How Tasers take a bigger toll on black community
OPINION - To this day, African-Americans are the most likely group to be shot by law enforcement and to have Taser guns used against them...
Teen beating highlights Houston's history of police bruality
OPINION - Houston seems to be a city that glorifies a particular form of racial violence as part of its 'tradition'...
Ex-Chicago cop gets 4½ years in torture case
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of people -- almost all of them black men -- claimed for decades that Burge and his officers tortured them into confessing to crimes...
Ex-Chicago cop doesn't admit guilt in torture case
CHICAGO (AP) - Standing before the court, Jon Burge said he knew his case brought the department into disrepute and "for that, I am deeply sorry."...
Ex-Chicago cop awaits sentence in torture case
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of suspects -- almost all of them black men -- claimed for decades that Jon Burge and his officers tortured them into confessing to crimes...
Caught on camera: Another case of police brutality?
VIDEO - The dash cam video records Carlos McCain swearing at the officer, and telling him that he's being arrested for nothing...
Shocking! Katrina shooting victim's skull still missing
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Rebecca Glover said her family could not have been more horrified by what happened to her nephew...
Ex-transit officer denied bail in Oscar Grant killing
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Superior Court Judge Robert Perry said Friday he didn't think any of the arguments made by the defense met the legal standard for freeing Mehserle...
Ex-cop gets max sentence in Katrina shooting cover-up
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The sentence by U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance was the maximum allowed and nine months more than the sentencing guidelines recommended...
Ex-cop charged in Katrina claims innocence in court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - David Warren, one of five current or former officers on trial in the death of Henry Glover and burning of his body, said he was guarding a police substation on Sept. 2, 2005...
