police brutality
‘Drive By Shooting’: Cop Deploys Taser from Car Window at Boy on ATV—Killing Him
This photo of Demond Grimes on his ATV was taken one day before he died. (Photo: Supplied by Grimes family) Warren, MI — Under no circumstances is it ever okay to fire a weapon, lethal or not, at an unarmed child who is controlling an ATV—especially if you are a police officer and you are…
Read MoreCop Who Beat Man in Viral Video, Caught on Video AGAIN—Attacking Handcuffed Teen Girl
Euclid, OH — The Euclid police department is receiving some much-deserved attention this month after a viral video showed a police officer savagely beating a man who was in no way a threat, or resisting. Officer Michael Amiott was suspended this week for repeatedly punching Richard Hubbard in the face over a suspended license. However, as a…
Read MoreCops Punch Man During Arrest For ‘Rolling Through’ Stop Sign
A video has now gone viral and it clearly shows everything that’s wrong with the ever-expanding police state in the United States. The incident, involving 25-year-old Richard Hubbard III, unfolded Saturday morning in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, Ohio, in what was meant to be a routine traffic stop, the Washington Post reports. But once again, police…
Read MoreYou Do NOT Have the Right to Film the Police, Rules Federal Court, Paving Way for SCOTUS
(TFTP) Contradicting the rulings of six others federal courts, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals annihilated free speech rights in upholding a district court decision stating citizens do not have the right to film public officials — politicians, police, and others — in public. In affirming the decision of the lower court to dismiss, the…
Read MoreCop Pulls Over Speeder, Holds Passenger At Gun Point For 9 Minutes
For over 9 minutes, one Campbell, California police officer held the passenger in a previously speeding car hostage at gun point. A video taken during the traffic stop is now drawing attention to the drastic measures police are going to in order to enforce even the most mundane of laws; such as speeding. It’s becoming…
Read MoreCops Murder A Father While Serving A Warrant At The Wrong House
While serving a warrant at the wrong address, Mississippi police officers shot and killed a husband and father. Close to midnight on Sunday, Southaven, Mississippi police arrived at the wrong house to serve an arrest warrant and shot a man dead in his own home, according to reports. But don’t worry, the cops were just “doing…
Read MoreFlorida Officer Who Was Fired After 25 Citizen Complaints Rehired to Police Force
An officer with the Orlando Police Department who was fired last year after receiving over two dozen citizen complaints, as well as being the subject of an internal affairs investigation, was rehired by the department this month in an arbitration deal. The officer, Michael Favorit Jr., 29, was reinstated and reassigned to work at the…
Read More“Warning: Twin Cities Police Easily Startled” Street Signs Appear in Minneapolis
Someone is trying to warn residents of Minneapolis that police in the area are a bit, er, jumpy. From the Star Tribune: Joe Morino brought an incredulous friend to see the orange street sign he just spotted in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. The official-looking metal sign read: “WARNING: TWIN CITIES POLICE EASILY STARTLED.” It…
Read MoreOfficer Who Shot Philando Castile Accepts Near $50k in Severance Deal
The Minnesota cop who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last July will receive $48,500, as well as any unused personal leave pay, as part of a voluntary separation agreement announced Monday. The officer, Jeronimo Yanez, 29, was dismissed from his position at the St. Anthony Police Department in June after he was…
Read More[VIDEO] Cop Beats Homeless Woman With A Baton For “Resisting Arrest”
A Georgia police officer was caught on camera “protecting and serving” a homeless woman. The incident occurred at a gas station in Decatur, Georgia on June 4 and the beating was caught on a cell phone video. The police officer claims that the woman was “out of control” while “resisting arrest.” The cop was called to…
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