Police brutality

When the announcement of his termination came, the state trooper was in the middle of serving a five-week, unpaid suspension.

The investigation comes a day after it was announced that prosecutors from Marion County filed two formal charges against Huxley.

The man, who was handcuffed by officers after attempting to film them making an arrest, was told "you chose your destiny."

"Our community has suffered greatly from the tragic death of Daniel Prude," Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren said Friday.

Mathias Ometu, 33, described the incident as "an unwarranted atrocious physical assault" in recently filed lawsuit.

An editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said that use of the dog was "just like Birmingham's infamous public safety chief, Bull Connor, did in the 1960s."

Demetrius Hollins, who was 22 at the time of the incident, said he has "some kind of PTSD from this situation."

"She went back to school after this incident and this officer continued to verbally harass her," civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom told Newsweek.

The veteran detective's suspension paperwork states that Coney was "unnecessarily dragged" and that he was refused medical help after asking for care.

Chauvin went "beyond the point when such force was needed under the circumstances" during four instances dating to 2014, prosecutors said.

"Defunding the police" is a bumper-sticker slogan devoid of any connection to the real world.

We need to be a little more nuanced when we think about what is causing the dramatic increase in violent crime in cities.

The former firefighter allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl inside a fire station in January and burned the home of a 49-year-old woman in 2019.

"We have a solemn duty to prosecute this case," Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said.

Investigators who reviewed body camera footage of the incident months later determined the trooper's use of force was neither reasonable nor necessary.

Despite past transgressions, roughly 20 percent of fired officers maintained careers in law enforcement, according to data collected by WisconsinWatch.com.

Local and state lawmakers in Maryland met today to discuss ongoing police reform after viral video surfaced of police using a Taser on a Black teen who was vaping.

"While this is a step in the right direction, if they [police] want to pull you over, they can just find a different reason," said former chief Hennepin County public defender Mary Moriarty.

"It seems that Hennepin County judges are of the view that any time we're prosecuting a former police officer there's reason to have an anonymous jury," said Leita Walker.

More than 30 local groups under the "Yes 4 Minneapolis" banner gathered 20,000 signatures to get the measure on the November ballot.

"I've said this until I'm blue in the face that what happened to Miss Taylor was a tragedy, unequivocally a tragedy," said Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron.

The investigation will determine whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing and is a general sweeping review of the police department.

The former University of Texas standout alleged "he could not breathe, that there was a constraint or restriction on his neck," according to LAPD Chief Michel Moore.

"Their investigation is far beyond just use of force," said attorney Ron Haley, who is representing a Black motorist's family after he died during an arrest.

The girl's mother has accused officers of brutality. The girl's sister says the girl was merely walking home in a low-traffic neighborhood before they arrested her.

Charges are attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault, felony menacing, official oppression and first-degree official misconduct.

Two Colorado Police officers were arrested following the beating of Kyle Vinson. The incident took place near where Elijah McClain died in 2019.

"To deserve this, Mr. Clark had: done nothing. He had broken no laws. Minutes before this occurred, he had been sleeping in his bed," the complaint said.

The officer will remain on administrative leave until he is officially removed from the force and will be able to appeal the police chief's deicision.

"The issues raised in the arrest and death of Garner and its aftermath are of the greatest significance," Thursday's ruling read.