Supreme Court Spurns Qualified Immunity Challenge
The Supreme Court declined this week to hear a case brought by a California woman who has been blocked from suing the police officer who...
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Oct 22 min read
Former Louisville Officers Indicted Over Breonna Taylor Warrant
Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment against two ex-Louisville officers, accusing them of falsifying a warrant that led to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 62 min read
Sonya Massey Shooter Kept Getting Jobs Despite String of Misconduct
Deputy Sean Grayson's misconduct should have raised red flags in Illinois law enforcement long before he applied at the Sangamon County...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 42 min read
School Officer Gets Probation After Confessing To Sexual Abuse
A South Carolina school police officer who confessed to sexually abusing two students was sentenced to probation on Tuesday after a judge...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 131 min read
Repeated Police Misconduct Cost Chicago Taxpayers $384M
The city of Chicago spent $384.2 million to resolve lawsuits that involved approximately 1,300 Chicago police officers who allegedly...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 72 min read
Off-Duty Chicago Cops Accused of Racially Motivated Attacks
Five immigrant day laborers have filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that off-duty Chicago police officers committed a series of...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12 min read
UN Specialists Demand 'Immediate Action' to Address Decades of Claims of Chicago Police Torture
A collective of United Nations specialists is urging federal, state, and local US authorities to undertake "immediate and comprehensive"...
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Crime and Justice News
May 311 min read
Nine Women Accuse Tennessee Police Of Shielding Rapist for Money
A federal lawsuit claims that, in exchange for obstructing investigations of multiple sexual assaults, several police officers took...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 242 min read
NYPD Backlash Costs Oversight Panel Chief Her Job
After angering New York Police Department officials by criticizing delays in handing over evidence in a fatal police shooting and for...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 271 min read
Body Cameras Used to Illegally Record Pittsburgh Cops, Charges Allege
After a police-issued body-worn camera was found hidden in an unmarked Pittsburgh police vehicle, investigators dug deeper and determined...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 16, 20231 min read
Video Shows Charlotte Police Punching And Restraining Woman
In another instance of alleged police mistreatment caught on video, a social-media video showed police in Charlotte, North Carolina,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Appeals Court Reinstates Charges Against Former Philadelphia Cop
A Philadelphia appeals court judge reinstated charges that had been dismissed against Mark Dial, a former police officer who shot and...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Court OKs Civil Rights Suit for Wrongful Drunken Driving Charge
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Ryohei Akima, a 37-year-old man from Japan wrongly accused of drunken driving...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Pregnant Mom Files Complaint in Sacramento, After Traffic Stop With Young Son at Gunpoint
A pregnant mom has filed a complaint after a case of mistaken identity that prompted officers from the Sacramento Police Department to...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20232 min read
Chicago Police Vow Probe Of Cop Misconduct Tied to Oath Keepers
Chicago’s police superintendent on Tuesday vowed “thorough investigations” after WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times revealed misconduct...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 29, 20232 min read
Colorado Mother Wins Lawsuit Over Son's Death By Police
A Colorado city has reached a nearly $2.8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man killed by police in 2021 after...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 27, 20232 min read
Charges Dropped Against Philadelphia Officer in Traffic Stop Killing
As drizzle fell Tuesday evening, around 100 supporters of Eddie Irizarry gathered outside City Hall to protest a Philadelphia judge’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Baton Rouge Shuts Down Street Crimes Unit
Baton Rouge, La., police have shut down their street crimes unit, fired one of its officers, and closed an interrogation center after a...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 28, 20232 min read
Feds Join LAPD Probe of Gang Unit's Street Stops
Federal prosecutors and FBI civil rights investigators have joined the Los Angeles Police Department's internal probe of an LAPD gang...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 28, 20231 min read
DOJ To Investigate Use of Force in Memphis Police Department
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force and conduct arrests,...
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