No Criminal Charges in Fatal Indianapolis Police Shooting
There will be no criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Aaron Bailey, an unarmed black man, by two Indianapolis officers during a June traffic stop, a special prosecutor announced Tuesday, reports...
View ArticleJudge Restricts St. Louis Police Strategies During Protests
A federal judge issued on Wednesday wide-ranging restrictions on the ability of St. Louis police to declare protests “unlawful” and use chemical agents against protesters, says the city’s...
View ArticleBaltimore Police Swarm Over Area Where Detective Was Killed
Police swarmed over West Baltimore Friday in a search for the gunman who shot and killed a Baltimore detective on Wednesday, reports the city’s Sun. Federal ATF officers in tactical gear were on the...
View ArticleSC Killer Cop Cites Sessions’ Memory Lapses in Defense
With his sentencing scheduled next Monday, a court memorandum submitted by attorneys for former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager argues for leniency, comparing the ex-cop’s...
View ArticleGirlfriend to Get $800,000 in MN Fatal Police Shooting
The St. Anthony, Mn., City Council, facing “threatened litigation,” has voted to pay Diamond Reynolds and her young daughter a $675,000 settlement in connection with the police shooting of Philando...
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The Killing of Roshad McIntosh: Anatomy of a Police Shooting
On August 14, 2014, 19-year-old Roshad McIntosh was shot and killed by Chicago cops who were investigating reports of gang activity. A subsequent official inquiry concluded the shooting was justified...
View ArticleOklahoma City Officer Charged With Murdering Man
An Oklahoma City police officer “crossed the line” when he shot an unarmed suicidal man last month, says Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater, The Oklahoman reports. Sgt. Keith Patrick...
View ArticleTwo-Decade Term Likely in SC Police Shooting Case
Michael Slager, a white former South Carolina police officer, committed second-degree murder when he shot an unarmed black motorist to death and should expect to spend about two decades in prison, a...
View ArticleSC Video Yields Stiffest Sentence in Police Shooting
The video was viewed millions of times around the world. It was blurry, frenzied and chilling: an unarmed black man ran from a white officer, who shot him five times in the back, the Associated Press...
View ArticleAZ Man Pleaded With Police Before He Was Killed
After an Arizona police officer was acquitted of second-degree murder charges, officials released graphic video showing Daniel Shaver crawling on his hands and knees and begging for his life in the...
View ArticlePolice Shot At Least 3,631 From 2010 Through 2016
An analysis of data from the 50 largest U.S. police departments shows that police shoot Americans more than twice as often as previously known, VICE reports. Officers in these departments shoot black...
View ArticleNYC Police Shootings Down to Record Low
New York City police officers shot fewer than two dozen people this year, a record low and the result of major shifts in policing practices that have led to drops in police shootings around the U.S.,...
View ArticleDC Officer Faulted in Internal Review of Fatal Shooting
The Washington, D.C., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed motorcyclist last year had no reason to pull his gun and was not in danger when he fired, police concluded in an internal investigation...
View ArticleCleveland Cop Fired for 2015 Shooting of Unarmed Burglar
A Cleveland police officer was fired Thursday for the 2015 fatal shooting of an unarmed burglary suspect, reports the Plain Dealer. Alan Buford was terminated after city officials found that he used...
View ArticleWhy Just Punishing Police Won’t Curb Officer-Involved Shootings
If cops charged with fatal shootings rarely get convicted, is there a better way of dealing with such incidents before they happen? According to a study published this month in the Annual Review of...
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The LAPD’s Charlie Beck: A Chief for a Transformed City
Last Friday, Charlie Beck, the chief of the Los Angeles Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) called a press conference to announce his retirement after leading the department for eight years—forgoing...
View ArticleWA City Appealing $15.1M Verdict in Police Shooting
Lakewood, Wa., and its police chief will appeal a $15.1 million federal jury verdict for the 2013 shooting death of a 30-year-old unarmed black man killed on his front porch in front of his son by a...
View ArticleFBI Agent Kills Kidnapping Victim in Houston
An FBI agent shot and killed a kidnapping victim during a predawn operation in northeast Houston, hours after the man was bound with duct tape and pulled from his home by gunmen who later demanded...
View ArticleNYC Cop on Trial for Killing Mentally Ill Woman
A police officer who shoots a person wielding a baseball bat is rarely prosecuted. Most states allow officers to use lethal force to counter an attack with a deadly weapon, like a knife, an ax or a...
View ArticleOfficer-Involved Shootings: Who’s Really to Blame?
Against the tense backdrop of police shootings of unarmed civilians, a research paper has proposed an alternative approach to evaluating encounters between police and civilians that turn deadly. The...
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