by Josh Guckert In Charlotte, North Carolina, a black man named Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by a police officer on Tuesday night. The officer, Brently Vinson, is also a black man. As in any police shooting where this is the case, many conservative publications have seemingly insisted that this on its face destroys any…
By Casey Harper A video of a Mississippi police officer picking up and body slamming a 16-year-old is exploding online. In the video, a Clarksdale police officer wrestles with a teenager for a moment before picking him up and slamming him to the ground headfirst. Clarksdale Police Chief Robbie Linley told FOX13 the officer has not been disciplined and…
Casey Harper Two Baltimore City school police officers have been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced appearing to show one officer repeatedly slap and then kick a student. The cellphone video was filmed Tuesday and put on Facebook. It appears to show one officer watch as Baltimore City School Police Chief Marshall Goodwin slaps a…
Officer Doug Martin was fired after tasing a senior citizen with Alzheimers in his nursing home. Police were called after a nurse reported a patient had hit his roommate, a nurse and an assistant. Officers entered the ward to find James Howard sitting in his chair totally naked except for socks. The man refused the…
No Justice? No peace. Officer Eric Faust received an eight-day suspension after his police Chief Jim Pugel discovered he used excessive force and escalated a confrontation on Oct. 6, 2012. The Seattle Police Department is responding to issues raised by the Department of Justice in 2011 that there has been a pattern of constitutional violations regarding the use of force. On…