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Bodycam video shows handcuffed man telling Ohio officers 'I can't breathe' before his death

Apr 26, 2024 by
NBCNews

In video of the April 18 encounter, Frank Tyson can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse.
Suspended police officers cost Ontario taxpayers $134M over past decade

Apr 09, 2024 by
CBC

Police suspensions across Ontario have cost taxpayers approximately $134 million over the past 11 years, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News that surveyed reports about hundreds of officers who were sent home with pay after being accused of misconduct or breaking the law.
Officer who stood trial for death of Freddie Gray to oversee Internal Affairs for BPD

Feb 13, 2024 by
CBSNews

BALTIMORE - One of the officers charged after the death of Freddie Gray has been promoted to oversee Internal Affairs for the Baltimore Police Department.
Justice Department creates database to track misconduct records by federal law enforcement

Dec 19, 2023 by
PBS

The U.S. Justice Department has created a database to track records of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers that is aimed at preventing agencies from unknowingly hiring problem officers, officials said on Monday.
Colorado strikes “excited delirium” from all law enforcement diagnosis, training documents

Dec 02, 2023 by
CPR

Colorado’s law enforcement officers will no longer recognize “excited delirium” after a state regulatory board voted to strike the controversial diagnosis on Friday from all training documents starting in January.
NYPD Paid Out $30 Million in Misconduct Cases Before Litigation in First Half of 2023

Nov 27, 2023 by
TheIntercept

THE NEW YORK Police Department has been making headlines for the huge settlements paid out by the city in misconduct cases. In the first half of 2023, New York City paid more than $50 million in lawsuits alleging misconduct by members of the NYPD.
Derek Chauvin, Convicted In George Floyd's Death, Stabbed In Federal Prison

Nov 25, 2023 by
ZeroHedge

Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis cop convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020 by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes while bystanders objected and said "you're killing him," has been stabbed in a federal prison.
Officer who arrested Elijah McClain found not guilty

Nov 07, 2023 by
CNN

Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard was found not guilty by a Colorado jury Monday on all charges related to the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after he was wrestled to the ground by police and injected with ketamine by paramedics in 2019.
Colorado officer who confronted Elijah McClain found guilty of criminally negligent homicide

Oct 13, 2023 by
NBCNews

Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt detained McClain in 2019 before paramedics injected him with ketamine. Roedema was convicted on two charges, and Rosenblatt was acquitted.
He was making a documentary about police brutality. Then the LAPD tased him in his home

Jul 19, 2023 by
LATimes

Damien Smith was making a documentary about police brutality. But when a burglar broke into his Hollywood apartment, he didn't hesitate to call the cops.
Paris transport disrupted after 12 buses destroyed in protests

Jun 30, 2023 by
AFP

Public transport in Paris was disrupted on Friday after protesters angered by the killing of a teenager by police destroyed a dozen buses in a depot in the north of the French capital overnight.

➤ French president urges parents to keep teens at home as government orders buses to stop at 9 p.m.

➤ Moment shameless Macron dances at Elton John concert while Paris is torched and looted by rioters after cop ‘execution’

➤ France Deploys Anti-Terror Units Against Rioters
DeSantis’s $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida

May 23, 2023 by
TheGuardian

Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash from Governor Ron DeSantis’s flagship law enforcement relocation program have histories of excessive violence or have been arrested for crimes including kidnapping and murder since signing up, a study of state documents has found.
Louisville Passed ‘Breonna’s Law’ — And 3 Weeks Later, Louisville Metro Police Department Conducted A Warrantless Raid

Feb 17, 2023 by
LEO Weekly

Hundreds of people gathered in front of Metro Hall, their fists in the air as votes from city council members were broadcast over speakers, unanimously banning “no-knock” warrants in Louisville following the police killing of Breonna Taylor three months earlier and two weeks of protests.
Former Louisville officer to plead guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up

Aug 23, 2022 by
Reuters

Aug 23 (Reuters) - A former Louisville detective is expected to plead guilty on Tuesday to helping to falsify a search warrant that led to the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose death fueled a wave of protests over police violence against people of color.
Judge finds sufficient evidence to continue Elijah McClain case

Jul 20, 2022 by
ABCNews

A Colorado judge has found that evidence against the five former Aurora police officers and paramedics in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain is strong enough to pursue criminal cases.
Buffalo, N.Y., police officers cleared of wrongdoing after shoving elderly man to ground at protest

Apr 11, 2022 by
CBC

An arbitrator has ruled that two police officers in Buffalo, N.Y., didn't violate the department's use-of-force guidelines when they pushed a 75-year-old protester to the ground in June 2020, during racial injustice protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Bodycam video shows handcuffed man telling Ohio officers 'I can't breathe' before his death

Suspended police officers cost Ontario taxpayers $134M over past decade

Officer who stood trial for death of Freddie Gray to oversee Internal Affairs for BPD

Justice Department creates database to track misconduct records by federal law enforcement

Colorado strikes “excited delirium” from all law enforcement diagnosis, training documents

NYPD Paid Out $30 Million in Misconduct Cases Before Litigation in First Half of 2023

Derek Chauvin, Convicted In George Floyd's Death, Stabbed In Federal Prison

Officer who arrested Elijah McClain found not guilty

Colorado officer who confronted Elijah McClain found guilty of criminally negligent homicide

He was making a documentary about police brutality. Then the LAPD tased him in his home

Paris transport disrupted after 12 buses destroyed in protests

DeSantis’s $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida

Louisville Passed ‘Breonna’s Law’ — And 3 Weeks Later, Louisville Metro Police Department Conducted A Warrantless Raid

Former Louisville officer to plead guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up

Judge finds sufficient evidence to continue Elijah McClain case

Buffalo, N.Y., police officers cleared of wrongdoing after shoving elderly man to ground at protest

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