Police

In Texas, it may soon be wise to put away your phone or recording devices when around police, unless you’re willing to risk arrest. It sounds like a clear violation of our constitutional rights, but a bill introduced to the Texas House of Representatives aims to make it illegal for private citizens to record police […]

RAW VIDEO: #Denver cop uses “inappropriate force,” pins woman’s neck with his knee in a jail cell: http://t.co/vp2aAv7hZB via @DPTV — Daniel Boniface (@danielboniface) March 11, 2015 The Denver Police Department has terminated an officer for using excessive force during an arrest last year. According to the Daily Mail, Officer James Medina was fired last Wednesday […]

Valerie Bell has called out Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the rest of the lawmakers in New York to issue independent investigations for police killings, the New York Daily News reports. The mother of Sean Bell, who was killed by police officers in 2006, sat before a dozen lawmakers on Wednesday to speak on the recent police […]

UPDATE: 3/11/15 5:40 P.M. Police Chief Thomas Jackson will officially step down from the position effective March 19. Jackson sent in his resignation email this afternoon, stating that the town of Ferguson didn’t need any more distractions. “I believe this is the appropriate thing to do at this time,” Jackson said during an interview with the […]

A retired New York correction officer allegedly shot and killed an unarmed man during an evening rush subway confrontation in Brooklyn, NY that sent passengers scrambling for safety, according to the New York Daily News. The incident began about 6:30 p.m. when the 32-year-old slain man, Gilbert Drogheo, and another man began harassing the 69-year-old […]

UPDATE: 3/11/2015 3:11 P.M.  Lil Wayne doesn’t have any worries. The rapper tweeted about the prank call that sent over 20 SWAT members to his Miami home earlier today. Prank kall mane — Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) March 11, 2015 He also tossed a quick hint about his upcoming LP, the “Free Weezy Album.” […]

A 35-year-old homeless man in Pasco, Wash. was shot and killed after throwing multiple rocks at two police officers in what Pasco Police Chief Bob Metzger…

Let’s have a flashback: In the 1988 presidential race, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush ran an attack ad against Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, pointing out that he authorized weekend passes to Willie Horton, a Black male convicted of first-degree murder. During one of those weekends, Horton raped a woman and attacked her companion. SEE ALSO: Omaha’s Nikko […]

An eight-minute-long video was uploaded onto YouTube on Wednesday showing New York City policemen, uniformed and plainclothes, roughing up three African-American minors. Based on that video, Officer John McDevitt has been suspended from duty pending investigation, the NYPD announced on Friday, reports The New York Daily News. As bystanders watched in horror at the officer’s bully tactics, many in the crowd were […]

Two Boynton Beach police officers, Barry Ward and Terrence Paramore, made a little girl’s dream come true  for the holidays. According to the New York Daily News, the cops surprised her and her struggling family with not only a Christmas tree but also decorations to boot. When a little girl mis-dialed 911 and hung up, police […]

The profane, emotional cries of people in Ferguson echo those in history who did not get justice.

Do you live in one of the states without racial profiling laws? A new report from the NAACP finds out that 20 states don’t have laws explicitly banning racial profiling. Even more, the NAACP reports that  of the 30 states with laws on the books, 17 criminalize racial profiling and just three states –Kansas, Tennessee and Rhode Island — allow […]