Police training is a wasteland of unregulated 'courses' taught by for-profit extremists

A new Washington Post investigation dives back into the world of for-profit “police training,” and yeesh, it’s not exactly hard to see why some of our nation’s police forces …

'Poster child for policing for profit': Alabama town saw 640% spike in fines and forfeitures

An Alabama town of just over 1,250 people saw more people arrested and accused of misdemeanors than it had residents in 2020, according to an investigation by The Birmingham News. Brookside, which is …

Police officials’ amplification of ‘antifa bus’ hoax rumors in summer 2020 bodes ill for future

The infamous “antifa buses” hoax that hit multiple rural and exurban communities in the summer of 2020 was in many regards a series of comical events, with pickup-driving, banner-waving, gun-toting …

Cops destroy lives by lying about evidence, but are rarely held accountable

The phrase “police brutality” has often been associated with officers beating or killing innocent people, most often people of color. For over a year now, what often comes to mind is the Facebook …

COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among U.S. law enforcement in 2021, report says

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, certain professions have it to blame for high fatality rates. Police officers and law enforcement saw their deadliest …

George Floyd's 4-year-old niece is shot and it took police more than four hours to come

Arianna Delane, the 4-year-old niece of George Floyd, is suffering three broken ribs and a punctured lung and liver after she was shot on New Year’s Day sleeping in her bed in Texas. It took …

Social media show Denver shooter is a 'white supremacist and misogynist obsessed with masculinity'

After keeping his identity secret for over 24 hours, the shooter in a deadly mass shooting in Denver, Colorado, on Monday was not only identified but said to have been previously criminally …

As Texas ‘Trump Train’ terrorized Biden campaign bus, some police refused to provide escort

The evidence that right-wing extremism has not merely politicized America’s law-enforcement authorities but has radicalized it keeps mounting, as more police officers are exposed as unrepentant Oath …

Qualified immunity remains intact, but legal activists keep trying to chip away at it

by Aria Velasquez

This story was originally published at Prism.

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled again in favor of law enforcement officers invoking qualified immunity in cases of excessive use of …

Capitol Police officer resigns after indictment on obstructing Jan. 6 investigation

In the middle of October, reports came out detailing the arrest and obstruction of justice charges against U.S. Capitol Police officer Michael A. Riley. Officer Riley allegedly befriended a man online …

Black female police officers reveal they were told to ‘have an abortion or be fired’

At least 10 Black women have filed a class-action lawsuit against the city of Washington D.C. for widespread discrimination. Among them is Chanel Dickerson, who, as assistant police chief, is the …

Washington state trooper shares dramatic parting video after termination for refusing vaccine

Hundreds of Washington State Patrol (WSP) employees retired early or were let go Monday due to Washington State’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The state’s governor, Jay Inslee, gave state employees, …

Violent seditionists are being arrested by SWAT teams and it's making them very upset

It turns out that when arresting some of the participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection, police departments have been using SWAT teams and similarly heavily armed teams to do the actual arresting part. …

‘There is no one to fight for’ Black military family abused by racist neighbor

A military family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is dealing with a profound level of racism and harassment, and authorities say there is nothing that can be done about it. Jannique Martinez, who is …

Hacked Oath Keepers membership roster reveals NYPD and GOP officials

In August, right-wing racist fascism cosplay group the Oath Keepers were highlighted on CBS’s 60 Minutes. During an interview, Arizona Oath Keeper leader Jim Arroyo boasted, “Our guys are very …

Extremist candidate urges ‘strong men’ to flood school board meeting. Sheriffs will be there instead

As cases of COVID-19 surged across the country due in no small part to the growing prevalence of the delta variant, Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania announced a statewide order requiring that both public …

Feds investigating three Vermont troopers for fake vaccine cards after colleagues blew the whistle

As the country continues to battle the novel coronavirus, fake vaccine cards continue to surface online. While one would assume they are being sold by those unfamiliar with the consequences, the …

‘Vast majority of agency’ purged emails and texts after George Floyd protests

George Floyd’s death at the hands of convicted murderer and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked the wave of Black Lives Matter protests that touched most of the United States. The …

Black real estate agent, army veteran, and teen handcuffed for touring home on a Sunday afternoon

It was Sunday and 46-year-old real estate agent Eric Brown was showing off a Wyoming, Michigan, home to 45-year-old Roy Thorne and his 15-year-old son Samuel. Thorne, an army veteran, was in the …

Five Miami Beach officers charged after police swarm, attack suspect and bystander who recorded it

Incidents of police brutality continue to surface online as bystanders have taken to sharing videos of police on social media. In one recent instance, multiple officers were caught brutally slamming a …