RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the …
An unarmed black therapist is suing the Florida police officer who shot him while he tried to protect his autistic client. The Miami Herald reports Charles Kinsey filed a federal lawsuit August 4 against North Miami officer Jonathan Aledda, accusing …
Police antagonized crowds gathered to protest in Ferguson, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers accountable, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report summary obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The summary cited “vague and arbitrary” …
