LA County Deputies Charged with Lying in Police Report to Cover Up Use of Excessive Force
By Annette Wong-Toi LOS ANGELES, CA — Two Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. deputies were arraigned Thursday…
Man Sues City of Lancaster and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for False Arrest, Violation of Rights
By Lizet Gonzalez and William McCurry LOS ANGELES – A disabled Black man, Leroy Butts, is suing…
Anti-Police Brutality Protests Erupt after Tacoma Officer Drives through Crowd, Runs Over One Person, Sends People to Hospital
By Lauren Smith TACOMA, WA – A 58-year-old police officer Saturday night plowed into a crowd about…
SF PD Officer Charged by District Attorney with Multiple Felonies for Brutal Baton Beating of Black Man More than a Year Ago
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Police Dept officer – accused of beating a man with his…
Governor Signs Three Police Reform Bills, Pledging ‘We’re Just Getting Started’
By Dylan Ferguson SACRAMENTO – Following the tragic death of George Floyd and other Black Americans this…
San Jose Police Officer on Leave after Video Shows Woman Kicked, Dragged Outside of McDonald’s
By Claudia Gutierrez SAN JOSE – Video footage of a woman being kicked and dragged in a…
Former Cop Arrested in Attack on Two Maryland Women Posting Anti-Police Brutality Posters
By Lea Barrios BETHESDA MD – A now-viral video surfacing here shows a man—later identified as a…
Video Surfaces Showing SFPD Officer with Knee on Teenager’s Neck
With the nation up in arms over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis…
Gascón States Excessive Force Case Needs ‘An Independent Advocate,’ Not a ‘Multi-Million Dollar Pawn’
By Shellsea Lomeli LOS ANGELES, CA – LA District Attorney candidate George Gascón criticized the current DA’s…
Excessive Force by Officers Results in Resisting Arrest Charge for Defendant
By Marisa Mazza A trial opened last week where the charges included attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment, domestic…
Resisting Arrest or Excessive Force?
Defendant Held on $200,000 Bail Following Beating Taken At Hands of Police By Marshall Hammons Thursday, June…
Taxpayers, Not Cops, Shell Out $5.2 Million in Record Sacramento Excessive Force Case
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City of Sacramento taxpayers – not the police who…
Officer Who Punched Alleged Jaywalker Allowed to Return to Active Duty
Yesterday it was reported that the officer who punched alleged jaywalker Nandi Cain, Jr., in Del Paso…
CHP Didn’t Help Accident Victim – Instead ‘Hog-Tied’ and Tasered Him Repeatedly
‘Death by Cop’ Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed on Family’s Behalf Thursday By Crescenzo Vellucci It’s happened again….
I Was an ACLU Legal Observer during the St. Louis Protests
By Justice Gatson Over the last week, I have been on the streets of St. Louis monitoring…
Sunday Commentary: Now Trump Actually Supports Police Violence
When Trump was elected, most criminal justice reform advocates were alarmed that the programs put in place…
Police Turn Traffic Stop into Violent Encounter
By Jana Kooren In a heartbeat, Anthony Promvongsa’s sunny summer day in Worthington, Minnesota, turned from ordinary…
Victim of Sac PD Beating Speaks to Media for First Time
The beating of Nandi Cain, who was walking home from work in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood…
AG’s Office Opens Investigation into Excessive Force and Misconduct against Kern County Law Enforcement
(From press release) Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today opened separate civil pattern or practice investigations into…
Police Use of Excessive Force at Standing Rock
By Jamil Dakwar In a 4-minute SoundCloud interview with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Angela Bibens describes the…
