‘GOP lawmakers in Arizona are reacting to the recent media attention to police brutality cases by attempting to scale back transparency. Arizona Senate Bill 1445 would prohibit law enforcement agencies from releasing the names of […]
‘Times Square is a national landmark that welcomes millions of tourists each year but on Sept. 14, 2013, visitors witnessed a major flaw in how the New York Police Department deals with the mentally ill. […]
‘After a new chief took over the Chicopee police department, he released a video showing a former officer attempting to strangle a handcuffed woman. Maylene Maldonado was being booked for an alleged assault on an […]
In our ever-changing modern technological world, the application of the Bill of Rights from time to time has needed a bit of clarification from the court system. One example of such was the 2011 case of Glik v. Cunniffe, in which the U.S. Court…
‘In the city of Ferguson, nearly everyone is a wanted criminal. That may seem like hyperbole, but it is a literal fact. In Ferguson — a city with a population of 21,000 — 16,000 people […]
‘At least eleven Palestinians have been injured and three others arrested when Israeli forces attacked a group of Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank. On Friday, dozens of Palestinians held a demonstration in the […]
‘Hundreds of Wisconsin high school and university students left their classrooms and occupied the state capitol building on Monday to protest about the fatal police shooting of unarmed black teenager Tony Robinson, who was killed […]
‘Greek riot police fire teargas to disperse protesters demanding the release of all immigrants and refugees outside one of the country’s largest detention centers. Clashes broke out on Saturday after police forces used tear gas […]
‘Taser International, one of the nation’s largest suppliers of body cameras, has direct connections to some police chiefs who have been advocating on its behalf. According to an AP report, the company is covering travel […]
‘Gatewood was described as “acting kind of weird,” by his girlfriend, Ruth Temple, who called 911 and asked police to help diffuse the situation. A family friend also told reporters that Gatewood was breaking things […]
‘The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. The […]
‘A shocking video has emerged of a Florida deputy dragging a mentally disturbed defendant around a public Courthouse, pulling forcefully on the chain of the cuffs he had placed around her ankles. An investigation is […]
‘In August of 2013 former detective Rodolfo Gomez savagely beat Deron Love during an interrogation. He was chained to the wall. Love, 27, was accused of killing his 7-month-old baby, a charge he would not […]
‘Thankful residents of City Heights appreciated the kind gesture of cops invading their home for no reason, beating and then arresting family members — at least according to a July police report filed after the […]