Beloved police officer fatally shot by ‘violent career criminal’ out on probation
Police
Court records showed Latanowich had been charged with more than 100 crimes in the past and was on probation after completing a prison sentence in 2014.
National
April 2, 2018
New police beating video clearly shows chokehold, aftermath
By JEFFREY COLLINS and JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A white North Carolina officer is shown putting a black pedestrian in a chokehold in video released Monday that offers more footage of a police beating that has sparked outrage over use of force. City officials in Asheville, North Carolina, released nine body camera …
Drug Crime
April 2, 2018
Ex-cop steals $150K at traffic stops & splits the money with drug dealers: DA
An ex-Georgia officer who reportedly had ties to drug dealers is accused of seizing money from their rivals during traffic stops then splitting the money with her shady associates. Per the Atlanta Journal-Consitution, Lori Monique Johnson, 33, is accused of conducting at least two stops between April 29, 2014, and March 13, 2015, involving drug dealers. The …
Murder
April 1, 2018
Nurse who claimed Stephon Clark ‘deserved to die’ is fired
A nurse in California who said an unarmed black man whom police shot to death “deserved” to die has been fired, the Sacramento Bee reports. The nurse, Faith Linthicum, reportedly wrote a comment on her since-deleted Facebook about the March 18 police-involved shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark. “Yeah but he was running from the police …
Police
March 30, 2018
Update: Police release GRAPHIC Alton Sterling shooting video before FIRING officer responsible
Along with the release of four videos detailing the graphic shooting death of Alton Sterling in July 2016, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police confirmed Friday that the officer who fired the fatal shot has been fired. According to CNN, video evidence shows an officer identified as Blane Salamoni yell that the suspect had a gun prior …
National
March 30, 2018
BREAKING: Police shot unarmed Stephon Clark SIX TIMES in back, independent autopsy finds
Sacramento police fired 20 shots at Stephon Clark last week, resulting in officers wounding the unarmed man six times in the back and eight times in total, lawyers for Clark’s family revealed Friday. The Sacramento Bee reports that pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu performed an independent autopsy on Clark, 22. A statement said that Dr. Omalu located “four …
Police
March 30, 2018
Watch: Man pulls gun on cop during traffic stop, gets shot dead [Warning: Graphic Video]
A Texas police officer reportedly took deadly force on at a traffic stop in Pasadena on Thursday after a driver got out of his vehicle and took shots at him. Click 2 Houston reports that according to authorities, Pasadena police officer Marc Adams, 40, signaled for a man driving a white Nissan Altima to pull …
Police
March 29, 2018
Video shows moments before officer shoots, kills unarmed man with pants down: Reports
Houston police have come under scrutiny after releasing dashcam footage that caught the moments before an officer fatally shot an unarmed black man who reportedly had his pants down. According to The New York Times, Harris County police officer Cameron Brewer fatally shot Danny Ray Thomas, 34, once in the chest within 30 seconds of …
Celebrity Justice
March 23, 2018
Firefighter dies responding to blaze on set of Bruce Willis, Ed Norton film ‘Motherless Brooklyn’
Michael Davidson was a father of four
Cold Cases
March 22, 2018
Five decades after woman disappears, skeletal remains found under married police officer’s home
Police in New York believe they’ve found the remains of a woman missing since 1966 under the Long Island home of her then-boyfriend—a married policeman. Louise Pietrewicz, 38, vanished without a trace in October 1966. The Cutchogue woman was raising an 11-year-old daughter at the time of her disappearance. People reported that the remains were wrapped in …
National
March 22, 2018
Bodycam catches moments leading up to fatal shooting of unarmed black man
Officers fired 20 rounds at Stephan Alonzo Clark, who was reportedly holding a cellphone at the time
Police
March 18, 2018
Suspect in ex’s disappearance shot dead during armed standoff with SWAT officers: Police
Authorities in Tennessee fatally shot a suspect in the disappearance of an area woman following a lengthy standoff. According to WZTV, SWAT officers surrounded a residence in Clarksville, where they attempted to establish communication with 49-year-old James Vaughn. The suspect was wanted in connection to the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend when investigators arrived at the …