Crime

Two ex-Mississippi sheriff’s deputies, members of a "Goon Squad," have each been sentenced for torturing two Black men.
/ March 19, 2024
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after twice delaying it.
/ March 19, 2024
Police Shooting Connecticut x Trooper Brian North
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
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
The bill sponsor, noting he was empathetic, said "we can’t let that empathy cloud our judgment in protecting 7 million…
/ March 15, 2024
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 Troy Finner sought to restore public trust after the department dropped more than 264,000 cases due to…
/ March 10, 2024
Christopher Schurr is charged with shooting Patrick Lyoya, a Congolese immigrant, in the back of the head after an April…
/ March 9, 2024
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
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
Franklin's conviction for a 1976 murder was overturned following recantation by a key witness of his testimony several years ago.
/ March 6, 2024
The owner of a stolen truck with an iPhone inside mistakenly tracked the phone to Johnson's home using the Find…
/ March 5, 2024