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Missouri Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Allegedly Killing Fellow Officer

A St. Louis, MO, police officer pleaded not guilty Monday to charges connected to a fellow officer's shooting death.

April 29, 2019

Point of Law

Chicago Officers Found Not Guilty of Charges They Covered Up Laquan McDonald Shooting

Judge Domenica Stephenson repeatedly stated the state failed to prove conspiracy or obstruction of justice, saying mistakes do not equate to lying. She noted inconsistencies in witness testimony, a lack of proof that the three officers conspired to cover up the shooting and said other evidence in the case was "nothing more than speculation."

January 17, 2019

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Officer Charged with Shooting Armed Suspect Denied Request for Judicial Verdict

In a video recorded by Durocher's department-issued body camera, the officer yells, “He has a gun!” when he first sees Ward running from the home and later tells fellow officers the teen “waved” the gun at him. Police found a gun, but it was inside the bottom of Ward's right pant leg.

December 25, 2018

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Federal Court Bars Baltimore Officers from Suing State's Attorney Mosby

Monday’s ruling by the federal appeals court overturned a January 2017 decision by U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis, who ruled at the time that charges including malicious prosecution, defamation and invasion of privacy could move forward against Mosby and Assistant Baltimore City Sheriff Samuel Cogen, who wrote the statement of probable cause in the case.

May 8, 2018

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Former Minneapolis Officer to Plead Not Guilty in Justine Damond Shooting

According to a Wednesday court filing signed by his attorneys Thomas Plunkett and Peter Wold, Noor intends to claim that he used “reasonable force” when he shot Damond should the case go to trial.

April 26, 2018

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Judge Acquits New York Officer of Brutality, Other Charges

Prosecutors had alleged Federico used excessive force on May 8, 2016, when he struck Kevin Kavanagh, an intoxicated college student, in the head with his Taser when the man was on the ground in a fetal position.

February 7, 2018

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Prosecution of TX Detective Ends as Supreme Court Declines Case

The nation’s highest court announced Monday that it will not take up the case, upholding the rulings of lower courts that cleared Charles Kleinert of criminal wrongdoing in the July 2013 death of Larry Jackson Jr. Kleinert has said his gun accidentally fired when he was trying to arrest Jackson.

January 9, 2018

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Mosby Argues for Immunity Against Lawsuit by Officers Prosecuted for Freddie Gray Death

Arguments on the lawsuit are being heard before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. Mosby is asking the court to overturn a judge’s decision to allow parts of the officers’ lawsuit against her to go to trial.

December 8, 2017

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Baltimore Police Van Driver Not Guilty on All 21 Administrative Charges in Freddie Gray Case

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was found not guilty on all administrative charges in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray Tuesday.

November 7, 2017

Special Units

FBI Agent Charged with Lying About Shooting at Oregon Anti-Government Standoff

A member of the F.B.I.’s elite Hostage Rescue Team involved in a deadly confrontation last year with a prominent anti-government protester in Oregon has been indicted on charges of lying and obstruction, according to federal court documents.

June 29, 2017

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3 Chicago Officers Indicted Over Alleged Coverup of Laquan McDonald Shooting

Three Chicago police officers were indicted Tuesday on felony charges that they conspired to cover up the actions of a police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, and that the officers lied when they said the black teenager "aggressively" swung a knife at them and tried to get up from the ground still armed after he was shot.

June 28, 2017

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Jury Deadlocks in Murder Trial of Ohio Officer, Judge Declares Second Mistrial in Case

A mistrial was declared Friday in the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, charged with murder in the fatal shooting of unarmed motorist Sam DuBose. It is the second mistrial in the case.

June 23, 2017