LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A former Ohio police officer allegedly assaulted two women with a sex toy found in the back of their car during an illegal traffic stop, a prosecutor announced Thursday. A jury indicted East Cleveland Police Officer Kenneth Bolton on charges of gross sexual imposition, kidnapping and civil rights violations,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Police officers in Tuscon, Ariz. suffered injuries as they patrolled an immigration protest Thursday night. One officer got hit in the face while another officer was hit in the back, reports Tuscon.com. None of the officers had to go to the hospital as the injuries were not…
by Amber Randall A former police officer accused a lieutenant with the New Boston Police Department of sexually harassing her and ranking female drivers based on “rapability,” according to a civil suit. Former New Boston police officer Alexandra Drake also alleged that when she complained about Lt. Michael Masella’s inappropriate behavior, the department fired her for “false,…
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 Josh Guckert In Weirton, West Virginia, Police Officer Stephen Mader was fired after refusing to shoot 23-year-old Ronald D. Williams Jr. on May 6. When Mader got to the scene, Williams was contemplating suicide, waving a gun and asking Mader to shoot him. Said the officer, “I told him, ‘Put down the gun,’ and he’s like, ‘Just…
Casey Harper A Mississippi man who was allegedly involved in a robbery where a cop was shot in the face, has been turned in by his own dad. Officer Derrick Couch walked in on an armed robbery at a Clarksdale convenience store Saturday night where two men in masks were stealing cash from the register, Fox 13 reports….
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…