The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project (NPMSRP) “Worst Police Misconduct Video of the Year” readers poll is part an examination of how our readers view police misconduct and part effort to garner more interest into the issues of police miscond …
By Rania Khalek - An alarming series of incidents offers some insight into how casual police have become about deploying "less lethal" weapons... In April, the Wichita Eagle reported on Jonathan Villarreal, a sophomore at Derby High School who was ordered to pull his pants up …
After a substitute teacher overheard 9-year-old Emanyea tell another student what he thought about a teacher, it resulted in school officials putting him on a two-day suspension for sexual harassment. The boy's mother, Chiquita Lockett, told the station she doesn't agree w …
Now can someone explain to me why Officer John Turner of Scotland Neck, North Carolina's police department felt the need to use a joy-buzzing compliance aid on an 61-year-old, disabled man with a hearing impairment who was riding down the street on a bicycle? Because that ma …
A 61-year-old Halifax County man died Tuesday, a day after police shocked him with a stun gun while he was riding his bike, family members said. Scotland Neck Police Chief Joe Williams said they received a call Monday night about a man who fell off of his bicycle and injured him …
Authorities are investigating the death of a 61-year-old Halifax County man who was shocked by a police taser while sitting on a bicycle. Roger Anthony died Tuesday, a day after a Scotland Neck police officer used a stun gun on him.
Scott Olsen, a protester who’s done two tours of duty in Iraq and is now involved in Veterans For Peace, was critically wounded during an Oakland police raid by police projectiles. When people tried to help him, an officer lobbed a flash bang grenade right into their …
Police used excessive force when they fired Tasers at a pregnant woman in Seattle and a victim of domestic abuse in Maui, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case that could influence how police handle those resisting arrest across the West. The ruling by the U.S.
A man who was arrested during a domestic disturbance claims jail video shows Colorado Springs Police shocked him with a Taser unnecessarily and then lied about it in their police reports, according to a lawsuit filed against the police department obtained by 9Wants to Know. Char …
I need to let you know that officers don’t call that yellow device on their belts a Taser. It’s an electronic control device.
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