Jury deliberations resume in Florida officer’s trial

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations are headed into their second day in the trial of a fired Florida police officer charged with killing a stranded black motorist. The jurors will return to Palm Beach County courthouse Thursday to resume deliberating the fate of Nouman Raja. The 41-year-old former Palm Beach Gardens officer... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 1, 2019

Judge: Can’t use cop’s silence at trial in Damond shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected requests to use a former Minneapolis police officer’s silence and a pre-hiring psychological exam against him at his trial in the 2017 shooting of an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor, 33, goes on trial April 1 on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Justine Ruszczyk... Read More

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Justine Ruszczyk Damond

February 26, 2019

Trial of officer accused of killing black man set to begin

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of a fired Florida police officer who is charged with the fatal 2015 shooting of a stranded black motorist. Prosecutors are expected to tell the four-man, two-woman jury that former Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja’s actions made 31-year-old Corey... Read More

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Nouman Raja

February 15, 2019

Wife of imprisoned Chicago officer fears he’s in danger

CHICAGO (AP) — The wife of a Chicago police officer who was convicted of fatally shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald demanded on Thursday to know why her husband was transferred from an Illinois state prison where he was kept from harm to a federal prison in Connecticut where he was assaulted and where she fears... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke

February 14, 2019

Suspect charged with murder in NYPD friendly fire death

NEW YORK (AP) — A robbery suspect with a long rap sheet and a habit of bizarre stunts was charged Wednesday with murder in the death of a New York City police detective struck by friendly fire while responding to a stick-up Tuesday night. Detective Brian Simonsen died after being hit once in the chest... Read More

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Christopher Ransom

February 14, 2019

Wife says Chicago officer assaulted in Connecticut prison

CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald was assaulted by inmates in his cell at a Connecticut prison, the officer’s wife said Wednesday. Jason Van Dyke was transferred earlier this month to a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. He was placed in the prison’s general population hours... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

February 12, 2019

Prosecutors seek new sentence in Laquan McDonald case

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday asked Illinois’ highest court to review the less than seven year prison sentence for the white Chicago police officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald — an unusual move in what was already a rare case. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the special prosecutor who won a... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

February 12, 2019

Agency defends officers who used stun gun on handcuffed man

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Officials at a police department in metro Phoenix defended its officers who were captured on body-camera video repeatedly shooting a handcuffed man with a stun gun during an encounter in a motel parking lot. A lawsuit stemming from the July 2017 encounter alleged one Glendale officer kicked Johnny Wheatcroft in the... Read More

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Johnny Wheatcroft

February 11, 2019

Police used stun gun 11 times, Arizona couple’s lawsuit says

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A man and his wife are suing a Phoenix suburb and three of its police officers, alleging they used excessive force during a 2017 traffic stop. A lawyer for the couple said Glendale police body camera video shows officers using a stun gun 11 times on Johnny Wheatcroft after he questioned... Read More

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Johnny Wheatcroft

February 8, 2019

Family of man killed by suburban Detroit police seeks $10M

DETROIT (AP) — The family of a man who was fatally shot by police outside a baby shower in suburban Detroit has filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against police. The federal lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of the family of 29-year-old Theoddeus Gray of Detroit. The suit says Gray was shot while... Read More

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Theoddeus Gray

February 1, 2019

Ex-NYPD official gets 18 months prison in gun license scam

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York police official was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for failing to stop a bribery scam that he claimed let President Donald Trump and other well-connected New Yorkers get gun permits fast. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos sentenced Paul Dean after the former lieutenant and onetime... Read More

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Paul Dean

February 1, 2019

Trooper charged in Mississippi crash that killed athlete

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi state trooper has been indicted on a manslaughter charge in connection with a 2017 crash that killed a former track and field athlete at Mississippi State University. Local news outlets report Oktibbeha County grand jurors indicted officer Kyle Lee on Jan. 10 on a single count of culpable negligence... Read More

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Kyle Lee

February 1, 2019

Judge OKs Chicago’s historic court-monitored police reforms

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday approved a far-reaching plan for court-supervised reforms of the beleaguered Chicago Police Department, two years after a U.S. Justice Department report found a long history of racial bias and excessive use of force by officers in the nation’s third-largest city. Judge Robert Dow’s approval of the consent... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

January 30, 2019

Texas inmate set to be executed for Houston officer’s death

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed Wednesday for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago during a robbery. Robert Jennings was condemned for the July 1988 slaying of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery at an adult bookstore. Jennings would be the first inmate put... Read More

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Robert Jennings

Jury deliberations resume in Florida officer’s trial

Judge: Can’t use cop’s silence at trial in Damond shooting

Trial of officer accused of killing black man set to begin

Wife of imprisoned Chicago officer fears he’s in danger

Suspect charged with murder in NYPD friendly fire death

Wife says Chicago officer assaulted in Connecticut prison

Prosecutors seek new sentence in Laquan McDonald case

Agency defends officers who used stun gun on handcuffed man

Police used stun gun 11 times, Arizona couple’s lawsuit says

Family of man killed by suburban Detroit police seeks $10M

Ex-NYPD official gets 18 months prison in gun license scam

Trooper charged in Mississippi crash that killed athlete

Judge OKs Chicago’s historic court-monitored police reforms

Texas inmate set to be executed for Houston officer’s death

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