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According to the NY Daily News, two former New Jersey police officers both plead guilty for vandalizing a man’s cars after he filed a complaint against them. Thomas Dowling and Stephen Martinsen, former officers of the Asbury Park Police Department, admitted to breaking the windows of one and slashing the …

It’s been three weeks since the murder of George Floyd. His death, along with the killings of Breonna Taylor and countless other Black Americans at the hands of the police, has sparked protests and discussions about race relations nationwide. As displays of civil unrest continue, and protesters demand for the …

Police in San Francisco will no longer be responding to non-criminal calls. San Francisco mayor London Breed said that non-violent calls will now be diverted from the police department to “non-law enforcement agencies.” Instead of officers, trained and unarmed professionals, who are equipped to deal with mental health, the homeless, …

The president of a Florida Fraternal Order of Police chapter has been suspended from the sheriff’s office after he used the chapter’s Facebook page to offer jobs to police officers with excessive use of force accusations. On Tuesday, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced he had suspended Lt. Bert Gamin …

The New York State Senate has voted to repeal a 44-year-old law that helped protect police officers’ disciplinary records from being released to the public. A variety of social causes have taken place in the wake of global protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd and police brutality. Thousands …

Data shows that American police shoot, arrest, and imprison more people than other developed nations. Since 2015, police have shot and killed 5,400 people. From the beginning of 2020 through the first week of June, police shot and killed 463 people, which is 49 more than the same period last …

A photo of a Long Beach officer standing over blood with his baton has sparked an internal investigation. Officer Jacob Delgado, 26, of the Long Beach Police Department in California, posted a series of photos that showed “disturbing” images of what took place at protests on Sunday. The officer, who …

Police officers in Asheville, NC were caught stomping on water bottles and destroying medical supplies at a station that was set up to help aid the demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd. The reported video shows Asheville police officers in riot gear and holding shields forming a protective circle …

A video has surfaced, showing three Los Angeles Sheriffs beating on a Compton man before being checked by an onlooker. The video, which went viral on Twitter, was shot earlier this week and shows the officers wrestle an unnamed man to the ground. The whole incident is partially obscured by …

A man in Louisville, Kentucky has been shot and killed by police during a protest. The man, believed to be the owner of a local BBQ joint, was killed Sunday night around midnight when a crowd gathered to protest police brutality, sparked by the recent killing of Breonna Taylor in …

Another video of an unarmed, non-resisting Black man being held at gunpoint has spread across social media. Thankfully he wasn’t murdered. It’s been a tough time for Black people since forever, and 2020 has not failed to deliver the same amount of pain. From Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, …

White supremacists are encouraging its members to spread the #coronavirus to Jewish people and police. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office had to send out a message to local police officers letting them know that white supremacists are plotting to intentionally pass the COVID-19 virus to Jewish people …

An NYPD officer has died as a result of friendly fire. On Monday, New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill addressed the fatal shooting. “This is a tragic case of friendly fire, but make no mistake, we lost a life of a courageous public servant solely due to a violent …

A Florida police detective resigned last week after he stated there would be an “active shooter situation” if he did not get the job he wanted. Steve Bergren turned in his resignation to the Tarpon Springs Police Department after the comment he made to a fellow detective on August 5, …

On Wednesday, video footage of an officer-involved shooting went viral, reigniting debate about law enforcement’s use of force.  In the video, which has since garnered nearly 200,000 views, a suspect can be seen wrestling away an officer’s gun before firing a few shots in her direction. However, according to CBS …

 – Blogged by @DanielleBTV Whew! Another day, another boycott, and this time, Disney is caught right in the middle of it. The hashtag #BoycottMulan is trending worldwide after the “Mulan” star, Chinese-American actress Liu Yifei, voiced her support for the police crackdown in #HongKong this week. Protesters in Hong Kong …

Four cops have gotten themselves entangled in a “love rectangle” that resulted in them being stripped of their firearms so they wouldn’t kill each other. The New York Post reports that an NYPD sergeant cheated on his cop girlfriend with a fellow officer, whose husband is also on the job …

Thursday night, tragedy struck in Dallas after a police officer shot a man inside his own home, thinking it was her own.  According to ABC News, the officer, whose name has yet to be released, was returning home from work when she entered a home she thought was hers, just …

A Nashville District Attorney has released surveillance footage that shows a Metro Nashville police officer chasing and fatally shooting a black man in the back.   The footage, captured by a nearby school, shows Officer Andrew Delke chasing 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick down a sidewalk on the evening of July 26. …

Lamar Odom wants his fans to know that he’s “OK” following a shooting incident that recently took place at a local Hooters restaurant in Queens, NY. According to Page Six, last Thursday morning, Odom and his friends were seated at an outdoor table before members of his entourage got into …