spy chief on orders from the exiled monarch himself in a conversation that “terrified” her.

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Civil Rights Government Law 

Government Watchdogs Seek to Overturn Outlier Ruling on California Police Records Law

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 NATHAN SOLIS
California, Police, public records

California law expanded the public’s access to police records in 2019, but one court ruling has exempted the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.

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Criminal Government 

Man Pleads Guilty After His Drone Hits LAPD Helicopter

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Aviation, drones, LAPD, Police

A Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal criminal charge of unlawfully operating a drone that struck a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter last year.

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Civil Rights Courts Government 

Judge Mulls Sanctions After Holding Portland in Contempt for Violent Protest Policing

January 13, 2021January 14, 2021 KARINA BROWN
contempt, Police, Portland, protests, Sanctions

Last month, a federal judge held Portland in contempt of court for violent protest policing. Now, he’s deciding which sanctions might prevent police from doing it again.

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Criminal Government Health International 

‘Raped Twice’: Pakistan Virginity Tests Block Justice for Victims

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
culture, Medical, Pakistan, Police, rape

Raped at 14, Shazia took the rare and courageous step of reporting the crime to Pakistani police, only to face a traumatic “virginity test” — a long-standing practice that denies justice to victims.

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Civil Rights Government Technology 

LA Police Commission Adopts Oversight Measures for Facial Recognition Tool

January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
biometric, Los Angeles, Police

The LAPD’s promise of robust oversight for facial recognition technology in police work hasn’t quelled concerns from civil liberties groups that the tools will perpetuate harm in communities of color.

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Criminal Trials 

Minnesota Judge Sets Separate Trials for Cops in George Floyd Killing

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 ANDY MONSERUD
Minnesota, murder, Police, protests

The trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with the death of George Floyd has been split in two.

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Appeals Business Civil Rights 

Police Immunity

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 BRIEF
immunity, Police, Sixth Circuit

The Sixth Circuit granted immunity to a Michigan police officer who was given sports tickets by a towing company owner who later disclosed the names of troopers he had given tickets to, finding the officer’s anger over the incident did not result in the removal of the towing company from the police force’s rotation list.

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International Science 

‘Human Remains’ Find Turned Out to Be a Potato: UK Police

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Agriculture, England, Police

A dog walker in northeast England sparked a large-scale police search after reporting suspected human remains in a muddy field. But the suspected grisly find turned out to be a potato, officers said Friday.

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Criminal Government 

Police Officer Dies From Injuries Sustained During Capitol Riot

January 7, 2021January 8, 2021 JON PARTON
Police, riots, U.S. Capitol

Police confirmed late Thursday the death of an officer who engaged with the pro-Trump mob, making it the fifth death connected to the insurrection.

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Criminal Government National 

Capitol Police Chief to Resign Following Wednesday Riots

January 7, 2021January 8, 2021 ERIKA WILLIAMS
Police, resignation, riots, U.S. Capitol, Washington DC

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund submitted his resignation on Thursday, a day after pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol building in an unsuccessful attempt to halt the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden.

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Civil Rights Government 

Confiscated Cellphone

January 7, 2021January 8, 2021 BRIEF
cellphones, Police, protests, San Diego, seizures, warrant

A woman arrested at a protest against police brutality filed a federal lawsuit against the city of San Diego on Thursday, claiming police confiscated and kept her cellphone far longer than necessary on the pretext of obtaining a search warrant.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government Media 

Freedom of Information

January 7, 2021January 8, 2021 BRIEF
Nevada, Police, public records, sex trafficking

Police officers have a “non-trivial” privacy interest in their unit assignments, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled, so the Las Vegas Review-Journal cannot request information regarding police unit assignments related to sex-trafficking cases without showing it will advance a significant public interest.

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Civil Rights Employment Government Regional 

Louisville Fires Two Cops Involved in Breonna Taylor Raid

January 6, 2021January 7, 2021 KEVIN KOENINGER
Kentucky, Police, protests, race, Shooting

Two Louisville detectives were fired Wednesday for their roles in the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead, while Kentucky’s largest city also announced the hiring of Atlanta’s former police chief as the new head of its force.

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Criminal Regional 

No Charges for Kenosha Cops Involved in Shooting That Sparked Unrest

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 JOE KELLY
Police, prosecutors, protests, race, Shooting, Wisconsin

A Wisconsin prosecutor announced Tuesday that none of the officers involved in the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha last August will face criminal charges, prompting the community to brace for another round of protests.

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Civil Rights Government 

Police Wiretapping

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 BRIEF
Illinois, Police, privacy, wiretap

An Illinois man filed a federal class action claiming the Chicago suburb of Antioch uses a recording system meant for emergency calls to illegally record conversations on the police department’s nonemergency lines.

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