Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Trump administration, has ordered a review of police reform agreements that could result in less oversight for local law enforcement agencies. This policy rollback could result in an increased incidence of police brutality.
A complaint lodged against the sheriff’s office alleges that officers stood in the way of a surveillance camera so that the beating wouldn’t be captured on video.
DAYTON, Ohio — A federal lawsuit alleges that officers at an Ohio jail beat a homeless veteran so severely that he ended up in a coma for two months and is now wheelchair-bound and cognitively disabled. Joseph Guglielmo, 59, filed the civil rights suit against Montgomery County's commissioners, its sheriff and six employees of
A Long Island man claims he’s been harassed by police after their unsuccessful attempt at deleting footage he took of police slamming a woman to the ground, rendering her unconscious.
The officer was soon “relieved of duty” and placed on administrative leave, according to the Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Amber Smith.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was recently arraigned and charged with several felony counts that included setting fire to a domestic companion’s hair, threatening to murder her with his firearm and breaking her nose. The allegations come from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, which tells us that Deputy Alejandro
A broad coalition of Denver activists are demanding justice and an end to police brutality, but they’re coming up against increasing police violence and arrests.
DENVER --- The death of a Rosebud Sioux man in Denver earlier this month is a painful reminder that police shootings are not limited to any one part of the United States, and certainly not just to places that received mainstream media attention after recent killings. On July 12, Lynn Eagle Feather called police for help with her
New York City taxpayers will ultimately foot the bill on a recent $5.9 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit over the police killing of Eric Garner last year on Staten Island, New York.
MINNEAPOLIS --- As victims of police misconduct across the country file an increasing number of lawsuits, taxpayers are bearing the brunt of the financial burden. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the 10
According to the DA’s office, the attack occurred on June 28 when Flores began hitting the woman over a disagreement regarding their child’s pacifier.
Los Angeles, Ca — Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy faces multiple charges after attacking his live-in girlfriend and mother of his child, torturing her as he held her head over a stove, lighting her hair on fire. The Orange
