A Chicago police commander who had been praised for his crime fighting in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods will go on trial on Tuesday on charges that he put a gun in a suspect's mouth.
December 8, 2015
Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday announced a wide-ranging investigation into the Chicago Police Department in the wake of an uproar over a video showing a fatal police shooting 14 months ago.
December 7, 2015
"This investigation will begin immediately," Lynch said, adding that investigators will examine whether police violated the constitutional rights of residents.
May 8, 2015
“The grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, got it right,” Clarke said about the Michael Brown shooting. “Officer Wilson has been exonerated. The thing I want to know is how does he get his reputation back?” More Here.
January 22, 2015
“The grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, got it right,” Clarke said about the Michael Brown shooting. “Officer Wilson has been exonerated. The thing I want to know is how does he get his reputation back?”
January 22, 2015
The Justice Department has begun work on a legal memo recommending no civil rights charges against a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., who killed Michael Brown in August, law enforcement officials said.
January 21, 2015
The Justice department will "undertake a federal review of this case to determine if, under federal civil rights law, there is a basis, both legal and factual, upon which a federal civil rights prosecution may be premised," the U.S. attorney said in a statement. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the Civil Rights Division will conduct the review.
December 23, 2014
Justice Department investigators have all but concluded they do not have a strong enough case to bring civil rights charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., law enforcement officials said.
November 3, 2014
Civil rights leaders in Los Angeles have called for a “Django Unchained” actress to apologize after claiming Los Angeles Police Department officers racially profiled her. More Here.
September 23, 2014
Civil rights leaders in Los Angeles have called for a “Django Unchained” actress to apologize after claiming Los Angeles Police Department officers racially profiled her.
September 23, 2014
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. this week will launch a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson (Mo.) Police Department, according to two federal law enforcement officials.
September 4, 2014
Four Georgia deputies are under federal indictment alleging civil rights violations and obstruction of justice in connection with an incident that occurred at Bainbridge BikeFest in 2012.
July 12, 2014
The statement issued Wednesday said that Officer Stewart Ferrin has been placed on paid administrative leave. It went on to say that it asked the FBI for its assistance although a preliminary investigation by the police department determined Ferrin "did not engage in racial profiling or use excessive force."
July 3, 2014
A group of food activist have filed lawsuits against two Baltimore city police officers for not allowing them to hand out leaflets in 2011 protest action.
May 27, 2014
A New Jersey man arrested by a K-9 unit outside a casino in June is claiming Atlantic City (N.J.) Police officers used excessive force.
October 2, 2013
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