News 2022-08-25T23:11:41Z

A Maryland police officer fired 4 times was federally indicted on charges that he used excessive force and lied about it

Ex-officer Philip Dupree is accused of violating a man's civil rights during a 2019 traffic stop and making up a justification for why he did it, feds say.
News 2022-08-25T16:01:11Z

Alabama pastor left 'traumatized' after being arrested while watering his neighbors flowers, his lawyer says

Video shows the pastor being arrested after refusing to give the officers identification while he watered his neighbors flowers.
News 2022-08-23T20:41:59Z

Prosecutor drops charges against police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, saying they 'committed no crimes'

The prosecutor said Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe, who fatally shot Brooks, was "justified in the use of force regarding the situation."
News 2022-08-23T15:01:26Z

At least 896 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.

Thousands of pro-Trump supporters descended on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Over a year later, 896 people have been charged with crimes.
Crime 2022-08-21T10:49:37Z

Deputy shot after woman slips out of handcuffs while in a cop car and grabs the police's own AR-15 rifle

The Grady County Sheriff's Office, Oklahoma, confirmed that none of the injuries were life-threatening after Rachel Clay managed to grab the gun.
News 2022-08-19T15:25:09Z

A 'flash mob' of looters ransacked California 7-Eleven in a 'street takeover,' police say. Now cops want to stop the crime tactic from becoming a new trend.

"'Flash mobs' have turned from fun spontaneous events to opportunistic criminal occurrences," the LAPD said.
News 2022-08-17T19:18:54Z

Residents sue Mississippi police department for 'terrorizing' Black people after recording exposed chief using the N-word and bragging about a shooting

The former chief was caught on a recording referring to a shootout in a cornfield, saying, "I shot that n----- 119 times, OK?"
News 2022-08-13T17:14:52Z

A New Orleans officer was suspended after a bystander claimed he did nothing to stop the public rape of an unconscious woman

"I mean, this police officer isn't even moving. He's still just parked here," a bystander can be heard saying after she approached the officer.
News 2022-08-11T20:06:00Z

Brianna Grier's family calls for justice at Atlanta funeral after her death in police custody

Grier's father Marvin Grier said his family called the police "for help, not death." The county does not have a behavioral response team.
News 2022-08-10T17:12:23Z

Keffals, a popular trans Twitch streamer, says police arrested her after fake email said she killed her mother

Clara Sorrenti said a troll impersonated her and sent an email to the city council saying she was going to kill the "cis and straight" people there.
News 2022-08-09T16:54:40Z

Video shows a Mississippi state police officer violently arresting a Black man during a traffic stop

Video posted to Facebook shows a Mississippi police officer restrain a Black man and kneel on him during a traffic stop.
News 2022-08-06T19:22:02Z

Ex-cop gets jail time after she didn't intervene when another officer violently arrested an elderly woman with dementia

"I wanted to be a good police officer and my heart was in the right place, but I still came up short," Daria Jalali said during her sentencing.
News 2022-08-06T17:03:42Z

A woman visiting Alaska showed two cops who stopped her while driving a 'white privilege card' and the cops let her off

The woman couldn't find her license so produced a "white privilege card" instead and told the officers who stopped her, "I back the blue."
News 2022-08-06T03:53:47Z

Orange County 'detective of the year' charged with sex crime after sending graphic messages to a decoy he believed was a 14-year-old girl

43-year-old Gregory Daniel Beaumarchais, a detective with the Santa Ana police department, faces up to a year in jail for sexting a decoy he believed was 14 years old.
News 2022-08-05T14:17:36Z

Police trainer accused of fatally shooting a woman in the chest while 'joking around' during a training session: charging documents

The former DC cop was conducting training for officers at a DC library when he was accused of fatally shooting a 25-year-old library police officer.
News 2022-08-03T16:00:26Z

A California 'Detective of the Year' has been accused of sending 'graphic' messages to a decoy pretending to be a 14-year-old girl: DA

Gregory Beaumarchais, a police officer in Santa Ana, California, was named detective of the year in 2019.
News 2022-08-02T05:22:24Z

Bodycam footage shows events surrounding a 28-year-old Georgia woman's fatal fall out of a police cruiser

One of the doors of the police car wasn't closed as officers drove off, investigators said on Wednesday.
News 2022-07-31T04:18:41Z

TikTok 'Kia Challenge' fuels rise in using USB cables to steal cars

A TikTok challenge has been linked to a spike in using USB chargers to steal Kia and Hyundai cars in Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, and beyond.
News 2022-07-30T19:49:15Z

A small North Carolina police department resigned en masse, citing conflicts with their newly appointed town manager

The entire police department of Kenly, North Carolina, resigned a couple of months after Justine Jones, a Black woman, was appointed town manager.
News 2022-07-30T14:43:44Z

Georgia woman died after falling out a police patrol car while handcuffed, investigators say

Brianna Grier's parents have demanded answers about the failures that led to her death after she fell out of a police car while handcuffed.
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