5 Connecticut Officers Plead Not Guilty in Police Van Paralysis Case January 17, 2023 Five Connecticut police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges accusing them of cruelly mistreating a Black man after he...
Trial Set for Black Army Officer Suing Police Over Violent Traffic Stop in Virginia January 11, 2023 By Ben Finley A U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed by police in rural Virginia, but never arrested, will...
Court Asked to Enforce $3 Million Settlement of Suit Over Virginia Police Shooting January 3, 2023 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Several parties to a wrongful death lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a Black...
Virginia Beach Settles With Lynch Family Over Police Shooting December 16, 2022 The city of Virginia Beach will pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit from the family of a Black man...
Maine Jury Awards Ex-Trooper $300,000 in Whistleblower Case December 6, 2022 A jury in Maine awarded a now-retired state trooper $300,000 Friday after finding that the state police retaliated against him...
U.S. Opens Civil Probe of Worcester Police Over Excess Force, Racial and Gender Bias November 18, 2022 By Mark Pratt Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an investigation into whether the police department in Massachusetts’ second-largest city routinely uses excessive force...
Jury Sides With New Jersey Police in $10M Suit by Family of Man Who Died After Arrest November 2, 2022 A federal court jury has decided that New Jersey police did not violate the civil rights of a man who...
Maryland to Audit Deaths of 100 People Held in Police Custody October 25, 2022 By Brian Witte Maryland will review about 100 autopsies of people who died in police custody involving physical restraint because of concerns about...
Indiana Teen’s Parents Sue City Over Fatal Crash Involving Police Chase October 17, 2022 The parents of a northern Indiana teenager who died along with her boyfriend when a vehicle being chased by police...
Discriminatory Policing Suit Against Virginia Town to Go Forward October 11, 2022 A lawsuit against a Virginia town that alleges its police department has operated in a way that led to unlawful...