ExcessiveForce

Does anyone else believe Thomas Lane will be the only one of Floyd's alleged killers to get off?

A Minneapolis medical support coordinator who trained two of three former officers federally charged in George Floyd’s death testified on Tuesday that what she saw of the officers’ actions was …

Wed Feb 9, 2022

Settlement reached after police dog mauls teen and deputies fire so indiscriminately dog is killed

A South Carolina county is set to shell out $700,000 in a civil settlement after a teen girl was “mauled by a police dog and shot five times by deputies,” the victim’s attorneys announced …

Sat Feb 5, 2022

Defendant tests positive for COVID-19 after judge refuses mask and bans doctor from using one

One of the three former Minneapolis police officers facing allegations that they stood idle and in some cases helped their peer murder George Floyd has tested positive for COVID-19. Although …

Thu Feb 3, 2022

Different trial, same tactics: Defense attorneys again blame George Floyd for his own death

Trial started on Monday for three former Minneapolis police officers accused in a federal case of failing to help George Floyd even though they saw their peer killing the Black father. Thomas Lane, J. …

Tue Jan 25, 2022

'Anarchy cannot exist': Judge zeroes in on 'outside influences' in cases of Derek Chauvin's peers

Court proceedings are already off to a problematic start for three former Minneapolis police officers shown in viral video doing nothing to save George Floyd’s life as their peer kneeled on his neck …

Thu Jan 13, 2022

Let's start showing appreciation for police officers by crafting policies that protect them and us

It’s National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, and I can’t think of a more fitting way to honor law enforcement officers than by crafting policies to take them out of harm’s way. That’s exactly …

Mon Jan 10, 2022

Don't forget Elijah McClain: Forced into chokehold, injected for looking 'sketchy.' He is dead now

Weeks ago, news broke that the city of Aurora would be paying the family of the late Elijah McClain a $15 million settlement, the largest ever paid by a municipal government in the state of Colorado, …

Sat Jan 1, 2022

'She died in my arms': Mom watches 14-year-old daughter shot by stray police bullet in fitting room

A 14-year-old aspiring engineer who came to America from Chile after fearing for her safety was killed two days before Christmas in a tragic police shooting. Valentina Orellana-Peralta wasn’t a …

Fri Dec 31, 2021

Yet another investigation shows policing system is as crooked as we thought it was

Police brutality doesn’t just happen. Despite popular Republican rhetoric, the spotlight cases of such brutality aren’t just exceptions to a rule of otherwise fair and humane policing—they are …

Tue Dec 28, 2021

Hope is not lost. These 2021 guilty verdicts against cops (current and former) are examples why

With new viral video surfacing each week of a Black person brutalized by police or targeted for little more than simply being Black, it’s easy to feel hopeless. That’s exactly how I felt when I …

Fri Dec 24, 2021

'I was trying to help him': Girlfriend of Black man killed by cop gives heartbreaking testimony

The 20-year-old woman who was riding in the car with Daunte Wright when he was shot gave heartbreaking testimony on Thursday about what it was like to see her boyfriend killed by former police officer …

Tue Dec 14, 2021

Attorney calls for DOJ probe after Oklahoma cops use Taser more than 50 times to murder man

An attorney representing the family of a man murdered when police used their Tasers on him more than 50 times in 2019 is making an important call of federal investigators investigating police …

Mon Nov 15, 2021

'So many lies told': Judicial inquiry begins seven years after Eric Garner killed selling cigarettes

Some seven years after Eric Garner was killed after being targeted by police and put in a chokehold, a judicial inquiry into his death started on Monday. It is the very least officials can do after …

Tue Oct 26, 2021

Protester brutalized by St. Louis cop. City still tries to stick her with legal bill following suit

Disturbing video taken six years ago shows a Black woman walking to her car while St. Louis police officers, in a state of panic, attempt to disband the few protesters pictured in the footage. “Get …

Wed Oct 6, 2021

New mother has to be taken off life support after school cop shoots her in car fleeing fight

An 18-year-old California woman was scheduled to be taken off of life support over the weekend after a school resource officer shot her in reported violation of the district’s use of force policy. …

Mon Oct 4, 2021

California governor signs eight police reform bills, accomplishing what federal legislators couldn't

California legislators accomplished what federal lawmakers simply couldn’t due to Republican pandering to law enforcement unions, and that is actual legislation to back the lip service given to …

Mon Oct 4, 2021

Derek Chauvin files for appeal after murdering George Floyd

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd apparently doesn’t think kneeling on someone’s neck for more than nine minutes until they die is murder. Derek …

Sun Sep 26, 2021

'This week feels like an important return on his commitment': Merrick Garland not too shabby

The Department of Justice had the kind of pro-police reform week that doesn’t happen every year. In a seven-day period, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a ban on chokeholds and no-knock …

Mon Sep 20, 2021

Ex-cops shown holding Floyd down while Chauvin murdered him now want separation from killer

The day after a judge suspended a Minnesota law requiring officers who use deadly force to detail in greater specificity why it was necessary, we’re reminded of the exact cruelty that inspired the …

Wed Sep 15, 2021

'Don't say no mo’. Release the video': Attorney demands video be made public in loud music shooting

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump called for surveillance video to be released after a white security guard shot and killed 48-year-old Alvin Motley, Jr., a Black man, after complaining that his music …

Sun Aug 29, 2021