Comedian Amy Schumer said people of color face “police brutality and murders” and questioned whether white players who don’t participate in the anti-police National Anthem protests are complicit in racism. Schumer made her views public in an Oct. 19 Instagram post where she said she would not be in any Super Bowl commercials and compared […]

Schenectady, NY – A Schenectady police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the 2017 death of Andrew Kearse, who suffered cardiac arrhythmia in the back of a patrol vehicle after fleeing from police. Kearse, a 36-year-old father of nine, was on parole on May 11, 2017, when he fled from a police sergeant […]

Fresno, CA – A man involved in carrying out an armed robbery that left two people dead has been released from prison due to a new California law. Under Senate Bill 1437, defendants involved in criminal offenses that result in a victim’s death cannot be charged with murder unless they actively committed the act of […]

San Diego, CA – A San Diego public defense attorney accused of providing a gun to a felon pleaded guilty to the offense on Oct. 12. Andrea Bayer, 37, had previously pleaded not guilty in San Diego Superior Court to felony charges of furnishing a firearm to a felon and aiding and abetting the possession […]

Stanton, CA – An Orange County sheriff’s deputy is being accused of “excessive force” after he was recorded delivering several strikes to a combative man’s head. Now, his department has fired back, saying he “used force appropriate for the situation” (video below). The incident occurred on Aug. 19, after a concerned citizen asked deputies to […]

Swartz Creek, MI – Genesee County Sheriff’s Office K9 Rocky died in the line of duty on Oct. 2, when he swallowed a foreign object without his handler’s knowledge. The duo had just completed a training exercise, when K9 Rocky ingested the object “unbeknownst to our deputies,” Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said in a […]

Arlington, VA – A Good Samaritan was viciously beaten to death on Thursday night, after he tried to stop a man who was physically and sexually assaulting a woman. The incident began at approximately 9:21 p.m. on Oct. 18, as 27-year old Michael Nash and his unnamed girlfriend were walking near South George Mason Drive […]

New Salem, MA – A Massachusetts state trooper was stabbed in the head at the end of a police chase on Friday. WBZ reported that the trooper was taking the 18-year-old suspect into custody when he was attacked. The original incident occurred in Orange but ended in nearby New Salem, the Northwestern District Attorney’s office […]