This category examines those that are marginalized and disproportionately impacted by police brutality, such as police shootings, wrongful arrests and physical abuse of civilians.
Katie Wright said Thursday she was worried about what the Brooklyn Center officers might do to the person being handcuffed when she pulled over on Wednesday... More
May 6, 2022
Former Loveland, Colorado police officer Austin Hopp was sentenced to prison after taking a plea deal in connection to a violent arrest of a 75-year-old... More
May 5, 2022
The judge overseeing the federal civil rights cases of four former Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd said Wednesday that he has accepted the... More
May 4, 2022
Derek Chauvin asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals in a court filing Monday to reverse his conviction, reverse and remand for a new trial in a... More
April 28, 2022
The union representing police officers in a Michigan city is defending Christopher Schurr, the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head. More
April 27, 2022
A state investigation launched after George Floyd’s killing in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers has determined that the department engages in a pattern... More
April 27, 2022
The incident with the inmate occurred in a county courthouse on March 10, 2021 — two days after jury selection began for the trial of... More
April 27, 2022
A Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be livestreamed. More
April 26, 2022
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan police chief reversed course Monday and publicly identified the officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya in the back More
April 25, 2022
Rev. Al Sharpton demanded authorities publicly identify Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and Congo native who was fatally shot in the... More
April 22, 2022
SEATTLE (AP) — The parents of a man killed by Auburn police have filed a federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit alleging an officer... More
April 22, 2022
Attorneys for the family of Patrick Lyoya say an independent autopsy confirms Patrick was shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids... More
April 19, 2022
While Winstrom said he could not release the officer's name, he did release videos of the shooting, citing a need for transparency. More
April 19, 2022
Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya's fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle, but the video goes... More
April 15, 2022
By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS and DAVID EGGERT and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo... More
April 14, 2022
Video footage released by the Grand Rapids Police Department shows an officer shooting Patrick Lyoya in the head. More
April 13, 2022
A Baltimore police detective Robert Hankard was convicted of multiple federal crimes for providing a BB gun that he knew would be planted on a... More
April 13, 2022
Patrick Lyoya died Monday, April 4 following a traffic stop on the city's southeast side. Lyoya was the driver of the vehicle. More
April 13, 2022
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors revealed Monday evening that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police More
April 11, 2022
Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search... More
April 6, 2022
Federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and bag filled with lead during 2020 demonstrations over police killing of George... More
April 1, 2022
Federal jury in San Antonio awards over $10 million to family of Gilbert Flores, who was fatally shot by deputies while he had his arms... More
March 25, 2022
Wisconsin dad Jerrel Perez wants Kenosha police Officer Shawn Guetschow charges. The cop appears to have pressed his knee into Perez's 12-year-old daughter's neck. More
March 22, 2022
Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison is charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing wildly into a neighbor's apartment during the March 2020... More
March 10, 2022
Trial for lawsuit accusing Denver police of using indiscriminate force against people protesting the killing of George Floyd started in federal court. More
March 7, 2022
The acquittal of an ex-Louisville police officer tied to the botched drug raid that ended with Breonna Taylor's death is stirring the frustrations of her... More
March 4, 2022
Brett Hankison found not guilty of wanton endangerment. More
March 3, 2022
Former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting Karen Garner, a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it, pleaded... More
March 2, 2022
Former Louisville detective Brett Hankison testified in his own defense about his actions during the police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. More
March 2, 2022
Three former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights face federal sentences that one expert says could range from less than five... More
February 25, 2022
