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Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown On August 14, 2023 HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists scored what experts described as a ground-breaking legal victory Monday when a Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The ruling in this first-of-its- kind trial in…
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Eddie Irizarry’s relatives distraught after charges dropped against officer who fatally shot him
By Maryclaire Dale On September 26, 2023 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge dismissed murder and other charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up window — a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a knife outside the car. Municipal…
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Over a decade, 10 NYPD officers accounted for $68M in police misconduct payouts: Report
By Ramsey Khalifeh On September 25, 2023 In the decade between 2013 and 2023, 10 NYPD members accounted for more than $68 million in misconduct payouts, according to a new report by the Legal Aid Society. All of them are still on the public payroll, according to the analysis and police records. Earlier this summer,…
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You’re Sexually Assaulted. You Report. And Police Make You the Suspect.
Police unleash a slew of interrogation techniques meant for criminal suspects on vulnerable people. By Rachel De Leon On September 26, 2023 This article is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Sequestered in a small interrogation room, sipping an iced coffee, Nicole Chase was trying to explain just how dysfunctional…
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Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs
By Sudhin Thanawala On September 25, 2023 ATLANTA (AP) — Randal Quran Reid was driving to his mother’s home the day after Thanksgiving last year when police pulled him over and arrested him on the side of a busy Georgia interstate. He was wanted for crimes in Louisiana, they told him, before taking him to…
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Mississippi police department that caused mistrial has ‘competency issues’ in its investigations unit, expert says
Brookhaven hired an independent investigator last month after a grand jury cited a number of issues within the police department, including a “lack of professionalism.” By Janelle Griffith On September 21, 2023 The Mississippi police department that recently caused a mistrial in a case that drew national attention has “competency issues” in its investigations unit that impede the department’s…
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Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CBP Policed George Floyd Protests
Thousands of pages of newly released documents detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests. By Prem Thakker On September 21, 2023 AT THE OUTSET of the coronavirus pandemic, Customs and Border Protection encouraged officers to consider more lethal force when making arrests to protect themselves against the highly contagious virus, according to newly…
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Police suggested charging a child for her explicit photos. Experts say the practice is common
By Claudia Lauer, Samantha Hendrickson On September 21, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When an Ohio father learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult, he turned to the police for help. But instead of treating the girl as a crime victim, an officer seemingly threatened to charge her…
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Wrongful deaths, beatings, false arrests alleged in lawsuits against Rapides law enforcement
Plaintiffs blame jailhouse murder, overdose and suicide on lack of oversight By Frances Madeson and Greg Larose On September 20, 2023 A string of lawsuits lays out allegations of death, violence, negligence and unwarranted arrests, stops and searches against Rapides Parish law enforcement in recent years. Plaintiffs point fingers at leadership for permitting a climate…
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