Baldwin, NY – A woman who claimed to have been a victim of a hate crime by President Donald Trump-supporting teenagers has admitted she made it all up. Adwoa Lewis, 19, gave Nassau County detectives a written statement on Friday that described how four teenagers confronted her as she was driving home at about 11:15 […]

Las Vegas, NV – A College of Southern Nevada sociology professor who wanted to protest President Donald Trump and assault weapons went out and bought a gun to shoot himself with on campus. He also brought his own first aid supplies and rubber band to use as a tourniquet. Mark J. Bird, professor emeritus, wrote […]

Cincinnati, OH – The Ohio Civil Rights Commissioner is asking questions about why police and fire applicants are asked to reveal their “most unusual sex act” on applications to both departments. The questions being scrutinized are part of the normal pre-employment process for the Cincinnati police and fire departments, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The paper […]

Brooklyn, NY – A man wearing a baseball cap with a Nike swoosh called an officer from New York Police Department (NYPD) the N-word more than 100 times while he was being arrested. Police said the same man was charged with a hate crime in 2017 (video below). A bystander videotaped 51-year-old Ilya Freyman’s behavior […]

Houston, TX – A married middle school dance teacher has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old female student. Whitney Laidlaw, 32, has been accused of texting the student shortly after the end of the girl’s 7th grade school year to tell the student “she had feelings” for her, according to court […]

Milwaukee, WI – The Milwaukee police chief announced on Thursday that he had fired an officer involved in the controversial arrest of NBA player Sterling Brown after the officer made inappropriate social media posts. Chief Alfonso Morales told an audience at Marquette University on Sept. 13 that the Milwaukee Police Department had terminated the employment […]

Denver, CO – The Denver district attorney released bodycam footage from a fatal officer-involved shooting on Wednesday, and said she had ruled the shooting justified (video below). The officer-involved shooting occurred on June 13, when Carnell Nelson pulled out a gun inside a 7-Eleven convenience store on Colfax Avenue in downtown Denver, KDVR reported. When […]

Georgetown, TX – A gate attendant at a park near Lake Georgetown has been fired after a video of her screaming and behaving like a crazy person went viral (video below). The incident occurred at about 8:47 p.m. on Aug. 25 when a man leaving the park accidentally took the wrong exit at Lake Georgetown […]

Berkeley, CA – A Berkeley city councilman got caught trying to use his position to get out of a red light ticket in July, when he told the officer he was in the process of voting on her pay raise. Berkeleyside made a public records request and obtained the audio of the Berkeley City Councilman […]

Brooklyn, NY – Seven members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) were arrested on Wednesday, accused of providing protection for the operation of the prostitution and gambling ring in Brooklyn and Queens. NYPD said it had been investigating the case since 2015, when detectives received a tip from an officer about gambling and prostitution […]

Bakersfield, CA – A gunman’s rampage that started at a trucking company office ultimately left six people dead in East Bakersfield on Wednesday night. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood called the incident a “mass shooting” during a press conference, and said “this is the new normal, if you look across the country, these types of […]

Somerville, MA – Police are looking for a man who was allegedly seen urinating on American flags in a World War II cemetery on Monday. George Gatteny was outraged when he witnessed a man and woman removing the flags from around a statue in the Somerville Veterans Memorial Cemetery, he wrote in a Facebook post. […]

Georgetown, KY – A Scott County sheriff’s deputy was critically wounded during a shootout with a fugitive in a rest area on Interstate 75 on Tuesday night. Scott County Sheriff’s Deputy Jamie Morales, 28, was assisting federal agents in the apprehension of a wanted man at about 10 p.m. on Sept. 11 at a rest […]

Dallas, TX – The Dallas police chief promised the public on Wednesday that she would order a review of the use of pepper balls to push back protesters outside police headquarters during a demonstration on Monday night (video below). “I am concerned to learn of reports that one of our officers deployed potentially several pepper […]

Las Vegas, NV – A college professor who shot himself on the second day of classes this fall said he shot himself in protest of President Donald Trump. The incident occurred at about 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 28 as classes were beginning for the second day of the semester at the College of Southern Nevada, […]