Worst of the Month — December 2013
The worst misconduct incident for December was the case of Eric Crinnian, a Kansas City man who was threatened by police for refusing them warrantless entry into his home. When Crinnian, a lawyer,...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — January 2014
The worst police misconduct incident for January was the case of a Boiling Springs Lake, NC officer who callously shot a 90-pound, mentally-ill teenage while two other officers held the teen down....
View ArticleWorst of the Month — March 2014
So for March it was the case of the soon-to-be-former Philadelphia police officer, Kevin Corcoran. Mr. Corcoran was driving the wrong way down a one-way street near a group of individuals when one...
View ArticleFrom Our Mailbox
From the mailbox: Twenty-two years ago I was a cop in Loudoun County, Virginia. I testified that the Commonwealth’s Attorney and a Sheriff’s Office captain had withheld exculpatory evidence that led...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — April 2014
The worst misconduct for the month of April is the story of the five Chicago police officers who each took the witness stand to testify about how evidence was obtained in connection with a drug case....
View ArticleTwo Year Anniversary
It’s now been two years since we launched policemisconduct.net — so here’s a brief update on our efforts. We still consider the project a work-in-progress. We’re pleased with what we have thus far...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — May 2014
Our choice for May was not difficult–the Georgia police officers who threw a flashbang grenade into an infant’s crib after ramming the door open to look for a drug dealer. The officers were executing...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — June 2014
Earning worst of the month for June is police officer Ronald Harris. Recall that he attempted to rob a woman at Memphis International Airport. But this was an extraordinary theft. Harris was trying...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — July 2014
The worst police misconduct of July was the case of Eric Garner, who was killed by New York City police officers using a banned chokehold maneuver. A cell phone video of the incident shows Garner (who...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — August 2014
So the worst police misconduct for the month of August goes, unsurprisingly, to the Ferguson police. As the events in Ferguson played out during August, the police department there put on a clinic on...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — September 2014
The worst misconduct of September goes to the still-unnamed police officer who shot John Geer last year and the police and federal investigators who have refused to release any information on the case...
View ArticleABC News on Police Misconduct
Yesterday, we were contacted by ABC News for a segment about police misconduct. Increasingly, journalists are finding their way to the work that we are doing here. ABC News on Police Misconduct is...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — October 2014
The worst police misconduct of October goes to the officers who shot David Hooks in his own home during a drug raid based on an invalid warrant and the tip of an informant who was allegedly high on...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — November 2014
The worst police misconduct in November goes to the Cleveland Police Department. To begin with, in late November, a Cleveland officer shot and killed 12-year old Tamir Rice. The press reports based on...
View ArticleHoliday Break
We will resume our normal NewsFeed reporting, and catch up on the end of 2014’s news, on January 5, 2015. Enjoy the holidays! Holiday Break is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
View ArticleWorst of the Month – December 2014
It goes to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Seven now-former deputies conspired to hide a career criminal from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI was investigating allegations of...
View ArticleWelcome Jonathan Blanks
I have a new research associate, Jonathan Blanks, who will be working with me on criminal justice issues, particularly on police misconduct matters. Jon’s primary responsibilities will include...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — January 2015
The worst police misconduct for January comes from Miramar, Florida. The misconduct took place in the 1980s, but it took some time for it to be exposed. A federal appeals court recently upheld a...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — March
For March, it has to be the conspiracy to frame an innocent man, Douglas Dendinger, in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Mr. Dendinger agreed to take on the task of a “process server.” That is, he would...
View ArticleNewsFeed Break
Please know there will be a one-day break in the NewsFeed. We will resume tracking and posting Tuesday, April 21, 2015. As always, we appreciate it when readers use our submissions page to send us...
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