The mayor of Pittsburgh said he had “serious concerns” about the tactics used in the arrest of a 25-year-old protester on Saturday, CBS Pittsburgh reports. Matthew Cartier was almost certainly seen in video posted on social media was arrested and put in an unmarked order box by armed officers after …
Read More »Video shows officer rescuing man in wheelchair from tracks within seconds after train passes
A dangerous rescue in California was captured on the body camera of a police officer – and now that officer is being praised for risking her life to save another. On Wednesday morning, Lodi police department officer Erika Urrea tracked down a man in a wheelchair who appeared to be …
Read More »Video shows officers arrested and trying to captivate 8-year-old
Newly released video of an 8-year-old boy arrested in Florida in 2018 has led renewed checks. The bodycam video, posted online Sunday night by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, shows a Key West officer trying to captivate the boy at school. The boy, who has emotional and behavioral disabilities, was …
Read More »Riots and looting in Chicago see 100 arrests, 13 officers hurt: “This was an attack on our city”
More than 100 people were arrested Monday after a night of looting and unrest causing 13 officers injuries and damage in the upscale shopping street Magnificent Mile and other parts of the city, authorities said. CBS Chicago reports police Superintendent David Brown said it was “an incident of pure crime” …
Read More »Oprah launches massive billboard campaign to demand the arrest and indictment of politicians who murdered Breonna Taylor
Friday marks 147 days since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in her house. Now Oprah Winfrey is making sure that people in Taylor’s community of Louisville, Kentucky, do not forget what happened – by launching a massive billboard campaign in the city demanding that the officers involved …
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