Police Brutality /tags/police-brutality Police Brutality en-US Copyright © 2024 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:39:22 GMT Massey attorneys announce $10 million settlement in Illinois wrongful death case /law-order/2025-02-12/massey-attorneys-announce-10-million-settlement-wrongful-death-case Sonya Massey's shooting also spurred legislation on police hiring. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:39:22 GMT /law-order/2025-02-12/massey-attorneys-announce-10-million-settlement-wrongful-death-case Beth Hundsdorfer Third former East St. Louis cop charged in connection with macing sleeping juveniles /law-order/2024-09-07/third-former-east-st-louis-cop-charged-in-connection-with-macing-sleeping-juveniles Juan McCoy, formerly of the East St. Louis Police Department, was indicted Wednesday in connection with the incident, which occurred in October of 2019. Sat, 07 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-09-07/third-former-east-st-louis-cop-charged-in-connection-with-macing-sleeping-juveniles Carolyn P. Smith St. Louis activists call for justice following the police killing of Sonya Massey /law-order/2024-07-30/st-louis-sonya-massey-shooting-protest About 100 people gathered at Kiener Plaza on Monday evening in remembrance of Massey, who was killed by a sheriff's deputy in her Illinois home earlier this month. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-07-30/st-louis-sonya-massey-shooting-protest Madison Holcomb DOJ confirms it is ‘assessing the circumstances’ of Sonya Massey shooting /law-order/2024-07-23/u-s-department-justice-assessing-sonya-massey-shooting Sonya Massey called 911 to report a potential prowler before being shot inside her home. Footage shows she was cowering in fear and holding a pot when the deputy opened fire. Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:15:52 GMT /law-order/2024-07-23/u-s-department-justice-assessing-sonya-massey-shooting Beth Hundsdorfer Video shows sheriff’s deputy shoot and kill an unarmed woman in Springfield, Ill. /law-order/2024-07-23/springfield-illinois-sonya-massey-shooting Sonya Massey called 911 to report a potential prowler before being shot inside her home. Footage shows she was cowering in fear and holding a pot when the deputy opened fire. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-07-23/springfield-illinois-sonya-massey-shooting Mawa Iqbal Former Belleville man files complaint alleging East St. Louis police officer beat him /law-order/2022-03-24/former-belleville-man-files-complaint-alleging-east-st-louis-police-officer-beat-him “My son was bleeding like a slaughtered pig,” the man’s mom said about the beating. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:06:41 GMT /law-order/2022-03-24/former-belleville-man-files-complaint-alleging-east-st-louis-police-officer-beat-him DeAsia Paige Attorney blasts St. Louis’ appeal on behalf of cops engaged in 2017 ‘kettling’ arrests /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-01/attorney-blasts-st-louis-appeal-on-behalf-of-cops-engaged-in-2017-kettling-arrests Javad Khazaeli represents a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel swept up in the mass arrests that followed the St. Louis Police “kettling” protesters in downtown St. Louis in 2017. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:39:16 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-01/attorney-blasts-st-louis-appeal-on-behalf-of-cops-engaged-in-2017-kettling-arrests Sarah Fenske St. Louis tries to block lawsuit against police officers from going to trial /government-politics-issues/2022-02-27/st-louis-tries-to-block-lawsuit-against-police-officers-from-going-to-trial Officers were involved in arrests following acquittal of former STL officer Jason Stockley. Sun, 27 Feb 2022 13:24:37 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-02-27/st-louis-tries-to-block-lawsuit-against-police-officers-from-going-to-trial Rebecca Rivas Former St. Louis police officer gets 366 days for beating another officer /law-order/2021-11-23/former-st-louis-police-officer-gets-366-days-for-beating-another-officer Dustin Boone was one of five St. Louis police officers charged in the 2017 beating of undercover officer Luther Hall during protests against brutality. Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:39:13 GMT /law-order/2021-11-23/former-st-louis-police-officer-gets-366-days-for-beating-another-officer Rachel Lippmann Fairview Heights Officer’s Use Of Force Was Appropriate And ‘Restrained,’ Investigation Says /government-politics-issues/2021-07-10/fairview-heights-officers-use-of-force-was-appropriate-and-restrained-investigation-says The findings were backed by the independent review of the Illinois State Police and O’Fallon-Metro East Chapter of the NAACP. Sat, 10 Jul 2021 16:58:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-07-10/fairview-heights-officers-use-of-force-was-appropriate-and-restrained-investigation-says Kavahn Mansouri | Belleville News-Democrat