In a major step in the aftermath of Eric Garner's death, which touched off a nationwide movement against police brutality, federal prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury on Wednesday, reports The New York Times.
If found guilty, 28-year-old police officer Peter Liang could face up to 15 years behind bars.
A federal jury on Wednesday awarded a Black New York Police officer $15 million after he was beaten and had his hand fractured by fellow officers at his Queens home in 2010, reports the New York Daily News.
The mother of slain Bronx teen Ramarley Graham is demanding justice for her son, who was shot and killed at the hands of NYPD officer Richard Haste in 2012.
The Rubenstein and Rynecki law firm says it deserves a share of the $2.3 million in attorneys' fees.
Alan Newton spent years in a legal battle with the city after he was released from jail in 2006, the NY Daily News reports.
Officer Peter Liang, the Asian rookie NYPD cop who is accused of shooting and killing Black unarmed Brooklyn man Akai Gurley, has opted to have his case heard by a jury. As the selection of the jury is still days away, testimony was heard Tuesday in court regarding evidence and statements made by Liang after […]
Shields was last seen at LaGuardia Airport, where she had just finished speaking to her supervisor.
A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ordered the release of five teens accused of raping an 18-year-old girl last week at a playground in what investigators have called an increasingly complicated case, reports the New York Daily News.
Jemal Earle, the husband of Nicole Paultre Bell, has filed a federal lawsuit against a police officer who allegedly attacked him.
Erica Garner is angry about charges the NYPD announced last week against Sgt. Kizzy Adonis in connection with her father's death, noting that a Staten Island grand jury did not indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was captured on a cell phone video wrestling Garner to the ground, according to SILive.
Sgt. Kizzy Adonis is the first law enforcement official to be charged with any wrongdoing in Garner's death.
