Casey Harper The mistrial for the officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray ultimately makes officers less likely to testify against each other, makes juries less likely to convict the other five officers, and disrupts the prosecution’s entire strategy. The judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the trial for Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, 26,…
Josh Fatzick Authorities in the nation’s capital are beefing up security around the monuments and in transportation hubs after a video from ISIS released Monday threatened terrorist attacks around the city. The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority is ramping up random bag checks for people entering the D.C. subway system and putting additional officers at stations…
Blake Neff As tensions at the University of Missouri continue to rage, the college’s police department has sent a new email to students advising them to call the police if they witness any incidents of “hurtful speech.” The email arrived in the inboxes of Missouri students Tuesday morning, and copies of it were quickly posted…
Jonah Bennett A judge just killed the lawsuit of Jesse Snodgrass, an autistic teenager who officers arrested in 2013 after a female officer allegedly pretended to like him in order to entrap him in a drug distribution ring. The original charge against Snodgrass didn’t pass muster in court, so his parents Doug and Catherine went…
By Lina Bryce Cops in Connecticut are breaking into cars and stealing expensive items with legal impunity. In fact, they say it is for their residents’ own good. In an effort to curb thefts and car break-ins, police have taken it upon themselves to beat the criminals to the score. Lt. Herbert Sharp told the…
Geoffrey Ingersoll Quentin Tarantino’s own father joined in with police unions Friday in denouncing the director for calling police officers murders. “I love my son and have great respect for him as an artist but he is dead wrong in calling police officers, particularly in New York City where I grew up, murderers,” Tony Tarantino…
This cop can move! Josh Fatzick A police officer in Washington, D.C., challenged a local teenager to a dance off in order to break up a potential fight and a video of the incident went viral after being posted on Facebook. The officer approached a group of teenage girls and told them to leave the…
Jacob Bojesson Authorities didn’t act on a woman’s rape allegations against a Honduran man in the U.S. illegally until after he came back months later to kidnap and rape her again in front of their 2-year-old child. Jose Amaya-Vasquez, a Honduran man that has entered the U.S. three times illegally, failed to appear in court Monday…
Casey Harper A new Washington Post analysis shows that in almost all fatal police shootings, police are totally justified. The report analyzed 800 fatal police shootings. “But only a small number of the shootings — roughly 5 percent — occurred under the kind of circumstances that raise doubt and draw public outcry, according to an analysis…
A Florida City police officer shot and killed a family pet on video Tuesday morning. The officer, whose name has not been released, approached the Palacios family’s house and knocked on the door to inform them that they had left their car door open. When the family answered the door, Duchess, a bulldog mix, bolted out…