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10 October 2022. James "Jay" Keith Steward. 13 August 2024 (pleaded guilty) Tuscumbia Police Department (Alabama) Police responded to reports of a crash where an on-duty officer, Steward, had struck pedestrian Terry Hinton. Steward was found to be under the influence and driving on the wrong side of the road.
Rankin County torture incident. On January 24, 2023, six white law enforcement officers, five from the Rankin County Sheriff's Office and one from the Richland Police Department, tortured two black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, at a home in Braxton, Mississippi. Police were called to the home by a white neighbor who reported that ...
Torres v. Madrid, 592 U.S. 306 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case based on what constitutes a "seizure" in the context of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, in the immediate case, in the situation where law enforcement had attempted to use physical force to stop a suspect but failed to do so.
Prior warnings. A Jackson County, Ga., police report obtained by Yahoo News found that users of the social media platform Discord had reached out to the FBI in May 2023 warning that someone was ...
— A former Memphis police officer, who pleaded guilty last month to federal charges in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols, testified Monday that officers had "exaggerated" Nichols' behavior and that ...
Rayshard Brooks was a 27-year-old African American restaurant worker who lived in Atlanta. [11] He had been married eight years and had three daughters and a stepson. [12] [13] In August 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison on four counts, including false imprisonment and felony cruelty to children. [14]
September 18, 2024 at 9:09 AM. A former Memphis police officer testified Tuesday that he punched a “helpless” Tyre Nichols at least five times while two colleagues held his arms and said ...
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), is a civil case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the ...