The Louisville Cop Who Killed Breonna Taylor Has a New Law Enforcement Gig
Myles Cosgrove never faced criminal charges in connection with Taylor's death, but he was fired for his reckless use of deadly force.
Myles Cosgrove never faced criminal charges in connection with Taylor's death, but he was fired for his reckless use of deadly force.
Supervisors and judges tolerated outrageous constitutional violations, including illegal searches and brutal assaults.
According to a lawsuit, Amir Worship was sitting on the edge of his bed with his hands raised when an officer shot him, shattering his kneecap.
"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
Body camera footage shows precisely why some people don’t trust police to respond appropriately to nonviolent incidents.
The former Forth Worth officer shot Atatiana Jefferson through a window of her home. He said he thought she was a burglar.
The city of Vallejo, California, has paid millions in recent years to settle excessive force lawsuits against its heavy-handed police force.
The Kansas credentialing body reprimanded the officer for using excessive force against a child, but stopped short of pulling his license.
and that Officer Ord fired his weapon at the same time as he shouted, 'Hands up!'"
The video shows three officers kicking, punching, and slamming the man's head into the pavement. State police are now investigating.
So far no one has been held criminally liable for the disastrous drug raid, which was based on a flimsy and falsified search warrant affidavit.
On average, the minimum requirement for cops is about 650 hours, compared to about 1,300 hours for barbers.
For the officer's excessive force, the protester was later awarded a $175,000 settlement over the 2016 incident.
Despite the stakes, the former Minneapolis police officer could not bring himself even to feign regret for his actions.
After community outrage and the mayor saying he wasn't told about Timothy Loehmann's policing background, the officer withdrew his application.
The lawsuit over Timpa's deadly prone restraint, initially blocked by qualified immunity, was revived by the 5th Circuit.
The order restricts chokeholds and no-knock warrants at the federal level, but the White House has little power over the state and local departments where the majority of policing occurs.
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
"This is gonna be so fun," one officer says.
The officer used a "pain compliance maneuver" to force information from the boy's sister, who was recording the encounter.
Mariah Herefored says police in Hemet, California, smacked cell phone cameras out of her and her mother's hands and violently arrested them.
Brett Hankison's acquittal shows how difficult it is to hold cops accountable for abusing their power.
The defendants unsuccessfully argued that their training was inadequate and that they understandably deferred to a senior officer.
The former detective's trial should not obscure the responsibility of the drug warriors who authorized, planned, and executed the deadly raid.
Banning "no-knock" search warrants is not enough to prevent lethal confrontations between cops and people exercising the right to armed self-defense.
"Active bystandership" training encourages officers to stop their colleagues from violating people's rights.
Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao are charged with federal crimes for failing to stop Derek Chavin from killing Floyd.
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
The Institute for Justice wants the Supreme Court to review the case—and to clarify the proper scope of "investigatory stops."
The Supreme Court's notion of "fair notice," which it says requires blocking many civil rights lawsuits, is based on a demonstrably false assumption.
The ruling won't help him much, because he also was convicted of a more serious charge, based on a "particularly weird" form of the felony murder doctrine.
The report from the attorney general's office also found that Aurora paramedics used ketamine illegally to treat "excited delirium."
The 32 charges include manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and second-degree assault.
The deputy's body camera wasn’t turned on when he fatally shot 17-year-old Hunter Brittain.
Family and friends protest and look for answers.
An unusual but welcome move.
A jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder and manslaughter in April, nearly a year after Floyd's death set off nationwide protests.
Polling shows a sharp partisan divide on the issue, but it also suggests that compromise might be possible.
A study of civil rights cases found that "police officers are virtually always indemnified" by their employers.
SCOTUS will soon decide whether to hear José Oliva’s argument that he should be allowed to sue V.A. officers for violating his Fourth Amendment rights.
The federal charges against Chauvin and three other officers involved in George Floyd's death are more about making a statement than seeking justice.
Bans on dangling objects are just one example of the myriad petty rules that give police the power to stop nearly any driver at will.
The guilty verdicts on all three counts reflect the logical force of the prosecution's case as well as the emotional impact of watching the assault on George Floyd.
"This wasn't policing," the prosecution says. "This was murder."
The defense rested without calling Chauvin to the stand, and closing arguments are expected on Monday.