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Family of Arizona Man Killed in Police Shooting Files $950K Claim
Sep 29 2020 // The family of a Buckeye man who died in a shooting six months ago has filed a nearly $1 million notice of claim against the Buckeye Police Department and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The claim alleges that...
Connecticut Workplace Shooter Says Gun Fired By Accident
Sep 29 2020 // A man charged with wounding his boss and another employee in a shooting at a Connecticut trucking company told police his handgun fired by accident and he only intended to scare his manager, according to an arrest warrant...
Police Say Connecticut Workplace Shooter Extradited, Charged with Assault
Sep 28 2020 // A truck driver accused of shooting his boss and wounding another person outside a Connecticut industrial building was charged Wednesday with assault and other crimes after being brought back from Massachusetts, where...
Two Wounded in Connecticut Workplace Shooting, Suspect in Custody
Sep 24 2020 // A shooter opened fire and wounded two people outside a Connecticut business Tuesday and was taken into custody at gunpoint on a highway in Massachusetts, police said. Both victims were treated at a hospital and...
2 Injured by Minneapolis Police Projectiles During Unrest Suing City
Sep 23 2020 // Two men injured by police during violence that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis are suing the city, its police chief and unnamed officers. Soren Stevenson, 25, lost his left eye after he was shot by police...
Abandoned Vehicles a Common Problem in Omaha, Nebraska, Neighborhoods
Sep 22 2020 // The blue SUV had been parked in front of the Omaha Bike Project near 33rd and California Streets, with its windows down, for more than three months. After multiple calls to the Mayor’s Hotline failed to yield...
Owners Find Insurance Inadequate to Cover Demolition of Buildings Destroyed by Riots
Sep 21 2020 // Some commercial property owners whose businesses were torched by rioters are learning that they don’t have enough insurance to clear away the debris. Many property owners in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area purchased...
The Role Insurance Plays in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement
Sep 21 2020 // Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place across the country, according to an insurance policyholder attorney who...
Louisville Agrees to Pay Breonna Taylor’s Family $12 Million, Enact Police Reforms
Sep 16 2020 // Louisville, Kentucky agreed to pay the family of Breonna Taylor a $12 million settlement and enact a series of reforms as part of the largest police misconduct payout in the city’s history after officers shot and...
Wildfires Grow in Oregon as 500K Evacuated, Death Toll Rises
Sep 11 2020 // Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched U.S. West Coast states on Friday, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 16 people, state and local...
Court Revives Civil Suit Against Ohio Cops Over Fatal Shooting of Black Man
Sep 10 2020 // A federal appeals court reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against two police officers in Ohio’s capital city over the 2016 shooting of a Black man by undercover officers. In a ruling issued Sept. 8, a three-judge...
Police Investigating Explosion in Florida Industrial Park
Sep 9 2020 // UPDATE: This story has been updated with additional details. Police shut down a section of U.S. 1 in central Florida Tuesday due to fires from an explosion. Palm Bay police said in a Twitter post that officers were...
Kentucky Police Road Safety Campaign Targets Aggressive Drivers
Sep 9 2020 // Police are looking for aggressive drivers in Kentucky over the next few weeks. Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division launched the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks Campaign on Sept. 2. Officers...
Owners Say Insurance Inadequate to Cover Demolition of Riot-Destroyed Buildings
Sep 4 2020 // Some commercial property owners whose businesses were torched by rioters are learning that they don’t have enough insurance to clear away the debris. The StarTribune newspaper reported that many property owners in...
Mother of Unarmed Man Shot in Wyoming Files Lawsuit
Sep 4 2020 // The mother of an unarmed Wyoming man killed by a sheriff’s deputy after a traffic stop has filed a lawsuit alleging excessive use of force and failures in hiring and training the deputy. Debra Hinkel filed suit...
Mass. Court Rules Statute of Limitations, Fair Report Privilege Apply in Defamation Case
Sep 3 2020 // A Massachusetts appeals court has ruled in favor of an online newspaper in a defamation case, holding that the statute of limitations and fair report privilege apply to articles the newspaper published regarding two...
Insurance Plays Key Role in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement
Sep 2 2020 // Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place across the country, according to an insurance policyholder attorney who...
4 Indicted for Minneapolis Police Station Fire
Aug 27 2020 // Four people have been indicted for allegedly helping to burn down a Minneapolis police station during the protests over the death of George Floyd, U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald said. The complaint charges 22-year-old Dylan...
Reuters Finds Disparity in How Judges Apply Qualified Immunity
Aug 25 2020 // The May 25 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis cop has prompted calls for an end to “qualified immunity,” a legal doctrine that in recent years has increasingly helped cops beat back lawsuits...
Vehicles Torched in Protest after Wisconsin Police Shoot Man from Behind
Aug 25 2020 // Protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear after Kenosha, Wisc., police shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, while responding to a call about a domestic...
