The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/policing/police-misconduct/)
Some 99.98 percent of the money paid out for police misconduct in civil rights cases comes from public funds, not from the wallets of individual cops. It’s money well spent if it helps prevent future tragedies, writes TCR’s legal affairs columnist.
Virginia officials said the practice was discovered in April 2021, when an assistant commonwealth’s attorney asked the Virginia Department of Forensic Science for a certified copy of a report that turned out not to exist.
Seattle police engaged in an improper and dishonest ploy that exacerbated a volatile situation by exchanging a detailed series of fake radio transmissions.
17-year-old Cedric Lofton died after staff members at a county juvenile center subdued him face down, a common practice that experts say is far more dangerous than some studies suggest.
Ambiguous charges that typically include resisting arrest, battery of an officer and flight from an officer are being used against primarily Black individuals to justify abuse and misconduct.
Of 24 cases recommended for termination, an advisory panel reduced the punishments of 21 officers to a suspension or acquittal.
Under the proposed sentence, the earliest former Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin would be released from prison would be around 2042. It would run concurrently with his earlier 22-year sentence in his state trial for murder.
Experts say that the case against Chauvin is strong and a plea deal would most likely bring a lighter sentence than a conviction after a trial, which could send him to prison for life.
A dozen police officers had exchanged racist text messages for years, joked about using violence against suspects and mocked the idea that internal affairs might catch them.
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Department of Justice (DOJ) didn’t consistently publish an annual summary of excessive force data from fiscal years 2016-2020, as required by law. This data is crucial to efforts to reduce excessive force.