Judge Barry Williams declared Officer Caesar Goodson not guilty of second-degree depraved murder — the most serious of charges — Thursday morning. Judge Barry Williams handed down a not guilty verdict in the bench trial for Officer Caesar Goodson, the third officer charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, according to theBaltimore Sun. Thursday’s decision […]
NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – It began when Newburgh Heights Officer Sarah Bittner questioned two men who had been arguing outside a bar on Harvard Avenue. The younger man took offense because the officer had a Taser in her hand, which she did not use. He repeatedly asks “why was you gonna taze me” and refused […]
Federal authorities said there were no sufficient grounds to bring charges of civil rights violations against two Minneapolis police officers. Federal investigators declined to bring civil rights violation charges against two Minneapolis officers involved in the fatal shooting of unarmed 24-year-old Jamar Clark that occurred during a confrontation last fall, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said the government […]
The shooting took place at the UCLA campus on June 1 around 10 a.m. PT, where SWAT teams arrived to clear the floors of the campus buildings. LOS ANGELES, California — Police found a “kill list” at the Minnesota home of the gunman who opened fire at UCLA on Wednesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie […]
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court jury awarded a man $22 million Tuesday after he sued East Cleveland police for beating him and locking him in a closet. Now, East Cleveland Law Director Willa Mae Hemmons says she believes that verdict won’t stand. She filed an appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court before the […]
“The people to blame for crime going up are the sorry cops who don’t want to do their job, but they want to draw their paychecks and they want their pension,” he said. Roland Martin continued his fact-checking assault on Bill O’Reilly after the Fox News host blamed the Black Lives Matter movement for the increase […]
“To know that 20/20 had access to Holtzclaw and we are being denied knowledge of his whereabouts is a great injustice, and re-victimizes the innocent women he sexually assaulted,” attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons said. Ex-Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, who was sentenced in December to 263 years in prison for raping Black women, proclaimed […]
Four of the officers accused have yet to have a trial, while the van driver involved has one set up in June. Baltimore, Maryland (CNN) [Breaking news update at 11:04 a.m. ET] Baltimore police Officer Edward Nero has been found not guilty of all charges for his part in the events leading to the […]
The indictment includes charges for a federal civil rights offense, using a firearm during the commission of the civil rights offense, and obstruction of justice. Afederal grand jury on Wednesday handed up a three-count indictment against former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael Slager in the fatal shooting of Walter Scott on April 4, […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland workers who need handicapped parking on Superior Avenue near Public Square said they are unfairly being ticketed. The handicapped parking zone just outside Key Tower has two handicapped parking signs set-up at either end of a 30-foot area, but in the middle of the zone is a fire hydrant. Some downtown workers […]
AKRON, Ohio – Akron police will send 30 to 35 officers to Cleveland during the Republican National Convention to assist the Cleveland Police Department, according to Lt. Rick Edwards with Akron police. The City of Cleveland and funds from the RNC reportedly paid for this, so it will cost Akron taxpayers nothing, according to Edwards. Authorities […]
Tom Angel, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell's chief of staff, sent the emails in 2012 and 2013 when he was the No. 2 police official in Burbank, California, the report says.