Out of 24 police misconduct cases reviewed for this article, about 30% (involving seven different officers) received toothless reprimands or no punishment at all. Seven unwarranted search misconduct ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a prison Despite a prison population with 4,000 fewer incarcerated people than a decade ago, uses of force ...

The Evanston City Council agreed to settle a 2023 lawsuit brought by a man who accused police department officers of using excessive force. After the case worked its way through federal courts for two ...

May 15 (UPI) --In a case making it easier to challenge police unreasonable force in court, the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously permitted the mother of a Houston man killed in a traffic stop to ...

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating more than 80 complaints of officer misconduct during last month’s protests, with more than half of the cases involving claims of excessive force. The ...

Seven western Tennessee law enforcement officers have been charged with official misconduct and other charges dating back to an October 2024 arrest where investigators say the officers used excessive ...

(Johannesburg) – Angolan police used excessive force and carried out arbitrary arrests while dispersing peaceful protesters in Luanda, the capital, on July 12, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.

A woman alleges she was the victim of excessive force by a Maine State Police trooper who “body-slammed” her to the ground during an arrest in March 2024. It’s the second federal lawsuit in two weeks ...

(Sydney) New South Wales police used apparent excessive force against people protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, Human Rights Watch said today. Video footage verified by ...