Deputies Do Nothing as Young Mother Dies in Jail Begging for Help
Free Thought Project - Mon Nov 14, 2016
Macomb County, MI - A local news company's investigation into a young mother's tragic in-custody death has uncovered disturbing details and exposes, at best, criminal negligence, and, at worst, deliberate torture. More»
History teacher suspended for lesson showing 'remarkable parallels" between rise of Trump and Hilter
Raw Story - Sat Nov 12, 2016
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Bay Area history teacher was suspended from teaching on Thursday over a lesson in which he examined parallels between the rise of Trump and German fascist dictator Adolf Hitler. More»
St. Louis mom wants answers after photo of officer posing with her dead son surfaces
Fox4kc.com - Sat Nov 5, 2016
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri - A St. Louis mother is demanding answers after a photo surfaced that appears to depict the scene of her son's death. More»
Cops brutalize black off-duty officer after profiling him for crime he didn't commit
US Uncut - Wed Oct 26, 2016
An off-duty police officer based out of DC was thrown to the ground and hit in the head by Prince George's County police officers because he fit a description of a shooting suspect vaguely described as a black male wearing a hoodie and blue jeans. More»
Trump explains why the First Amendment has 'too much protection' for free speech
Think Progress - Sun Oct 23, 2016
If Donald Trump is president, he'd like to make some changes to the First Amendment. More»
GBI: Cop lied about being shot by black man
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Fri Sep 23, 2016
An officer shot - A bullet stopped by body armor - A 10-day chase for an unidentified shooter. More»
Man dies of thirst in jail run by Trump-loving sheriff after guards cut off his water for six days
Raw Story - Tue Sep 20, 2016
38-year-old Terrill Thomas was arrested in connection to a shooting and taken to Milwaukee County Jail - Nine days later, he was dead of dehydration. More»
Disturbing Video Catches Cop Severely Beat Restrained Man & Threaten Him With Gun to His Head
Free Thought Project - Sat Sep 17, 2016
Gretna, Louisiana - Caught on video beating a handcuffed man without provocation, a Louisiana cop was recently fired and arrested nearly five months after the incident. More»
Guards Offer Snack Bounty To Beat Up 13-Year-Old Boy In Detention
Think Progress - Tue Jul 19, 2016
A juvenile detention center in Fort Lauderdale is under fire for offering food as a reward for beating up a teenager in its custody. More»
Victims Of CIA Torture Notch Historic Victory In Legal Battle
Think Progress - Sat Apr 23, 2016
A lawsuit against two psychologists behind the CIA's torture program moved forward on Friday, when a judge decided he could not throw out the case. More»
Chicago Cop Only Gets 60 Days In Jail For Sexually Assaulting Coworker's 9-Year-Old
WinningDemocrats.com - Thu Apr 7, 2016
A long-serving Chicago police officer has been cleared of felony sexual assault charges that resulted from the molestation of a fellow law enforcement officer's 9-year-old daughter because the judge said he couldn't be certain that he kissed and fondled the girl for his own sexual arousal. More»
Nixon Aide Reportedly Admitted Drug War Was Meant To Target Black People
Huffington Post - Tue Mar 22, 2016
An eye-opening remark from a former aide to President Richard Nixon pulls back the curtain on the true motivation of the United States' war on drugs. More»
Last Night, Donald Trump Disqualified Himself
William Astore: Writer, Professor, Retired Lt. Colonel, Air Force - Sat Mar 5, 2016
As a retired military officer, I watched last night's Republican debate from Detroit. More»
Woman dies of thirst after she was dragged out of SC hospital to jail over unpaid court fines
Raw Story - Wed Feb 24, 2016
A South Carolina woman died 27 hours after she was hauled out of a hospital and taken to jail over unpaid court fines - and her family said she was denied water and medical care. More»
Trump says 'torture works,' backs waterboarding and 'much worse'
Washington Post - Mon Feb 1, 2016
BLUFFTON, South Carolina - Donald Trump went even further in his support of waterboarding and other barred interrogation techniques Wednesday, saying that as president he would use torture in the fight against terrorism. More»
Georgia Deputy Acquitted After Flash Bang Grenade Critically Injures Toddler
NBC News - Sun Dec 13, 2015
A former Georgia deputy has been acquitted in federal court of lying to a judge in connection with a drug raid last year that left a toddler critically injured. More»
Maryland cops arrest man and threaten his girlfriend over non-existent 'breast feeding violation'
Raw Story - Wed Oct 21, 2015
Charles County, MD - An infuriating video posted to Facebook this week shows the grim and infuriating reality of incompetent and power tripping cops in police state USA. More»
How Chicago Police 'Disappeared' 7,000 People in an Off-the-Books Interrogation Warehouse
The Guardian - Mon Oct 19, 2015
At least 3,500 Americans have been detained inside a Chicago police warehouse described by some of its arrestees as a secretive interrogation facility, newly uncovered records reveal. More»
Video shows California cops punching unarmed woman in brutal arrest - for a seatbelt violation
Raw Story - Sun Oct 4, 2015
A woman in Carlsbad, California is suing police after an officer punched her in the face while arresting her over an alleged seatbelt violation. More»
Teen Dies In Police Custody After He Says He Can't Breathe
Complex - Tue Sep 29, 2015
Authorities are investigating the death of 18-year-old Terrell Day, who died in police custody in Indiana after suffering a fatal heart attack after complaining that he couldn't breathe. More»
Texas cop fires gun into wall in anger after server tells him to stop groping her
Raw Story - Wed Sep 9, 2015
A Texas police officer was arrested this week after he allegedly fired his gun into a wall in anger because a server rejected his sexual advances. More»
Cops Raid Wrong House, Shoot Dog, Shoot Man, Then They Even Shot Another Cop
Counter Current - Tue Sep 1, 2015
Recently Georgia police carried out a home invasion of a house they never had a warrant to enter. More»
Sheriff's Deputy Handcuffed Two Third Graders For Having ADHD
Counter Current - Mon Aug 3, 2015
A Sheriff's deputy in Kentucky is being sued after handcuffing two third graders for nothing other than them displaying the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD). More»
LAPD Detective Arrested for String of Bank Robberies
Daily Mail - Thu Jul 23, 2015
Authorities in California say a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective is the so-called Snowbird Bandit who's responsible for a string of Orange County bank robberies. More»
Mob of Philly cops assault man holding crying baby for not paying his $2.25 transit fare
Raw Story - Sat Jun 27, 2015
Transit officers working for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are under investigation after several of them were recorded by a cell phone pushing and shoving an African American man holding onto a baby for reportedly not paying his $2.25 fare. More»
Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him
Daily Beast - Wed May 27, 2015
Justin Way was in bed with a knife. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, cops shot him dead. More»
Texas SWAT breaks 81-year-old man's hip, leave without calling paramedics
Raw Story - Mon May 25, 2015
An 82-year-old Texas man alleged this week that officers in military gear stormed his home, broke his hip and then left him without calling for medical assistance. More»
Georgia police chief, wife get 25 weekends in jail for Child Molestation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed May 20, 2015
Richard Scott Burton, the former police chief of the tiny northwest Georgia town of Mt. Airy, was staring down 31 felonies - two counts of aggravated child molestation, one of child molestation and 28 of first-degree cruelty to children. More»
Sheriff Shoots Real Estate Agent as She Shows House, Then Walks Away Because 'He's the Sheriff'
AlterNet - Mon May 4, 2015
Gwinnett County, GA - Clayton County Sheriff, Victor Hill, has not been charged with a crime and was allowed to leave the scene after shooting a woman in the stomach on Sunday. More»
NJ police punched, kicked, allowed dog to bite Phillip White before he died in custody
Daily Kos - Thu Apr 30, 2015
Late Tuesday morning, police in Vineland, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, killed 32-year-old Phillip White. More»