Dennis Barnes caught kissing and fondling the child of a fellow Chicago police officer A Cook County judge opted to clear longtime Chicago police sergeant Dennis Barnes of the molestation and sexual assault of a colleague’s young daughter, convicting him instead on the far-lesser charges of misdemeanor battery. As a …
April, 2016
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7 April
WATCH: San Antonio School Police Officer Body Slams 12-Year-Old Middle School Girl, Placed On Leave
A viral video showing a 12-year-old girl slammed to the ground by a school police officer is making headlines in San Antonio this week. The girl lands on a cement floor, hitting her head so hard it is audible over the roar of shouting and laughing students. The girl is …
March, 2016
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28 March
Ex-Cop In Missouri On Trial For Sexually Assaulting Women And Children On Duty Found Dead In Jail Cell
Marty L. Rainey, the former Gasconade County, Missouri deputy in Set. Genevieve County jail for multiple state and federal charges alleging he sexually assaulted several women, one of whom was underage, was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Major Jason Schott said the Missouri State …
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23 March
Ex-Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia Pleads Not Guilty In Sandra Bland Case
Brian Encinia, the fired Texas state trooper involved in the viral arrest and detainment of Sandra Bland, pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to a charge of misdemeanor perjury regarding statements he made in the aftermath of arresting the victim, who was later found dead in a Waller County jail. Encinia entered …
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17 March
Unarmed Man Killed By Deputies In Los Angeles Who Claim He Had Assumed A “Shooting Stance” Identified
Today authorities identified the man killed Wednesday in a deadly deputy-involved shooting as 23-year-old Cristian Rene Medina. The shooting occurred around 4:30 am Wednesday in the Florence area of Los Angeles. Deputies had been called to 64th Street and Holmes Avenue after reports of a “robbery in progress” and matched …
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14 March
South Carolina Former State Trooper Pleaded Guilty To Assaulting, Shooting An Unarmed Black Driver
Sean Groubert, 31, a former South Carolina state trooper pleaded guilty Monday to felony assault and battery for the 2014 shooting of a driver during a traffic stop. Levar Jones was also in the courtroom as Groubert made his plea. Jones was the unarmed black man Groubert pulled over for …
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10 March
No Charges For Officers Involved In Death Of Navy Veteran India Kager
Four Virginia Beach police officers will not be charged in the shooting deaths of two people – one of whom was unarmed – inside a car in a convenience store parking lot, the city’s chief prosecutor said Wednesday. The decision comes after a six-month investigation by the Virginia State Attorney’s …
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9 March
Two Baltimore School Police Officers From Viral Video Slapping Teen Charged With Assault And Misconduct
The two officers who appeared in a viral video last week have been arrested and each released on $50,000 bond for criminal and police misconduct charges. The video depicts one Baltimore school police officer Saverna Bias looking on as officer Anthony Spence curses, hits and kicks a sixteen-year-old student at …
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1 March
Raleigh Police Officer Opens Fire At Akiel Denkins, Killing The 24-Year-Old Black Male Fleeing Arrest
Akiel Denkins, a 24-year-old black male was shot and killed Monday by a police officer in Raleigh, NC, apparently while running from the police. There is some controversy over whether the victim was unarmed. Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown said that Denkins was killed while fleeing when police tried to arrest …
February, 2016
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29 February
SLC Police Shoot Teen, In Critical Condition, Angry Onlookers Throw Rocks At Cops
Salt Lake City Police Department issued a press release Saturday reporting that two officers had shot and wounded a 17-year-old. According to the release, officers saw two males attacking a male victim with metal objects. After ordering them to drop their weapons, one of the attackers complied while the other …
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29 February
Tough Questions About The Unexplained Police Killing Of Greg Gunn Go Unanswered, BLM Zeroes In While Community Demands Accountability
The officially-released facts in the killing of Greg Gunn last Thursday morning in Montgomery, Alabama are few and sometimes contradictory. One certainty is that no answer has been given as to what led at least one police officer to shoot this unarmed 59-year-old black resident of the Mobile Heights neighborhood five …
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25 February
Anaheim Investigates Its Second Lethal Shooting Of An Unarmed Man By Police This Month
Residents gathered at James Madison Elementary in Anaheim, California on Wednesday night seeking answers about a lethal police shooting that occurred on Saturday. The violence Saturday that led to the death of Danny Rendon appears to mark the second killing of an unarmed man by an Anaheim police officer …
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18 February
Exposed: NYPD Cops Still Actively Conducting Unlawful Stop And Frisks
A federal monitor tasked with overseeing changes and improvements to the NYPD’s stop, question, and frisk program said recently that out of the 600 stops they analyzed over the course of three months in 2015, nearly a quarter could be viewed as unconstitutional. The findings, released Tuesday in a 72-page …
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16 February
Former Officer Arrested In Houston County On Valentine’s Day For Felony Aggravated Stalking–For The Second Time!
Houston County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Jeffrey Lee Schulmerich, 51, a former Dothan police officer on Valentine’s Day and charged him with felony aggravated stalking. According to Sheriff’s Capt. Antonio Gonzalez, deputies served Schulmerich with a felony warrant on Sunday for a previous event that did not happen on Valentine’s …
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10 February
Black Teen 16, Dies ‘Suspiciously’ In Her Cell Day After Staff Restraint
On January 11, 2016 Gynnya McMillen, a 16 year old African-American girl from Shelbyville, KY being detained on misdemeanor assault charges was found dead in her holding cell at the Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabethtown, KY. …