When police officers are sued for corruption or brutality — and when, as more frequently happens, the case is settled — it is almost always the city that employs them that picks up the tab for the damages awarded. This may be changing, with the focus now on events in Baltimore.
Known as the “Law Enforcement Recordings/No Public Record” law, introduced as HB 972, the contentious legislation goes into effect on October 1 this year.
As if holding police accountable for acts of brutality, killings, and other wrongdoing weren’t difficult enough already, one state just made the effort significantly more cumbersome — by banning public accessibility to footage recorded by police. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed the law, which says all footage — dash camera video, body cam
A legislative advocate at the ACLU of California told MintPress News that the state Legislature ‘caved to the tremendous influence and power of the law enforcement lobby’ and ‘failed to listen to the demands and concerns of everyday Californian people.’
SACRAMENTO --- A California Senate committee killed a bill to increase transparency in police misconduct investigations, hampering victims’ efforts to obtain justice. Chauncee Smith, legislative advocate at the ACLU of California, told MintPress News that the state Legislature “caved to the tremendous influence and power of the law enforcement
The last trial of Occupy Wall Street protesters opened on Monday, testing the country’s commitment to protecting civil liberties.
In New York City, a major test of the nation’s commitment to civil liberties is playing out as Cecily McMillan, 25, a New School student, faces felony charges in a trial that started on Monday. McMillan, the last of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to face trial, is
The police didn’t find any narcotics, but that didn’t stop them from charging the slew of medical bills to the suspect anyway.
New Mexico resident David Eckert has filed a federal lawsuit against a local police department and hospital after authorities -- suspicious he was hiding narcotics in his anus -- conducted a colonoscopy, multiple X-rays, several cavity searches, gave him three
Statistically speaking, Americans should be more fearful of the local cops than “terrorists.”
Members of a police anti-terrorism team exercise on Thursday, March 13, 2003. Photo: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
Though Americans commonly believe law enforcement’s role in society is to protect them and ensure peace and stability within the community, the sad reality is that police departments are often more focused on
With shrinking municipal budgets, it’s unlikely more money for training will come before more incidents like this.
In Santa Rosa, a sleepy community in California’s wine country, thousands gathered to protest the death of a 13-year-old eighth-grade trumpet player. Andy Garcia was shot to death by a Sonoma County
