Video of Linwood Lambert, the man who died in police custody during a medical trip to the ER, has finally been released in an exclusive report by MSNBC.
Police officers in Prairie View, Texas were shown on video tasing a Texas councilman who was on his knees with his back turned to them outside of his home Saturday. Prairie View police officers were questioning three men about alleged drug activity when Councilman Jonathan Miller, 26, reportedly stepped into the conversation, since the men were guests […]
A police officer has been fired after footage from his body-cam video showed him releasing a Taser on an unarmed man whose hands were up
A Virginia police officer is now under review after using a Taser on a suspect who appeared to be compliant.
ACCOUNTABILITY? VA Officer Charged With Murder Of Unarmed Man, Former GA Cops Charged In Taser Death
In a month that saw the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death and the 1965 Watts Riots, police officers in Virginia and Georgia have been charged in the…
A St. Louis, Missouri city official is calling for an investigation after local law enforcement officers used their stun guns on a group of protesters who were demonstrating against police brutality, according to RT. St. Louis Alderman Antonio French says he’ll ask the city’s police chief and any witnesses to appear before the city’s public […]
A 37-year-old Virginia woman who was being held at the Fairfax County jail has died just five days after officers used a stun gun on her while in police custody. The woman, identified as Natasha McKenna, was removed from life support Sunday, according to the Washington Post. Police resorted to the Taser after she allegedly refused to […]
An Alaskan police officer is under investigation after he allegedly shocked an 11-year-old boy with either a taser or stun gun. According to Reuters, the boy reportedly asked the public safety officer about the device, and was shocked on possibly the arm or wrist after his mother revealed to a newspaper that he had asked […]
The Victoria Police Department in Texas is being sued by a woman who claims officers broke her ribs during an unlawful arrest. According to the Victoria Advocate, Mary Jones filed a lawsuit against the Victorian Police department and several officers for a December 2013 incident. Jones says she was sleeping on the night of December 22, 2013, when […]
A Welsh man channeling The Walking Dead is…well, um…dead after police reportedly found him in the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed, South Wales eating a woman’s face. Police responded to Matthew Williams’ attack by using a Taser on the suspect. Williams, who was released from prison following a long sentence for another violent act, died shortly […]
To combat the Ebola crisis crippling West African nations, President Obama’s administration is sending 3,000 U.S. military personnel to supply medical and logistical support. Obama announced the plan, which includes the building of 17 new health-care facilities and an increase in the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims, Tuesday during a visit to the […]
