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Patrol
Sheriff Joe May Testify In Racial Profiling Trial
Plaintiffs' attorneys will call Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the stand to testify in a civil trial alleging the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination against Latinos.
July 17, 2012
Patrol
Sheriff Joe Testifies in Racial Profiling Case
Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio defended his suppression sweeps and immigration enforcement practices in court today, testifying that he doesn't arrest people "because of the color of their skin."
July 23, 2012
Patrol
Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Inmate in Racial Discrimination Case
The Supreme Court ruled Monday morning in favor of a death row inmate in a case concerning race discrimination in jury selection.
May 23, 2016
Patrol
Anchorage PD Chief Defends Department Against Charges of Racism
Responding to the claims of two veteran detectives who contend the Anchorage Police Department is rife with racism, Police Chief Mark Mew said Wednesday that the force does not tolerate discrimination.
June 30, 2010
Patrol
Baltimore P.D. Settles Race-Bias Suit, Will Hire Monitor
The Baltimore Police Department has agreed to pay $4.5 million and hire a consultant to monitor its internal disciplinary process for the next three years to settle a lawsuit that alleged institutional race discrimination, the
Baltimore Sun
reports.
June 22, 2009
Patrol
DOJ Sues Sheriff Arpaio for Discrimination
The Department of Justice filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, setting up an election-year court battle between "America's Toughest Sheriff" and the Obama Administration.
May 9, 2012
Patrol
Fired African-American Officer Sues Washington Town for $5 Million
Gerry Pickens, 28, alleges he suffered racist jokes, different treatment from the entirely white rest of the force and an undeserved dismissal at the end of his first-year probationary period with the Orting Police Department.
April 21, 2015
Point of Law
Lawsuit Filed Against Rochester Police for "Culture of Brutality"
The 96-page lawsuit names Mayor Lovely Warren and former Police Chief La’Ron Singletary, who was fired in the fallout from Prude’s death. Other defendants include the city of Rochester, Monroe County and various unidentified police officers, sheriff’s deputies and New York state troopers.
April 7, 2021
Patrol
Arpaio Rejects Monitor, DOJ Threatens Court Battle
Sheriff Joe Arpaio flatly rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's demand for an independent monitor of his operations, triggering a likely federal court fight with the Obama Administration during an election year.
April 3, 2012
Patrol
LAPD Tries Mediation for Racial Profiling Claims
The Los Angeles Police Department received the go-ahead Tuesday to launch an experimental mediation program that would bring officers face-to-face with people who have accused them of racial profiling.
August 1, 2013
Patrol
Councilman Backs Off Claims of Racial Profiling by Texas PD
The McKinney (TX) Police Department released body camera footage of the arrest of a city councilman following a traffic stop. Before seeing the video, Councilman La'Shadion Shemwell had claimed he was racially profiled. But then he saw the footage. More Here.
May 11, 2018
Patrol
Las Vegas Police Refute Claims of Racial Bias in Detention of NFL Player
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Undersheriff Kevin McMahill on Wednesday denied race played a role when officers detained Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett last month after the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. More Here.
September 7, 2017
Patrol
Video: Las Vegas Police Refute Claims of Racial Bias in Detention of NFL Player
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Undersheriff Kevin McMahill on Wednesday denied race played a role when officers detained Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett last month after the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight.
September 7, 2017
Patrol
Video: Councilman Backs Off Claims of Racial Profiling by Texas PD
The McKinney (TX) Police Department released body camera footage of the arrest of a city councilman following a traffic stop. Before seeing the video, Councilman La'Shadion Shemwell had claimed he was racially profiled. But then he saw the footage.
May 11, 2018
Patrol
Sheriff Arpaio Loses Federal Immigration Enforcement Powers
The Obama Administration's Department of Homeland Security stripped Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio of several federal tools for immigration enforcement, following a scathing Justice Department report accusing him of discriminatory policing.
December 14, 2011
Patrol
New Chief Expands Racial Profiling Definition
The change makes it a policy violation for an officer to show "any biased behavior at any time during an encounter with the public." In the past four years, the department investigated 150 bias complaints and didn't sustain any of them.
February 21, 2011
Patrol
Racial Profiling: A Pragmatic Approach
Law enforcement officers rely on their training and experience when developing a case and if their expertise leads them to believe that a subject is involved in, or about to be involved in criminal activity, this belief shouldn't be discounted simply because it was based partly on the subject's race or ethnicity.
April 7, 2011
Patrol
Suit Accuses Albuquerque PD of Racial Profiling
Albuquerque police officers stopped Edward Henry's rental car, forced him to get out at gunpoint and accused the Dallas engineer of coming to the city to steal a car, according to a federal lawsuit he has filed against the city. To the contrary, Henry, an engineer for ABB Inc., was in town in May 2006 to teach a class for the city-county water authority, but instead he left immediately after the incident.
June 7, 2008
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