Police Misconduct

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April 21, 2022
The family of a South Carolina man who was killed in an officer-involved shooting has filed a lawsuit against a…
January 25, 2022
Shane Lee Brown says he spent nearly a week in jail before police realized they had arrested the wrong person.
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January 11, 2022
Former LAPD officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell ignored a 2017 robbery call to catch a Pokémon Go character called…
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December 23, 2021
We have not begun needed work for justice in policing, but hopefully convictions will send shockwaves through America's police departments.
December 21, 2021
Kim Potter is on trial for killing Daunte Wright and police experts say she made mistakes in what should have…
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December 14, 2021
A former California deputy was fired and charged for allegedly pouring scalding hot water on an incarcerated person.
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September 24, 2021
A 12-year veteran of the D.C. police department has been charged with murder stemming from the death of Karon Hylton-Brown…
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September 22, 2021
Black women who currently and previously worked for Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. are calling out the racism and…
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July 8, 2021
Writer Touré says he has zero faith Eric Adams can deliver needed police reform to keep Black people from being…
May 12, 2021
Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states - 35 of them plus…
Anjanette Young
May 2, 2021
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability found about 100 allegations of misconduct by about a dozen officers who raided a…
Details of the security kit of a riot police officer (including handcuffs, 9mm handgun, radio station and baton)
April 29, 2021
Dr. Jason Johnson writes that one way to have police reform is by licensing cops like teachers, doctors, and even…
Cedric Richmond
April 28, 2021
Cedric Richmond says he's seen good policing and remembers a bad experience he had when he was a student at…
March 4, 2021
Officer Delvin White said it wasn't derogatory, but as "commonly used in today's society as a means of shared culture."…
January 23, 2021
California AG Xavier Becerra announced the probe on Friday citing 'serious concerns' over accountability at the LA Sheriff's Department.
December 21, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot reportedly accepted Corporation Counsel Mark Flessner's resignation, effective immediately, and promised a review.
November 6, 2020
Messages that James Kobel allegedly posted online as someone else attacked Blacks, Puerto Ricans and Hasidic Jews with deep-seated dislike.
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September 21, 2020
A California mother records video and defends her son when a traffic stop goes awry. Now that stop has gone…
September 9, 2020
Angela Davis, Danny Glover and other activists demand justice for Jussie Smollett against what they is clear police misconduct in…
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August 2, 2020
Nevada took its first steps toward joining state legislatures throughout the United States that have revisited laws governing police conduct.