Crime

2 more Mississippi deputies set for sentencing today for torturing and sexually abusing Black men

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2 former ‘Goon Squad’ deputies sentenced to more than 37 years in prison for racist torture of Black men

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Ex-officers who tortured Michael Corey Jenkins, Eddie Parker with stun guns and sex toy receiving prison sentences

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Police Shooting Connecticut x Trooper Brian North

White trooper, who shot 7 times at close range into driver’s window, acquitted in death of Mubarak Soulemane

A judge has acquitted Connecticut state trooper Brian North of all charges in the 2020 death of Mubarak Soulemane.
/ March 18, 2024
Joseph Mensah cop

Judge throws out cases filed against Wisconsin officer who killed 3 men in 5 years

A federal judge has tossed two of three claims against former Wisconsin cop Joseph Mensah after he killed three people…
/ March 18, 2024
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson with Rodney and RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols' stepfather and mother

Police reforms enacted after Tyre Nichols’ death will end if Tenn. governor signs bill

The bill sponsor, noting he was empathetic, said "we can’t let that empathy cloud our judgment in protecting 7 million…
/ March 15, 2024

After video shows Black man being kicked in head during arrest, 2 officers placed on leave

Sterling Heights police said Wednesday that it released the edited, nearly nine-minute-long video footage “in the spirit of transparency.”
/ March 15, 2024

Houston police chief apologizes for department not investigating 264K cases due to staffing issues

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner sought to restore public trust after the department dropped more than 264,000 cases due to…
/ March 10, 2024

Michigan appeals court stands by ruling that ex-officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the head while on top of him should be tried for murder

Christopher Schurr is charged with shooting Patrick Lyoya, a Congolese immigrant, in the back of the head after an April…
/ March 9, 2024

Memphis judge postpones state trial in Tyre Nichols death until end of federal trial

Defense attorneys sought to avoid “parallel prosecutions" for the ex-Memphis officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols in January 2023.
/ March 9, 2024
Darius McLean and spouse Celena Morrison, director of Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs

Trooper charged at LGBTQ advocate Celena Morrison ‘like a linebacker,’ lawyer says

Morrison and husband Darius McLean, who runs an LGBTQ+ community center in Philadelphia, plan to file suit over Saturday's traffic…
/ March 8, 2024
William Franklin is greeted by family members upon his release

William Franklin, a Black man who spent four decades in prison, released after witness said police offered him sex for fake testimony

Franklin's conviction for a 1976 murder was overturned following recantation by a key witness of his testimony several years ago.
/ March 6, 2024

78-year-old Black woman Ruby Johnson wins $3.8M verdict after SWAT team searched wrong home

The owner of a stolen truck with an iPhone inside mistakenly tracked the phone to Johnson's home using the Find…
/ March 5, 2024

Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s killing in rare case against medical responders

Two paramedics were convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide for injecting Elijah McClain with ketamine in 2019.
/ March 3, 2024

Police body cam footage of Isaac Goodlow III, shot dead in bed, is released

Isaac Goodlow III died at a hospital after he was shot by officers Feb. 3 in Carol Stream, Illinois, as…
/ March 2, 2024