[dropcap size=small]C[/dropcap]hris Rock has been taking to social media for something that is not a laughing matter. Rock has been taking a selfie every time the cops pull him over, one as recent as Tuesday where he captioned it “Stopped by the cops again wish me luck.” This tweet documents the 3rd time in recent…
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Another case of police corruption has rocked our nation’s capital. Linwood Barnhill Jr., 48, had been an officer for 24 years, working in Southeast’s 7th District station. He admitted in federal court last week that he forced teenage girls, some as young as 15, to work as prostitutes out of his apartment. Marc Washington,…
PETERSBURG, VA– When 19-year-old Devin Thomas saw his neighbors being arrested outside of his apartment complex, he decided to record it on his cell phone. Police approached him, ordering Thomas to go inside. Another Petersburg officer asks Thomas how old he is. Upon hearing that he’s nineteen, Thomas was charged by the officer and the…
WFLA News Channel 8 TAMPA, FL– Matthew Heller was attending a hip hop concert last February when his truck was broken into and his equipment was destroyed. The perpetrators weren’t thieves in the traditional sense. The police had ransacked Heller’s car without a search warrant, but left behind a note explaining their actions. “Sir, your…
BROOKLYN, NY – Yeshaya Liebowitz, 25, enjoyed his volunteer work with the Jewish charity Chesed. Part of his duties included transporting cancer patients to the hospital for free. Liebowitz’s philanthropic efforts were thwarted by an agent from the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The volunteer was cited by the agent for driving an illegal livery cab,…
HOUSTON, TX–Two men approached NeyKeyia Parker on the night of April 21st as she was loading her 5-year-old son in her friend’s car. The men failed to identify themselves as officers but proceeded to go about grabbing Parker, trying to force her out of the car. Fortunately, Parker’s friend had the wherewithal to record the…
BRONX, NY–Javier Payne, 14, was with a friend last week when they asked a 49-year-old man for cigarettes. The two grew irritated when they were denied with one punching the man in the head, while the other hit him with a backpack. They ran off, but the older man flagged down a patrol car and…
“I’ve already called the police,” principal explains. Follow TLR on Google+ ST. LOUIS, MO. – Niakea Williams was lying in bed when she got a phone call from her son’s teacher. “Michael was panicking,” she told KMOV, and went on to explain her son suffers from Asperger’s syndrome. When she reached Walnut Grove elementary school…
Border Insecurity Follow TLR on Google+ The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is already known for using questionable tactics to carry out its duties. Yet a new report has shown a disturbing trend. Agents have been purposefully stepping in front of vehicles, or claiming that moving vehicles were an imminent threat, in order to come…