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LAPD Officer Convicted of Assault Spared Jail Time by Plea

A Los Angeles police officer convicted of assault for kicking and punching a man during a South Los Angeles arrest caught on video was spared jail time at his sentencing on Tuesday after fulfilling his end of an agreement made with prosecutors.

May 23, 2017

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Video: LAPD Officer Convicted of Assault Spared Jail Time by Plea

A Los Angeles police officer convicted of assault for kicking and punching a man during a South Los Angeles arrest caught on video was spared jail time at his sentencing on Tuesday after fulfilling his end of an agreement made with prosecutors.

May 23, 2017

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Former L.A. County Sheriff Gets 3 Years for Obstruction of Justice

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced to three years in federal prison Friday, two months after a jury found him guilty of obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from an FBI probe into inmate abuse inside the Men’s Central Jail.

May 12, 2017

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Former SC Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation in Walter Scott Shooting

In a plea deal with federal prosecutors, former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager admitted Tuesday to using excessive force in the shooting death of Walter Scott.

May 2, 2017

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Louisiana Officer Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Shooting of Boy

An Avoyelles Parish, LA, jury convicted a former Marksville deputy marshal of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter Friday in a shooting at the end of a chase that left a 6-year-old boy dead and the boy's father seriously wounded.

March 27, 2017

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Former Los Angeles Sheriff Found Guilty of Obstructing Federal Investigation

Lee Baca, the once powerful and popular sheriff of Los Angeles County, was found guilty Wednesday of obstructing a federal investigation into abuses in county jails and lying to cover up the interference.

March 15, 2017

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Ex-Virginia Officer Convicted of Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting

A jury on Thursday convicted a former Virginia police officer on one count of voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed man last year in a Wal-Mart parking lot

August 5, 2016

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Jury Finds Baltimore Officer Guilty of Assault in Shooting of Unarmed Man

A Baltimore police officer faces at least five years in prison after a jury convicted him Thursday of two charges in the shooting of an unarmed burglary suspect

August 4, 2016

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Alabama Chief Found Guilty of Federal Assault, Excessive Force

A northeastern Alabama police chief has been found guilty on charges of using excessive force and assaulting a man who was being arrested.

July 15, 2016

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Former Wisconsin DARE Officer Gets 2 Years in Prison for Stealing from Program

A former Brown County, WI, DARE officer Kevin Vanden Heuvel grew so accustomed to the money he was stealing from the program that he volunteered to keep working for the program after his retirement.

June 23, 2016

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2 Los Angeles County Deputies Convicted of Abusing Mentally Ill Inmate

Prosecutors alleged that the deputies attacked the inmate in a locked hallway of the jail that lacked surveillance cameras. The inmate was kicked in the genitals, punched and pepper sprayed, prosecutors said.

May 17, 2016

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DA Recommends No Prison Time for Former NYPD Officer Convicted of Manslaughter in Stairwell Shooting

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson on Wednesday recommended that former NYPD Officer Peter Liang not be sentenced to prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man 16 months ago.

March 24, 2016