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The Oath Keepers, an anti-government, conservative organization composed of former military personnel, police and first responders, showed up unannounced at the protest marking the one-year anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown.
The incident began Sunday night as a crowd gathered to watch dirt bikers perform. Police showed up to disperse the crowd, when one of them took to threatening the lives of hundreds.
The New York Police Department will spend some $4.5 million to buy a host of new Tasers for its officers, the New York Post reported.
A year after Michael Brown's death, protesters remain as furious as ever at police and refuse to say if a cop can ever be justified in using force.
Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots and police critically wounded a black 18-year-old accused of opening fire on officers.
Protesters who claimed affiliation with the Black Lives Matter movement stormed the stage during a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Seattle on Saturday, taking over the microphone and forcing Sanders to leave without ever speaking.
Four years ago, Kelly Thomas – a homeless, mentally ill man from Fullerton, California -- was beaten to death by police officers while he cried out piteously for his father.
Guardian lawsuit reveals overwhelming racial disparity at Homan Square, where detainees are still held for minor crimes with little access to the outside word, despite police denials that site is an anomaly
ACLU files federal lawsuit
On July 1, the Spanish Government went to "Full Police State", with enactment of law forbidding dissent and unauthorized photos of law enforcement.
Everyone has to do some serious soul-searching when it comes to dealing with the cops. This is especially true for African-Americans, given that police departments seem to have attracted a disproportionate share of racial bigots to that line of work.
Seattle resident Nathaniel Caylor wears a large, conspicuous metal appliance on the right side of his face, a souvenir of a May 5, 2009 incident in which Seattle Police Officer Eugene Shubeck tried to murder him in front of his twenty-month-old son,
NEW YORK -- An appeals court says the public can't see the testimony a grand jury heard before declining to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
CINCINNATI -- A University of Cincinnati police officer who shot a motorist after stopping him over a missing front license plate pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of murder and involuntary manslaughter.
Driving home today I got lost and made a wrong turn. In an unfamiliar area I drove slowly but made the mistake of not seeing a poorly marked one way.
Officer charged with assault by his own chief
Trying to predict the outcome of any encounter with the police is a bit like playing Russian roulette: most of the time you will emerge relatively unscathed, although decidedly poorer and less secure about your rights, but there's always the chance
Michael Brown's killing brought to light the horrific case of Henry Davis, who was beaten by Ferguson cops, then charged with bleeding on them. Now he's finally allowed to sue them.
Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY -- Unfortunately, the sad reality is that yet another accusation of excessive force by the NYPD is hardly newsworthy anymore. But there was something different about what happened last night inside the Target store in Flatbush
Micanopy, FL -- Dozens of police vehicles, including MRAPs, shut down large sections of Interstate 75, and shut down an entire town for several hours, to hunt for a retired police officer and corrections officer who was allegedly involved in a shoot
The tragic story of Bounkham "Bou Bou" Phonesavanh is one that tugs at the heartstrings of parents everywhere.
Judges tore into Nevada authorities in two separate recent cases for elaborate, unconstitutional stings over big money civil forfeiture arrests.
In an article on April 13, I used the so-called Civil War and the myths with which court historians have encumbered that war to show how history is falsified in order to serve agendas.
Texas officer violated multiple rules pulling over a woman who ended up dead in her jail cell
Police Department advised him of his rights as a victim
The Los Angeles Times has obtained footage related to the death of Ricardo Diaz Zeferino at the hands of Gardena police officers in 2013.
Inevitably, the usual political suspects dance on the graves of the barely cold corpses to call on the restrictions of weapons and in this case, Confederate regalia.
The head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association on Monday night slammed the city's record-breaking $5.9?million settlement with the family of police chokehold victim Eric Garner as "obscene" and "shameful."
The federal agency overseeing water and power is in the market for 52,000 rounds of ammunition for its officers at Hoover Dam and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, raising questions about weapons for nonmilitary purposes.