Armed Georgia Tech student fatally shot after confrontation with campus police
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Investigators report the student was carrying a small knife and ignored multiple verbal commands by officers to stop moving toward them.
Police
September 16, 2017
Police officer in aggressive Utah nurse arrest video sexually harassed a female co-worker
The police officer who lost his job after a violent altercation with a hospital nurse has a history of sexual harassment allegations against him. Salt Lake City Police Detective Jeff Payne is currently under investigation after video footage emerged of a tense encounter with nurse Alex Wubbels at the University of Utah hospital in July. …
Police
September 15, 2017
Former St. Louis officer acquitted in killing of black man; prosecutors accused him of planting a gun in the victim’s car
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, and hundreds of demonstrators streamed into the streets of downtown St. Louis to protest the verdict that had stirred fears of civil unrest …
Police
September 15, 2017
GRAPHIC VIDEO: Police fatally shoot ’emotionally disturbed’ man armed with knife, fake gun
On Thursday, the NYPD released body-cam footage showing a man being shot and killed during a standoff in his Bronx apartment. DNAinfo reports that Miguel Richards, 31, is the man seen in the footage holding a knife and toy gun in the corner of a room on September 6. A landlord reportedly called police after not hearing from the …
Police
September 14, 2017
Hero cop Dane Norem was stabbed seven times while stopping a suicide [VIDEO]
A California police officer nearly lost his eyesight when he risked his life to save a suicidal man who was threatening to jump from a highway overpass. California Highway Patrol Officer Dane Norem has spoken out for the first time to the Desert Sun about a bold rescue that changed his life forever and kept …
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September 12, 2017
Trooper confesses to pulling women over to ask them on dates
A New Jersey State Trooper reportedly admitted to pulling women over and asking them out on dates. According to WNBC, Marquice Prather, 37, pleaded guilty Monday to invasion of privacy, tampering with physical evidence, and falsifying or tampering with records. The trooper would pull over female motorists to ask them out then modify records to …
Police
September 7, 2017
Former police officer resigns after caught allegedly faking his own death
A former Austin police officer has resigned from the police department nearly five months after he fled to Mexico, after going through great lengths to reportedly stage his own death. KXAN reports that Coleman Martin, 29, sparked a large-scale search in April when he left his truck by Lake Amistad, between the Texas and Mexico border, along …
Police
September 6, 2017
Woman frees herself from handcuffs, takes patrol car on 100 MPH joyride [VIDEO]
A video reportedly shows a woman in the back of a police SUV slip off her handcuffs before allegedly taking Texas officers on a 23-minute high-speed chase. KTRE reports that the Lufkin Police Department released the footage on Tuesday. The video supposedly shows Toscha Fay Sponsler, 33, who was accused of shoplifting from Ulta and fleeing from …
Police
September 5, 2017
Angry officer tells men who brought needed supplies to Hurricane Harvey victims that they aren’t needed [Video]
Two Illinois men drove close to a thousand miles in an RV full of supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas when a Vidor officer demanded that they leave. A Facebook video posted by James Hartwell captured the incident on Saturday, when Jared Kirkendoll and Scott Green drove the large RV past an officer standing to …
Police
September 2, 2017
Police apologize for violent arrest of nurse who refused to draw blood from unconscious patient; officer placed on leave: VIDEO
The Salt Lake City police department has issued a formal apology for a disturbing scene caught on video last month. In the police body cam video, a Utah nurse, Alex Wubbels, is seen dragged out of the hospital by a police officer after she refused to violate hospital policy by drawing blood from an unconscious …
Police
August 31, 2017
Cop fired after telling woman she won’t be shot because ‘we only kill black people’ [VIDEO]
“I don’t know what was in his heart, but I know what came out of his mouth,” said the department chief
Police
August 29, 2017
Hero Houston police officer drowns in line of duty after braving dangerous hurricane floods to report to work
A veteran officer with the Houston Police Department died in the line of duty after driving into high water. Sargeant Steve Perez was reporting to work in the midst of unprecedented hurricane flooding on Sunday when his patrol car became trapped in high water, and he tragically drowned. According to CBS Dallas Fort Worth, Perez’s …
