CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three weeks after it began, this case is now in the hands of a jury, which will have to decide whether the SWAT officers involved in executing a search warrant nearly eight years ago ...

BROOKLYN, Ohio (WOIO) — A Brooklyn police sergeant who was responsible for reviewing use-of-force cases has been fired for using excessive force against a handcuffed woman. Last May 19 Investigates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN, Texas - Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza is defending his approach to prosecuting police officers accused of ...

Back in 2018, CPD's SWAT team executed a warrant on the Tate family home, looking for a suspect that neither lived there nor was known to the family.

In a decision handed down Monday, the Supreme Court made it even more difficult for victims of police violence to bring action against police officers who use excessive force. As the Los Angeles Times ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - State lawmakers on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee are looking for answers following a high-profile lawsuit against Maine State Police for ...

The estate of Gary Updike, 46, makes the claim in a suit filed Wednesday in U.S. Middle District Court against the borough, five named officers and one John Doe. It seeks in excess of $1 million in ...

The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the beating death of ...

Maine’s public safety chief will take questions from lawmakers Tuesday following two excessive force lawsuits against the state police this fall, one of them related to the beating of a handcuffed man ...

Should we just get rid of grand juries altogether? That’s a big question many folks are rightly asking, from average citizens marching through streets for justice on freezing days to thought leaders ...

Mayor Mike Johnston’s executive order marks a direct challenge to Trump’s immigration crackdown and restricts federal ...