Police
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[PHOTOS] Police arrest Ferguson protesters blocking major highway
At least a dozen people have been arrested during a protest along a major interchange on Interstate 70 in Ferguson, Missouri. Demonstrators tried to shut down the highway to demand a special prosecutor for the Michael Brown court case. The protest started at 3 p.m. Central time, with people gathering at the Hanley Road interchange.…
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Armed citizen militias build up along US-Mexico border
Armed militias continue to patrol the United States-Mexico border seeking to repel any migration north, but critics warn that these self-styled ‘freedom defenders’ lingering on private land represent a powder keg that could have “disastrous” consequences. READ: Militia Vows To Take On Immigration Problem By Blocking International Bridges In Texas Near Brownsville, Texas, a group of…
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[VIDEO] Bronx man claiming police brutality, incident caught on video
A New York man says multiple police officers beat and pepper-sprayed him for no reason other than that he asked a question – and video footage seems to back him up. News of the beating comes as police unveil new training methods to limit undue force. The incident occurred about three weeks ago, on August…
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Skeered gun shop owner turns over 165 customer records because the police told him to, with no legal grounds to do so
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Police Officer: “I wish someone would pull a Ferguson […] nothing but a bunch of monkeys”
Whether you’re a law enforcement officer or work in a call center, there are some things that you should keep to yourself or at the very least, don’t speak them at work or via text message because what you say can and will be used against you. A Baton Rouge police officer accused of sending…
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NYPD officers to begin testing body cameras this fall
The New York Police Department announced it will start outfitting dozens of officers with body cameras this fall – an effort that could potentially see the entire agency embrace the technology. READ MORE: Cop cam: Ferguson police to wear body cameras The initiative will start out small – only 60 of the NYPD’s 35,000 officers…
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SHERIFF: ‘We don’t want militias down here patrolling the border’
Heavily armed members of an American militia patrolling the southwestern US border confronted a group of people in Arizona on Friday, believing them to be drug smugglers or illegal immigrants. They were, in fact, biologists researching bats. The armed group is believed to have come from Colorado. Their self-assigned task was that of patrolling the border…
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[WATCH] Man refuses to let cops search house without warrant, films police despite protests
A video recently uploaded to Facebook shows a man demanding a search warrant of police officers at his door who claimed the man could be harboring a criminal. Police in the US are generally required to have a search warrant to enter a home. http://youtu.be/CZh9xumD1cQ Avel Amarel, according to thefreethoughtproject.com, recorded every moment of his…
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Riot erupts after prison break from Nashville juvenile jail
Two dozen teens broke out of a common area at a Nashville juvenile detention center late Wednesday, wandering around the yard inside the facility’s fencing with wooden sticks and fire extinguishers. On Monday, 32 teens escaped the same facility. The teens broke out of their dorm buildings late Wednesday, according to The Tennessean, by kicking out through…
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#Ferguson police now wearing body cameras following #MikeBrown incident
Following the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, which sparked three weeks of protests and violence, officers in Ferguson, Missouri, are now wearing body cameras to film their work. There have been conflicting reports over exactly what transpired between Brown and Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson on August 9,…
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Ferguson shooting audio recording verified as real
A new audio recording that allegedly captures a series of gunshots at the time of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, has been confirmed to be real by the developers behind the software used to capture it. The 12-second audio clip first came to light on CNN earlier this week, and features a man chatting…
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DC protesters block streets in Michael Brown solidarity march
A crowd of protesters has taken to the streets of Washington, DC, expressing their solidarity with the people of Ferguson who gathered earlier on Saturday in remembrance of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager killed by police earlier this month. Chanting “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” the Washington protesters took over the streets in a northeast neighbourhood,…
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Family sues Georgia police for tasering man 13 times before he died
The family of a man who died after police used a stun gun on him as many as 13 times while he was handcuffed has filed a lawsuit against the two former officers of East Point, Georgia, according to the family’s lawyer. East Point police officers repeatedly stunned Gregory Towns Jr. on April 11 after…
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Ferguson Citizens Suing Police for $40m, Claiming Police Brutality and Humiliation
Five people are suing the Missouri police for $40 million, claiming officers treated US citizens “as if they were war combatants.” The five were arrested in the wake of rioting and unrest following the death of teenager Michael Brown on August 9. The group claims they were going about their everyday business before they were…
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Ferguson Aftermath: California city DEMANDS police get rid of armored vehicle
The city council of Davis, California has decided to drop the local police department’s Pentagon-supplied armored vehicle following worries from the community that it could be used against demonstrations, as was the case in Ferguson, Missouri this month. The Davis City Council adopted a resolution this week that orders the city to come up with…
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‘Cops’ filming goes bad: Crew member gunned down by Omaha police
An employee working for the television show “Cops” was shot and killed by police in Omaha, Nebraska, as they responded to an armed robbery at a local restaurant. The suspected burglar was also killed. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said “Cops” crew member Bryce Dion, 38, was shot once when a shootout broke open between…
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(VIDEO) Florida cops accused of beating driver for not rolling down his window all the way
Cell phone video footage of a Florida traffic stop is beginning to go viral after the man who recorded his encounter with police pleaded online for assistance because he says law enforcement’s actions forced him to move. Curtis Shannon has raised $1,745 in three days after creating a crowdfunding site to help “recover” from an…
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Research Shows Black Americans Feel Race Relations Worse Under Obama
African-Americans say relations between blacks and whites in the United States have gotten worse in the Obama era, according to a new a new Pew Research Center/USA Today poll. From 2007 to 2009, the number of African-Americans respondents that told Pew blacks and whites get along “very well” or “pretty well” went up seven percentage points, to 76 percent.…
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REPORT: US Intelligence Estimates 300 Americans Fighting Alongside ISIS
The United States government is tracking as many as 300 Americans supposedly fighting with Islamic State, the jihadist group with a heavy presence in parts of Syria and Iraq, according to senior US officials. The news of as many as 300 Americans fighting with IS comes one day after reports that a 33-year-old American, Douglas McAuthur…
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California Bans Use of Surveillance Drones Without Warrant
The California State Senate has approved a bill that will drastically restrict how law enforcement agencies from San Diego to San Francisco can use unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, for policing purposes. On Tuesday, the Senate voted 25-8 in favor of the legislation, AB 1327, setting it on course to go before the State Assembly…
