Follow me In November of last year (2016), Officer Michael Morin of the Robstown Police Department was arrested after someone reported in a 911 call that there was a driver slumped over the steering wheel of a truck parked in the middle of the road. Morin was still engaged in
Follow me After kicking down the door to the house of his ex-fiance’s family, Officer Phillip Barresi, yelled “fuck da police!” in response to her father mentioning that they should call the police. The Atlanta police rookie, who was not on duty at the time, was however in full uniform
Follow me A video posted to Twitter and since shared widely on Facebook and other social media as well shows a young man identified on the video as a student at Fullerton Community College, in California, being violently arrested by “Safety Officers” working for the school. (In a statement, quoted
Follow me Charleston County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Clemens was arrested for DUI on Sunday after literally falling asleep at the wheel while waiting at an intersection in Summerville, South Carolina. After being woken up he took his foot off the brake and allowed the car to roll into the intersection.
Follow me A video that was just released as part of a lawsuit by a man the Baltimore Police shot in January 2013 contradicts the claims the officers involved made to justify that shooting. In their official report, those officers claimed that Shaun Mouzon tried to run them over with
Follow me Earlier today, a jury in Dauphin County acquitted Hummelstown Police Officer Lisa Mearkle of third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 59-year-old David Kassick. Kassick had ran from Mearkle after being stopped on a minor traffic violation (expired inspection sticker). He was then Tased
Follow me The prosecutor for Franklin County, Washington announced on September 9th that none of the three Pasco Police officers, who shot Antonio Zambrano-Montes as he was surrendering in February of this year, would be charged with a crime. Zambrano-Montes, a Mexican immigrant and farm worker, had initially been throwing
Follow me There are a lot of reasons why you should always film the police, and citizenrootsmagazine.com’s editor Chad Hankins has an article all about just that. Chad submitted this post, via the CopBlock.org submissions page. He states: This is an op-ed piece I wrote about the importance of filming
