The shocking story of how a Chicago cop killed a teenager and then locked up his best friend for murder. A Chicago man received a sentence of 32-years for robbery and murder in a case involving an officer-involved fatal shooting. The Chicago Sun Times reported last year that: “A Cook County jury convicted Tevin Louis, […]
Milwaukee protests break out after police shooting Milwaukee was ablaze Saturday night in the wake of a fatal shooting by police during a foot chase. NBC News reports that “the victim, 23, was armed with a handgun and shot dead by an officer after fleeing a traffic stop on Milwaukee’s north side Saturday afternoon.” Hours […]
Trigger happy cops in the United States could learn much from their British counterparts. Fatal shootings by police in the United States has become a major political issue in recent years, and official figures out of Great Britain paint a stark contrast with those coming out of the USA. As of August 1st of this […]
“I know that the majority of police officers are really hard-working officers who are risking their lives day in and day out, but those really bad ones who go rogue do a disservice to the officers who are risking their lives and taking time away from their families. You have to apply justice fairly and […]
A bill with bipartisan sponsorship aims to reform the questionable police practice of civil asset forfeiture that allows law enforcement to take cash and property from people without convicting them, or usually even charging them, of a crime. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis.) introduced the “Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights of Citizens from Excessive Searches […]