Mississippi 'Goon Squad' Officers Sentenced On State Charges For Torture Of 2 Black Men
A judge on Wednesday sentenced six Mississippi law enforcement officers on state charges for the torture of two Black men during a no-warrant home raid.
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Ex-Houston Officer Indicted Again On Murder Charges Days After Similar Charges Dismissed
A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, reindicted a former Houston Police Department officer on two murder charges Wednesday, one week after a judge had dismissed similar charges against him.
The 'Goon Squad' Officers Were Sentenced To Prison — But Many People Want More
A federal judge in Mississippi handed down lengthy prison sentences to six white former law enforcement officers last week, after they tortured two Black men in January of last year. The judge sentenced the sixth and final officer, Joshua Hartfield, on Thursday to 10 years in prison. The officers referred to themselves as the “Goon Squad,” according to prosecutors.
Tennessee Senate Passes Bill That Would Undo Police Reforms Put In Place After Tyre Nichols’ Death
The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would restrict local governments’ power to pass police reform measures — and would undo a police reform ordinance that Memphis’ City Council passed after police there beat Tyre Nichols, a Black man, to death last year.
Tennessee GOP Takes First Step To Roll Back Local Police Reforms
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to strip local governments of their ability to enact police reform measures, which would in effect roll back significant efforts made in Memphis last year following the high-profile death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols at the hands of police.
A Chicago ShotSpotter Alert Led To An Officer Firing At An Unarmed Child
Last month, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that the city will stop using ShotSpotter, the controversial gunshot detection technology meant to alert police immediately to the exact location of gunfire. Johnson said the system was too expensive, ineffective and potentially prejudicial.
Officer Sued For Lying In Police Report — And It’s Not The First Lie He's Told
James Ybarra, who was arrested on drug charges in 2014, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the city of Houston and the former police officer who arrested him after a Texas court found he had been wrongfully convicted.
People Keep Dying At This Memphis Jail — And The Lawsuits Are Piling Up
Deion Byrd would have turned 26 years old on Jan. 31. His father, Marcus Byrd, told HuffPost that Deion usually spent his birthdays with his family, watching television and eating some of his mother’s cooking at their home in Memphis, Tennessee.