Excessive Force

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April 29, 2016
On Thursday, a rookie officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office was charged with battery following an incident in which he…
April 20, 2016
BALTIMORE (AP) — Six men arrested during the unrest prompted by Freddie Gray's death in police custody sued the Baltimore…
April 19, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — A former police officer convicted in the shooting death of an unarmed man in a darkened…
April 14, 2016
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Independent School District has fired an officer who body-slammed a middle-school student in…
February 12, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — A newly-hired police officer who shot an unarmed man dead in a darkened public housing stairwell…
January 26, 2016
Recently released audio tapes of 911 calls show that 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier called 911 to ask police to help him
January 7, 2016
RZA - what's really good? The Wu-Tang Clan rapper told Bloomberg Politics he believes "all lives matter."
January 5, 2016
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — A former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an
December 29, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager…
December 24, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — Audio recordings of radio calls between Chicago police and a dispatcher show at least one officer had…
December 14, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has acquitted a Chicago police commander accused of shoving his gun down a suspect's throat…
December 9, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologized for the 2014 shooting of a black teenager Wednesday during a special…
December 4, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says any official involved with suppressing the release of a video in…
December 2, 2015
Why do many of the people who contribute to the ongoing corruption in Chicago still have jobs?
December 1, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's mayor fired the city's police chief Tuesday, a week after the release of a dash-cam video…
October 26, 2015
A video of a white police officer grabbing, flipping and ultimately dragging a black female high school student became a…
October 26, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie says the Black Lives Matter movement is creating an environment that can…
October 12, 2015
On Thursday night, Jonathan Miller, a newly elected Texas city councilman, was arrested outside his home after being Tasered while…
October 9, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha was acquitted Friday of charges stemming from a struggle with police…
October 8, 2015
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — A city in South Carolina approved a $6.5 million settlement Thursday with the family…