Police in Hudson, New York sprang into action after they received reports that an elderly woman had frozen to death in a car parked on a city street. When she failed to move or respond in any way to their efforts to make contact with her, a “quick-acting” officer broke out one of the back […]
Additional Eyewitness Videos of Keith Scott Shooting Via Charlotte Cop Block
New video footage and information from the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte has been uncovered by the Facebook Page of the Charlotte Cop Block affiliate of the CopBlock Network. The first is obviously a legitimate cell phone video of the scene where Keith Scott was shot immediately after it took place recorded by […]
Riots Erupt in North Carolina After Man Holding Book Killed By Police While Picking Up Son From School
Update: People are beginning to gather in Charlotte again and it appears their may be a second night of riots. Reportedly, riot police are already using tear gas and rubber bullets in an effort to disperse a growing crowd. Click here for a livestream of the riots currently taking place in Charlotte. On September 20th, […]
Body Camera Footage of Loreal Tsingine Shooting Released by Winslow Police
On July 22nd, the Maricopa County Prosecutor announced that no charges would be filed against Officer Austin Shipley in the shooting death of Loreal Tsingine. Now the Winslow Police Department, who Shipley works for, has released the bodycam footage of that fatal encounter. Although several news outlets were given the full video of the shooting, […]
Fairfax Cops Stand Idly By As Man Drowns in Pool
On May 30, multiple unnamed Fairfax County police officers were called to the Riverside Apartments in Alexandria, Virginia regarding a 20-year-old lifeguard in emotional distress who had been pacing back and forth and blowing his whistle. The summary of the event from the police department’s website recounts the ensuing events as follows: The pool was evacuated and […]
Non-Verbal Autistic Man Killed in “Scuffle” With Fairfax County Virginia Police
The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network anonymously, via the CopBlock Submissions Page. It refers to the killing of a mentally disabled man by four police officers in Fairfax County, Virgina after he had wandered away from a group home in April of this year. (Note: This case was discussed in an earlier […]
Nevada Prison Guard Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Shooting of Inmates (Update)
I’ve posted several times over the past year about the shooting of two prison inmates at the High Desert State Prison, which is located at Indian Springs, Nevada, just north of Las Vegas. Lawsuits by the families of those inmates, Carlos Perez and Andrew Arevalo, claimed that a fight was instigated between the two prisoners by […]
Autistic Man Wanders Away From Park, Dies After Police Confrontation
A Virginia man that suffered from both developmental and physical disabilities, is now dead after being confronted by officers with the Fairfax County police department. Police officials said that 45-year-old Paul Gianelos, a resident of a local non-profit group home in Falls Church, wandered away from his group at Round Tree Park at 3320 Annandale Road around 1 […]
Official Report: Nevada Prison Guards Blamed For Fatal Shooting of Inmates (Update)
Last year, I posted about the shooting of two prison inmates at the High Desert State Prison, which is located at Indian Springs, Nevada, just north of Las Vegas. Lawsuits by the families of those inmates, Carlos Perez and Andrew Arevalo, claimed that a fight was instigated between the two prisoners by correctional officers in order […]
Inmate Locked In Hot Shower Until Skin “Slips” Off – Death Ruled Accidental
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled that being locked in a steaming hot shower for two hours until his skin “slipped” off, had nothing to do with a mentally ill inmate’s death in Florida. Fifty-year-old Darren Rainey was serving a two-year prison term on a cocaine charge at Dade Correctional Institution, when in June 2012, he reportedly […]
