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Atlanta Police Chief Fires Officer Who Used Stun Gun on Man, Causing Death

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta`s police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man`s death. Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Officer …

Video Shows Officers Surrounding Bloodied Man During Florida Traffic Stop

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A traffic stop captured on video by a bystander shows a handcuffed Black man with swollen eyes and a bloody face sitting on the ground surrounded by officers outside a vehicle in northeast Florida, and the …

Four Former TN Officers Plead Not Guilty to Civil Rights Charges in Nichols Death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Four former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop nine months ago. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley Desmond Mills …

Six Former Mississippi Law Officers Plead Guilty in Torturing of Two Men

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty on Monday to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case. …

Lawsuit Alleges Texas Officer Paralyzed Man in Jail

A man filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a Texas police officer of using excessive force while restraining him in jail and inflicting injuries that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The lawsuit on behalf of Christopher Shaw seeks unspecified …