Category: Police Brutality & Killings
Police lose immunity plea in Azelle Rodney gun death inquiry
Scotland Yard has lost a court bid for firearms officers to be allowed to give evidence from behind a screen at an inquiry into a fatal police shooting. Police lawyers had asked the High Court to quash the inquiry chairman's
Gwent police settle with Robert Whatley over car chase
Lawyers say police have made a substantial out-of-court settlement after stopping a Monmouthshire man's car and smashing its windows. Businessman Robert Whatley, 71, of Usk, took legal action over a 17-minute pursuit for not wearing a seat belt. The officers
Department of Justice program to examine Metro Police use of force
A new Justice Department program will examine 20 years of use-of-force incidents by Metro Police, ultimately recommending best practices for the agency, officials announced Thursday. Bernard Melekian, director of the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), said Sheriff Doug
NYPD officers shot and killed a black man in his own home
Details about NYPD Officers shooting an African-American male in his home Thursday still remain unclear but neighbors claim the victim had been innocent of any wrongdoing. Police say they arrived outside the home of 26-year old, Dwayne Browne after several
Death in custody protesters rally on weekend
As the death of Terrance Daniel Briscoe in an Alice Springs police cell last week continues to feature in the national media, family and supporters of the deceased man are vowing to fight for justice. Family, friends and supporters are
Police claim autopsies clear them of ‘torture’ of young brothers in custody
The West Sumatra Police have denied that officers were responsible for “marks of torture” found on the bodies of two young brothers who died inside a police prison last month. “The autopsy results concluded that the cause of death was
Disabled man tasered by police
Shocket Aslam, who is dependent on a wheelchair, has said that police approached his car aggressively after he was stopped on the M6 motorway. It is understood that a number of police vehicles were deployed after Mr Aslam left a
Bahrain to try five policemen over deaths
Bahrain, under pressure to clean up its human rights record, said on Thursday it would try five police officers over the deaths of two people in custody during unrest this year. At least four people died in detention after Bahrain
Police in spotlight for Sape shootings
A team sent by the national human rights commission to Bima has found troubling irregularities in the police’s bloody handling of Saturday’s protest at Sape port, a commissioner said on Wednesday. Ridha Saleh said the irregularities were related to the
Chinese protester dies in custody
A man accused of rioting over land-grabs in a southern Chinese village has died in police custody. The incident threatens to increase tension in a small pocket of the export-dependent Guangdong province that has become a source of unrest.
