GETTING ANSWERS ON KEEPING POLICE ACCOUNTABLE. A GROUP IS IN TOWN BECAUSE OF RECENT PROBLEMS RIGHT HERE IN KANSAS CITY. AT ISSUE, THE DEATH OF AN INMATE INSIDE THE WYANDOTTE COUNTY JAIL. INVESTIGATIVE ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A summit focusing on problems with local and federal authorities kicked off in Kansas City this week. Civil rights attorneys are teaming up to shine a light on cases like ...
Civil rights groups demand internal APD records on off-duty conduct. Officers Garrett Rolfe and Melvin Potter cited in recent incidents. Groups question APD’s hiring, oversight, and disciplinary ...
A local nonprofit is urging the firing of two Atlanta police officers, calling them dangerous to the public. Both officers are currently under investigation, and it’s not the first time. Channel 2’s ...
Alabama’s new law expanding legal immunity for police officers will make it harder to hold cops accountable for wrongdoing, an attorney who specializes in civil rights cases against police said.
On Aug. 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown, an unarmed Black man, was shot and killed by Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson. The incident spurred massive protests and social unrest that left a ...
Following the killing of George Floyd in 2020, it was revealed that Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes, had a history of excessive force ...
Two St. Louis police officers hit a handcuffed man and shocked him with a Taser, leading to a $600,000 settlement. A deputy in southwest Missouri was convicted of assaulting another deputy’s wife. An ...
ATLANTA — There’s a call for police accountability in the City of Atlanta after recent headline-grabbing incidents including a fatal off-duty late-night shooting, a bar fight, and an alleged rape by ...
With Andrea Kersten’s announcement that she is stepping down as the leader of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, it is important to recognize where we are with police accountability ...
(The Center Square) – A panel of appellate court judges has ruled Chicago police officers facing serious misconduct allegations must have their hearings heard in public. A law school professor says it ...