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An officer-involved shooting occurred in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday night, September 30, 2017. According to law enforcement authorities, a man suspected of being a drug dealer was stopped by…
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Phillip Carl Tucker, who was only 34 years old, passed away on or about September 28, 2017 while in the custody of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department in Conroe, Texas. …
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On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, the family of a man killed in an alleged police shooting was awarded $6.5 million by a federal jury. The verdict was reached in less…
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Inspectors with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) released a Jail Re-inspection Report earlier this year that included information about four alleged violations at Sutton County Jail in Sonora,…
Read More The Watauga Police Department has filed with the Texas State Attorney General a custodial death report regarding the death of Brandy Caldwell (46 years of age at the time of…
Read More On or about September 23, 2017, a man died in the custody of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department. According to a written report, the Harris County Sheriff received calls regarding…
Read More On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 62-year-old Ross Frye hanged himself in his cell at Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After being discovered, he was transported to a nearby hospital,…
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Limestone County Detention Center in Groesbeck, Texas, was recently inspected by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS). On September 11, 2017, a report was released detailing alleged violations in…
Read More An inmate in the Montgomery County, Texas Jail committed suicide by hanging on or about September 9, 2017. He was allegedly convicted of a crime and sentenced on or about…
Read More A tragic alleged police shooting occurred on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Police officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department went to the home of 35-year-old Magdiel…
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Police officers in Rockwall, Texas were dispatched to the Bent Creek condominiums area on a call about an alleged aggravated assault on a family member on September 21, 2017. Officers…
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On Thursday, September 21, 2017, in Josephine, Texas, about 30 miles north of Dallas, police shot a man who was holding a firearm. The man had pulled his pickup truck…
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On February 2, 2017, Jonathan Fano hanged himself in a cell at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Louisiana. He died three days later. This week, on September 20, his…
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A police officer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is on desk duty as a result of controversial cell phone video. The officer can allegedly be seen on camera repeatedly punching a suspect…
Read More In November 2015, 33-year-old Eugene Ethridge Jr. was discovered hanging from a bed sheet in a Fort Bend County, Texas, jail cell. In news released on September 19, 2017, Ethridge’s…
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Police frequently use restraint methods on people, and positional asphyxia and sudden death can occur as a result. What is positional asphyxia? Positional asphyxia, also known as restraint asphyxia, is…
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On August 18, 2017, a police officer in Columbus, Mississippi, resigned after a video of him threatening to shoot a man went public. The officer allegedly pulled 20-year-old African American…
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Cherokee County Jail in Rusk, Texas, was cited by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) for alleged noncompliance with jail standards. The Jail Inspection Report was released on August…
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) conducted a jail inspection at El Paso County Jail in El Paso, Texas, and cited the jail for one alleged violation. The logs…
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A custodial death report filed with the Attorney General of Texas indicates that a James Dean Davis passed away while incarcerated in the La Salle County, Texas Jail on or…
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