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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2013

Utah Agency Requests FBI Probe

The fatal officer-involved shooting of Danielle Willard and other issues plaguing the West Valley (Utah) Police Department has now resulted in requests for two independent FBI investigations.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 2, 2013

Police Shooting Ruled Justified in Oakland Lawsuit

Officers Eriberto Perez-Angeles and Omar Daza-Quiroz smiled and hugged their attorneys after a jury in U.S. District Court in Oakland, after deliberating for less than a day, ruled that they had not used unreasonable force against Derrick Jones, 37, when they shot and killed him in November 2010.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2013

Feds Launch Use-of-Force Probe of Cleveland Police

The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation to determine whether Cleveland police use excessive force and evaluate the department's training, supervision, and accountability mechanisms.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 8, 2013

Former Texas Cop Punched Handcuffed Subject

A former Laredo (Texas) Police officer pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of an arrestee, when he struck a suspect he had handcuffed in the back of a patrol car.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2013

Ala. Chief Apologizes to Civil Rights Leader

U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said he was moved to tears Saturday after Montgomery (Ala.) Police Chief Kevin Murphy presented the badge off of his uniform along with an apology to Lewis and other Freedom Riders for police officers' failure to act during a 1961 attack.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2013

Judge Lets NYPD Resume Stop-and-Frisks

A federal judge is allowing the New York Police Department to temporarily resume some controversial Bronx residential trespass stops.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2013

Judge Limits NYPD's Stop and Frisks In the Bronx

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Tuesday that the New York Police Department's practice of stopping people suspected of trespassing outside private buildings in the Bronx was unconstitutional.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 11, 2012

Video: NYPD Cop Calls Teen 'F**king Mutt' During Stop-and-Frisk

An NYPD officer told a 16-year-old student he stopped him because he was "a f**king mutt" in audio captured by the teen and included in a report from The Nation criticizing the agency's stop-and-frisk policy.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2012

Video: N.J. Paraplegic Sues Cops Over OIS

A New Jersey teenager who fired blanks to stop an assault by gang members claims he was shot three times by responding undercover officers who shot him in the back.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2012

Ga. Chief Convicted of Abusing Detainee

A federal jury convicted a former Georgia police chief Thursday of abusing a pre-trial detainee. The 54-year-old Walter Young, the former chief of the Omega Police Department, now faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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