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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 21, 2015

Occupy Protester Gets $50K Settlement for Pepper Spraying by NYPD Officer

An NYPD deputy inspector's notorious pepper-spraying of Occupy Wall Street protesters in 2011 has resulted in an additional $50,001 settlement.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 30, 2015

Over 140 Arrested in New York Protests Over Baltimore Death

In a response designed to tamp down early signs of unrest, the police arrested 143 people in Manhattan on Wednesday night as protesters marched in a show of solidarity with demonstrators in Baltimore angered by the death of Freddie Gray.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2015

4 Journalists Arrested During Ferguson Protests Sue Police

Four journalists arrested during last summer's Ferguson protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown filed a federal lawsuit Monday against St. Louis County police and 20 of its officers, accusing them of violating the reporters' civil rights and unjustifiably detaining them.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2015

Video: Utah Officer's Shooting of Man Who Hit Him with a Shovel Sparks Protest

Nearly 200 people gathered outside the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building Saturday afternoon in memory of James Dudley Barker, who was shot and killed last Thursday by a police officer after he attacked and injured the officer with a shovel.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2015

Video: Anti-Police Protesters Crash World War II Vet's Medal Ceremony

100-year-old U.S. Navy vet Dario Raschio was supposed to be presented with medals by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), but soon after the meeting began, more than 100 protesters emerged, shouting "hands-up, don't shoot!" and "I can't breathe!"

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2014

Video: Autopsy Shows Police Shot L.A. Man 3 Times

An autopsy report released on a 25-year-old man killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles police appears to affirm initial statements by officers about the struggle that led to the close-range shooting, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2014

Chipotle Apologizes for N.Y. Worker's Police Protest

Two Chipotle chief executives have apologized to New York City police officers who were greeted by a restaurant employee making the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture popular with protesters.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2014

Union Criticizes California Chief for Wearing Uniform to Protest

Richmond, Calif., Police Chief Chris Magnus, who gained nationwide attention for holding a sign reading "Black lives matter" at a peaceful protest in his city, was criticized by his department's rank-and-file Friday for doing so in uniform.

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Fine Line Between Lawful and Unlawful Protests

There will always be issues and decisions that every citizen may not agree with – it is simply the nature of who we are as Americans.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2014

Video: Judge Orders St. Louis-Area Police to Give Protesters Tear Gas Warning and Time to Flee

A federal judge's order requires St. Louis-area police to warn crowds of impending use of tear gas and provide "reasonable" time for people to disperse first. But she did not define what is reasonable.

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