“I’ve been so traumatized. I don’t sleep at night.” On Thursday, a column of armor-clad Ankeny police marched up a Des Moines street in a spectacle reminiscent of soldiers occupying foreign territory. The police battered down the door of Sally Prince’s home without warning and barged into the house. Officers were investigating a case of…
Don’t Forget The “Protect” Part of “Serve & Protect” Officers Kristin Tate over at Ben Swann is reporting on a story from Rotterdam, New York where police officers were caught on camera breaking a disabled teen’s arm while placing him under arrest. Follow TLR on Google+ Police had responded to a call by Mohonasen transportation…
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD – A one-year “veteran” of the Anne Arundel County police approached a house this weekend and was greeted by a neighbor’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Vern. The officer shot the dog twice. Follow TLR on Google+ According to the dog’s family, the officer was on his way to interview one…
“Attempted assault” with a snowball An NYPD officer has changed key details of his story in the face of an ongoing lawsuit stemming from a 2010 snowball fight. In February 2010, Ariel Lopez and four of his friends were playing in the snow when one of the young men threw a single snowball at…
Police Shoot Dog On Owner’s Own Property SUN VALLEY, CA–Three weeks ago, Jessica Cabrera was inside her home watching her 16-month old daughter when police severely wounded her pet Pit bull, Drake. Her two dogs got out of the backyard when the gate was accidentally left open. The animals roamed a bit but came back…
Police Violently Cut Woman’s Weave DETROIT, MI – After arresting Charda Gregory, 23, for allegedly damaging a motel room in the Detroit suburbs, four police officers tied down Gregory and one of them violently ripped and cut out Gregory’s braids. Follow TLR on Google+ Despite claiming that the weave posed a suicide risk, Officer Bernadette…
CHARLOTTE, NC – A grand jury indicted a Charlotte police officer last week after the officer gunned down an unarmed former Florida A&M football player looking for help after getting into a car accident nearby. According to investigators, officer Randall Kerrick, along with two other officers, were dispatched to respond to a disturbance after…
‘What are you doing? You are a police officer.’ 27-year-old pharmacist Kim Nguyen was hospitalized for two weeks, had her jaw wired shut, and lost several teeth after a security camera captured her tumbling from a moving LAPD squad car. Around 2 a.m., Nguyen and two male friends were standing outside of a downtown restaurant….
BRUNSWICK, GA – Glynn County Police officer Kevin Jones‘ tactics were vindicated by the Chief of Police after he was caught on camera smashing a 70-year-old woman’s face into the pavement. Chief Matt Doering ruled that Jones acted reasonably in throwing the woman to the ground while detaining her for allegedly drunk driving. Officer Jones is…
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO – Victoria Reinke, 30, a former teacher’s aide won’t spend a day in jail after she pleaded guilty to having sex with one of her students. Missouri’s definition of second-degree statutory rape sets the definition as someone over 21 who sleeps with someone less than 17 years old. Although they met when…