According to the Guardian, police killed over 1100 people in the United States, predominantly by service firearm. Many of these shootings led to high-profile press attention when it was found the victim was unarmed or mentally ill or handicapped. Even more of these led to no indictment. Full Story – Huffington …

Despite over forty women coming forward with stories of sexual abuse, Bill Cosby has until today only faced civil charges.  An arrest warrant has been served for the first criminal charge against the entertainer.  Cosby appeared at an arraignment in Philadelphia today facing allegations of felony sexual assault for a …

Antonio LeGrier has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Chicago.  He had called police for help because his son was swinging a baseball bat in their apartment early Saturday morning.  The police officer who arrived on scene shot and killed both the son, 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and …

The Spring Valley mosque in Las Vegas was discovered before services on Sunday to have been defaced in what police are investigating as a hate crime.  Video shows a man throwing strips of bacon at the back door of the mosque and then arranging bacon around the door handles of …

In a recent raid on ISIS in Syria, a document was uncovered which outlines fifteen points related to the keeping and raping of female captives.  Among the points were prohibitions against fathers and sons raping the same woman and against a man from raping both a woman and her daughter …

The city of Raqqa in Syria, the so-called ISIS “capital,” has been patrolled for the past year by the all-female Al-Khansaa Brigade, a morality police most commonly used to enforce the dress codes for women, who must be covered and veiled at all times.  Social media accounts linked to ISIS have …

The victim is a 15-year-old girl who was abducted from the front of her home on December 26th, brought to a hotel, drugged and raped by 6 to 8 men.  The lead suspect is Mian Adnan Sanaullah, a prominent Lahore politician, who was among the eight already arrested.  The event is …

After spending 11 days visiting the US, a UN group issued a report stating that the U.S. falls behind international standards in women’s health, public and political representation, and lack economic and social rights.  Key issues included reproductive and maternity rights, lack of female elected officials, and the 21% wage gap …

“The Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12 year old Tamir Rice last year will not face state criminal charges, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.” Full Story – NY Times

A female inmate in Riker’s Island mailed her sister samples of the clothing she was wearing while she was violently raped by a guard.  The unnamed officer has been reassigned to a different unit. Last year 28 sexual assaults were report to NYPD from Riker’s Island. More at New York …

Officers fired eight times into a Chicago home Saturday after responding to a domestic violence call.  A 55-year old woman was accidentally killed along with a mentally disturbed college student who had been armed with an aluminum bat.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel has called for immediate police reform after this disturbing incident. More …

A man died in the hospital this weekend after being fatally shot by an officer outside of a police station in Phoenix, AZ.  The officer fired once at the man for throwing bricks a the station window and a patrol car. Full story at CBSAZ.

A suspicious fire in a Houston mosque is under investigation as arson and possible hate crime after it began shortly after the conclusion of services on Christmas Day.  The mosque suffered significant damage but no people were injured. Saturday morning an elderly Sikh man was attacked by two people in …

“Bobby Daniels was a peace officer by trade – a private security guard employed at CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta. When he learned that his emotionally troubled 25-year-old son Bias had suffered a breakdown and was holding a fellow security guard at gunpoint in a mobile home part in Douglasville, Bobby …

“Charges against a police officer accused of arresting a man for filming him with a cellphone camera have drawn fresh attention to a decades-old issue: citizens’ rights to record police.” Full Story – The Epoch Times