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#1 Jersey Shore Police, Pols Weigh Holding Parents Responsible for Kids’ Rowdy Behavior

Jun 18 2024 // Parents should be held civilly or criminally responsible for the actions of their children that create disturbances or damage in public places, a group of New Jersey police chiefs and Republican lawmakers said Wednesday...

#2 Colorado Woman Handcuffed in Police Car Hit by Train Receives $8.5M Settlement

Jun 7 2024 // A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement, a lawyer representing two of the involved police officers...

#3 Family of Bystander Killed in Minneapolis Police Chase Sues City

Jun 17 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a bystander killed during a 2021 police chase in Minneapolis is suing the city and alleging that dangerous pursuits are more common in areas of the city with predominantly Black...

#4 Idaho Police Force Lost Millions in Gear and Vehicles in Fire

Jun 17 2024 // Police in northern Idaho lost millions of dollars worth of law enforcement equipment and vehicles in a fire that tore through a department building over the weekend, Coeur d’Alene police said. No one was injured in...

#5 Police Say No Charges Will Be Filed in Lobster Monster Truck Crash

Jun 11 2024 // A police investigator concluded no criminal charges were warranted after a lobster-themed monster truck clipped a power line, causing some scary moments with live wires falling to the ground. Two people were taken to...

#6 New York County to Pay $1.75 Million to Family of Man Killed by Police in 2011

Jun 25 2024 // A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by police in his home in 2011. Suffolk County, on Long Island, has agreed to pay the settlement to the family of Kevin...

#7 Louisiana Law That Limits Filming of Police Violates First Amendment, Attorneys Say

Jun 3 2024 // A new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment, civil...

#8 Jury Awards $700k to Seattle Protesters Jailed for Anti-Police Slogans on Barricade

Jun 27 2024 // Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct have been awarded nearly $700,000 after a federal court jury decided their civil rights were...

#9 Mississippi Judge Affirms Settlement After 62-year-old Died in Police Encounter

Jun 6 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the family of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for...