It is rare that a police officer is willing to come forward to testify against fellow officers. When the officer in question is shot dead with his own gun the day before such testimony is scheduled, the case is suspicious and troubling — as is the Baltimore P.D.’s refusal of FBI help in investigating the death.
Two Chicago police officers face threats after blowing the whistle on fellow cops who were demanding bribes from drug dealers in the housing projects of Chicago.
Two Chicago police officers say they have faced retaliation and suffered from PTSD since they blew the whistle on a gang of their fellow cops who were demanding bribes from drug dealers in the housing projects of Chicago. We speak with one of the whistleblowers, Shannon Spalding, and with reporter Jamie Kalven, who documented their ordeal in a
In several high-profile cases, citizen video has served to refute police accounts that a suspect had refused commands or done something to warrant deadly force.
