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#1 Maryland Officials Say Autopsies Misclassified Deaths in Police Custody
May 20 2025 // An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by...
#2 Louisiana Police Officer Who Fatally Shot a Puppy Will Face a Jury Lawsuit Trial
Jun 9 2025 // A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy while responding to a call is set to go to trial Monday in a federal lawsuit filed by the dog’s owners. The Catahoula Leopard dog ran up to Officer Derrick...
#3 Florida Police Union Blasts Prosecutors Over Officer Charges in 2019 Shootout
Jul 31 2024 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police union leader blasted prosecutors Monday for bringing a criminal case against four officers over a 2019 shootout with two robbers that left a UPS driver and a passerby dead,...
#4 In Miss. Case, Federal Appeals Court Shakes Up Qualified Immunity for Police Officers
Mar 11 2025 // Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised questions this week about the high court’s qualified-immunity doctrine, which critics say has long protected bad law enforcement officers. The 5th Circuit panel...
#5 South Korea Police Search Jeju Air, Airport Operator Over Fatal Plane Crash
Jan 2 2025 // South Korean police said on Thursday they had raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of their investigation into Sunday’s crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on...
#6 Police Officer’s Family Sues Girlfriend Accused of His Death and Bars That Served Her
Aug 27 2024 // Karen Read, whose recent high-profile trial for the death of a Boston police officer she was dating ended in a mistrial, is now facing a wrongful death suit brought by the late officer’s family that alleges she...
#7 Jury Finds Vegas Police Fabricated Evidence in Killing, Awards $34M to Exonerated Woman
Dec 19 2024 // A federal jury in Nevada has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who was arrested at age 18, wrongly convicted twice, and served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing she did not commit. Kristin...
#8 Akron to Pay $4.8M to Family of Black Man Killed by Police
Oct 23 2024 // The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the...
#9 LA City Council Passes Budget That Trims Fire, Police Spending
Jun 2 2025 // The Los Angeles City Council approved a $13.9 billion budget proposal for the next fiscal year on Friday, trimming Mayor Karen Bass’s plans to increase public safety spending, in an effort to reduce layoffs amid a...
#10 Alabama House Advances Bill to Let Police Enforce Immigration Laws
Apr 25 2025 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation last week that would allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration law, as conservative legislators push for increased alignment with the federal...
#11 Company Vows to Sue Over Damages After New Mexico Police Destroy Cannabis Crops
Nov 7 2024 // State police have destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana plants at greenhouses in northwestern New Mexico, marking what regulators say is the largest seizure and destruction of cannabis in New Mexico since new...
#12 Justice Department Finds Pattern of Misconduct by Trenton Police
Nov 26 2024 // Police in New Jersey’s capital have shown a pattern of misconduct, including using excessive force and making unlawful stops, the Justice Department said last Thursday, in a report documenting arrests without legal...
#13 Ohio Supreme Court Orders City to Pay $30 Million Police Brutality Judgment
Jul 18 2024 // The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered. The victim, Arnold Black, went to court...
#14 Judge Says Local Police Must Halt Enforcement of Florida Immigration Law
May 1 2025 // MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge told attorneys for the state of Florida on Tuesday that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state immigration law absolutely applies to all of the state’s local law enforcement...
#15 Minneapolis to Overhaul Police Training After George Floyd’s Murder
Jan 14 2025 // The Minneapolis City Council this month approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city’s police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. The deal...
#16 Fort Myers City Council Does About-Face, Agrees to Let ICE Train Police on Deports
Mar 25 2025 // (AP) — City officials in Fort Myers, Florida, unanimously agreed to pass a memorandum on Friday allowing local authorities to receive training from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and assist with deportations....
#17 $1M Settlement for Woman After Police Dog in California Bit into Her Scalp
Nov 20 2024 // A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force after a K-9 dog bit into a woman’s scalp during her arrest, requiring her to get more than 200...
#18 Ex-Police Officers Plead Guilty to Conspiring in Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 4 2025 // Two former police officers have pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with an auto-insurance fraud scheme, according to U.S. Attorney for Maryland Kelly O. Hayes. Michael Anthony Owen, Jr., a former Prince...
#19 Court Tosses Missouri Law That Banned Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws
Aug 29 2024 // COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Federal appellate judges overturned a Missouri law Monday that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the Missouri law violated a section of...
#20 Family of Man Fatally Shot Sues West Hartford Police, Seeks Federal Probe
Aug 22 2024 // The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal civil rights...
