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A family in Juarez, Mexico, is seeking justice in the death of a 15-year-old Mexican teenager who was allegedly shot by a U.S. agent. The case went to the U.S.…
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On April 30, 2017, 32-year-old inmate Ryan Groot was found hanging by a bed sheet from his Sandusky County Jail cell in Ohio. He was discovered at approximately 11 p.m.,…
Read More In July 2016, Philando Castile, a 32-year-old African American cafeteria worker, was allegedly shot to death by a police officer in St. Anthony, Minnesota. Castile’s girlfriend started filming on Facebook…
Read More On Friday, June 23, 2017, Faith Johnson, Dallas County District Attorney, announced that a Dallas police officer was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of aggravated assault. The…
Read More A former Houston, Texas, police officer has been indicted by a grand jury for actions taken on February 16, 2017. News of the indictment was released on June 22, 2017.…
Read More A video was taken by the girlfriend of Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minnesota, moments after he was allegedly shot multiple times by a police officer in July 2016. That…
Read More Police officers allegedly shot and killed a pregnant African American woman in her home Sunday night, June 18, 2017, while responding to a burglary call in Seattle, Washington. According to…
Read More A study conducted by the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, analyzing responses of 1,935 police officers was designed to determine the level of self-control of each officer. Among the…
Read More A female Burkburnett, Texas police officer was arrested this week in Wichita Falls for allegedly driving while intoxicated. A Wichita County Sheriff’s deputy allegedly saw her vehicle run a flashing…
Read More A fatal officer-involved shooting occurred in Pleasant Grove Monday night, June 19, 2017, and the Dallas Police Department is investigating the incident. According to law enforcement officials, at about 5…
Read More On Thursday, June 15, 2017, a law requiring county jails to provide inmates who may have mental health problems with treatment was signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The legislation…
Read More On Thursday, June 9, 2017, at about 6:45 p.m., police encountered 32-year-old David Thomas Jones, who was riding a dirt bike. At the time, the officers had been transporting individuals…
Read More On July 18, 2016, Charles Kinsey, an African American, was allegedly shot in the leg by police as his hands were raised in the air on a North Miami street.…
Read More The Austin Police Department (APD) has suspended an officer for 20 days, after he allegedly used a stun gun to shock a suspect who was not resisting arrest. The…
Read More A Smith County Jail detainee, Carlos Jose Hernandez, Jr., committed suicide in the jail shortly after midnight today. Mr. Hernandez apparently hung himself in his cell. The Smith County Sheriff…
Read More In July 2016, Amanda Woog released a database for public access that lists all of the deaths that occurred when people were in Texas legal custody between 2005 and 2015.…
Read More On Wednesday, June 7, 2017, a woman was awarded $6.7 million by a jury in association with her allegedly being sexually assaulted by a guard when she was an inmate…
Read More On the early morning of May 14, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, 40-year-old Tashii Brown, an unarmed black man, approached two officers at a coffee shop in a casino, the…
Read More There has been widespread outrage over the alleged police shooting of Philando Castile, which was publicized through a video shot by Castile’s girlfriend after the shooting had occurred. The officer…
Read More The husband of a Harris County deputy sheriff was recently involved in an altercation at a Denny’s restaurant that ended in the death of 24-year-old John Hernandez. The fatality has…
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