The state trooper involved in the Sandra Bland case has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of perjury, according to NBC DFW. Bland died in a Texas jail cell this summer after being arrested following an altercation with police. Bland was originally stopped for a traffic violation, and it is the officer that pulled her […]
The city of Albuquerque will pay $5 million to the family of a homeless shooting victim, according to the Huffington Post. The decision stems from the case of James Boyd, who was shot and killed by police in March 2014 during a standoff. A video of the incident shows Boyd appearing to surrender, but police […]
The shooting death of an East Texas teenage girl by police has resulted in a lawsuit against the department, according to NBC DFW. The parents of 17-year-old Kristiana Joy Coignard filed the lawsuit following their daughter’s death on January 22nd. Coignard allegedly went in to the Longview Police Headquarters with a knife and a note […]