Home surveillance video captured an incident in Wilmerding, Allegheny County, where it appears excessive force was used during the arrest of a juvenile over the weekend. Several organizations, ...

A man has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against the town of Stoughton and the Stoughton Police Department, alleging three of its officers used violent and excessive force by repeatedly tasing him ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California city whose police department came under national scrutiny after it was revealed that some officers shared racist and sexist texts, used excessive force and ...

A former Paterson police officer has sued the city, its police department and several officials, alleging civil rights violations and malicious prosecution, after he was indicted and acquitted on ...

SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A school police officer was placed on leave after tasing a student on a Langston Hughes High School bus. The incident prompted questions from parents on the safety of ...

A federal jury has awarded $2.56 million to a protester who says she was left brain damaged after NYPD cops slammed her head to the pavement during a 2020 Black Lives Matter George Floyd demonstration ...

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A man who was shot and killed by Anaheim police earlier this month posed no danger to the officers when they shot him, an attorney for the man’s parents alleged Tuesday in announcing the filing of ...

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CHICAGO — A newly formed commission heard sobering testimony about federal agents’ excessive use of force, just days after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino was spotted back in the city. The Illinois ...