Video: Police discuss backlash of arresting Bucks player

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Newly released police video of the stun gun arrest of Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown show one officer stepping on Brown’s ankle while he was handcuffed on the ground and others discussing the potential backlash of taking down a black professional basketball player. The body camera and squad car videos, obtained by... Read More

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NBA, Sterling Brown

June 4, 2018

New wrongful convictions could pressure Chicago’s finances

CHICAGO (AP) — For years, the Chicago Police Department has been trying to move past a shameful chapter characterized by coercion and brutality, shelling out multimillion-dollar settlements to men who were tortured into confessing to serious crimes they didn’t commit. But as the number of cases linked to disgraced former police commander Jon Burge dwindles,... Read More

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Chicago Police, Ronald Watts

May 31, 2018

Plea hearing for Ohio man tied to gun that killed police

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A guilty plea is expected from a man charged with providing the gun used to kill two Ohio police officers. Federal prosecutors say 30-year-old Gerald Lawson, of suburban Cleveland, bought the handgun that 31-year-old Quentin Smith used in the February slayings of Westerville officers Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli. A record... Read More

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Gerald Lawson, Quentin Smith

May 30, 2018

Man who befriended undercover cop on Facebook loses appeal

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a felon convicted on gun charges after accepting a Facebook “friend” request from an undercover police officer. A court panel on Tuesday said a detective’s viewing of 40-year-old Terrance Everett’s Facebook page did not violate constitutional prohibitions against illegal searches. Everett was sentenced... Read More

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May 25, 2018

Body camera video is latest setback for Milwaukee police

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Body camera video showing police using a stun gun on an NBA player over a parking violation is just the latest setback for efforts to improve relations between Milwaukee officers and the city’s black population. The confrontation involving Sterling Brown of the Milwaukee Bucks also represents the first major challenge for new... Read More

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May 24, 2018

Grand jury says police shooting of Georgia man justified

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A grand jury in Savannah, Georgia, has determined police were justified in fatally shooting a 20-year-old man they had come to arrest in January. The grand jury report concludes Ricky Boyd pointed a BB pistol at officers, and it appeared to be a real gun. His family insists he was unarmed.... Read More

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Ricky Boyd

May 24, 2018

Bucks’ Brown decries ‘police intimidation’ during arrest

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee police chief has apologized to Sterling Brown and says officers have been disciplined for acting “inappropriately” after the Bucks player was zapped with a stun gun during his arrest for a parking violation in January. Brown, who is African-American, said in a statement Wednesday that the incident was “an attempt... Read More

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Sterling Brown

May 17, 2018

Justices to hear appeal in ambush attack that killed officer

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man on death row for killing one Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another to act out his anti-government beliefs wants the state Supreme Court to throw out his conviction. Lawyers for Eric Frein and Pike County prosecutors are scheduled to argue before the justices in Harrisburg on Thursday, nearly four... Read More

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Eric Frein

May 16, 2018

A look at recent struggles facing the Baltimore police force

BALTIMORE (AP) — The beleaguered Baltimore police force has been reeling from scandal to scandal as it tries to cope with a soaring violent crime rate. The latest: Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa’s resignation , after only 116 days on the job, while facing charges of not filing his taxes. Here is a look at... Read More

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Baltimore Police

May 15, 2018

Supreme Court lets suit to go forward in trooper’s shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper accidentally shot by a firearms instructor can go forward with her lawsuit against the instructor after the Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear the case. The case stems from the September 2014 shooting death of 26-year-old David Kedra. Kedra was attending firearms training... Read More

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David Kedra

May 14, 2018

Judge: 15-year sentence for ex-leader of corrupt police unit

BALTIMORE (AP) — The disgraced leader of a rogue Baltimore police unit was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to nine robberies while on the force. Former Sgt. Thomas Allers is the first member of the brazenly corrupt Gun Trace Task Force to head to prison. He pleaded guilty to nine... Read More

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Thomas Allers

May 11, 2018

2 Indianapolis officers cleared in unarmed motorist death

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A civilian police merit board cleared two Indianapolis officers of wrongdoing Thursday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist following a pursuit. The board voted 5-2 on multiple counts in favor of Officers Michal Dinnsen and Carlton Howard in the June 2017 shooting of Aaron Bailey, 45. The officers testified... Read More

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Carlton Howard, Michal Dinnesen

May 11, 2018

Settlement reached in LA shooting of homeless black man

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A settlement of $1.9 million was reached Thursday in a civil lawsuit stemming from the fatal police shooting of a homeless black man on Skid Row in Los Angeles three years ago, attorneys said. A jury earlier in the day found two police officers liable for financial damages in the shooting... Read More

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Charly Keunang

May 11, 2018

Jury awards $10M to Philadelphia man over wrongful arrest

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man locked up for more than three years based on a police officer’s false testimony has been awarded $10 million. The jury’s verdict Thursday was handed down in the case of Khanefah Boozer, a 33-year-old man who languished in jail on $500,000 bail while he awaited trial for allegedly firing... Read More

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Khanefah Boozer

Video: Police discuss backlash of arresting Bucks player

New wrongful convictions could pressure Chicago’s finances

Plea hearing for Ohio man tied to gun that killed police

Man who befriended undercover cop on Facebook loses appeal

Body camera video is latest setback for Milwaukee police

Grand jury says police shooting of Georgia man justified

Bucks’ Brown decries ‘police intimidation’ during arrest

Justices to hear appeal in ambush attack that killed officer

A look at recent struggles facing the Baltimore police force

Supreme Court lets suit to go forward in trooper’s shooting

Judge: 15-year sentence for ex-leader of corrupt police unit

2 Indianapolis officers cleared in unarmed motorist death

Settlement reached in LA shooting of homeless black man

Jury awards $10M to Philadelphia man over wrongful arrest

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