An unnamed, off-duty officer has killed the father of a little girl he crashed into late Saturday night. Authorities say that Taniyah Middleton, 4, was crossing First Avenue in the Maywood section of Chicago with her older cousin when the… Read More ›
A 21-year old man was fatally shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car in Arkansas. The police claim it was a suicide but victim’s family has a hard time believing it. Chavis Carter was… Read More ›
Officers with the San Francisco Police Department in Northern California shot a man believed to have a knife this morning, but preliminary reports suggest that the victim was in handcuffs while the authorities opened fire. Police officers with the SFPD… Read More ›
Anaheim police have shot dead yet another man just a day after killing 24-year old Manuel Diaz. The previous day’s shooting sparked a protest against police brutality that was violently broken up by authorities. Police say the second shooting took… Read More ›
A group of protesters stormed the lobby of the Anaheim police station Sunday, about half an hour before Police Chief John Welter was scheduled to reveal more details about a fatal officer-involved shooting the night before that sparked a confrontation… Read More ›
By SONYA QUICK, FERMIN LEAL, ERIC CARPENTER and CINDY CARCAMO / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ANAHEIM – Police Chief John Welter said Sunday afternoon that a man killed by officers was chased because of suspicious activity. The dead man was… Read More ›
“He wasn’t a troublemaker. This was cold-blooded murder.” ~Rufino Lara’s nephew Houston police officers at the scene claim they gave orders to this man to stop in both English and Spanish; they claim he was shot fatally only after he… Read More ›
Rodney King, who died Sunday at 47, struggled with demons in the years after his beating by LAPD police officers made him a household name. King became a symbol for police brutality and troubled relations between the LAPD and minority… Read More ›
WASHINGTON — Many US police departments use cell phone tracking, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases, according to a study released Monday. The survey released by the American Civil Liberties Union found that “the overwhelming… Read More ›
Huge crowds have gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest against the verdicts on Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak and his co-defendants. Although Mubarak got life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters in last year’s uprising, the acquittal… Read More ›
Three key witnesses in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman change their accounts in ways that could damage the defendant. The fourth abandons her initial story altogether. By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence released last… Read More ›
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