The city of Cleveland has reached an agreement with the Justice Department over allegations that the city’s police department engaged in a pattern of using excessive force, violating the civil rights of its residents, The New York Times, the AP and The Los Angeles …..
2015/5/22-The Mississippi NAACP is outraged at Gov. Phil Bryant’s latest attempt to link recent, cowardly acts of brutality against members of law enforcement with growing national frustration over police violence against unarmed individuals and general resentment of a lop-sided economic …..
Video of the encounter suggests another instance of needless escalation and excessive force. 2015/5/26-When the Border Patrol stopped Jessica A. Cooke at a checkpoint, the 21-year-old was about to earn her degree in law-enforcement leadership from New York’s public-university system. …..
Federal investigators found systemic brutality in the department that killed Tamir Rice, and have now reportedly reached a new consent decree. 2015/5/26-It’s a sign of how troubled the Cleveland Police Department really is that amid protests over the acquittal of …..
2015/5/26-The Justice Department has reached a settlement with the city of Cleveland over the conduct of its police officers, according to a Justice official, the latest case in which the Obama administration has investigated excessive use of force and the …..
