Before everyone had a cell phone and the capacity to record video on the fly, a police beat down was, by sheer chance, caught on tape in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991. Public fury about racism and police brutality erupted when a portion of the video showing several LAPD officers Tasering, kicking,...
Riots display human beings acting at their worst. Usually the result of political or social turmoil, most riots rely on killing, raping, looting and widespread destruction to get their point across. After examining the tolls that riots take on society, we have to wonder whether this is an effective...
In the world of undercover ops, far from the public’s eye, all sorts of strange, twisted, and sometimes heartening things take place.
When a crime is committed, it is common for bystanders or witnesses to take notice of the perpetrator of the crime. In order to find the offender, a police sketch artist is called to draw or sketch the face of the offender according to the details provided by those who had seen his or her face....
When the police were summoned to the “American Idol” winner Fantasia’s house in Charlotte, they believed they were responding to an attempted suicide call. But Fantasia’s manager says the singer, who overdosed on aspirin and other pills, wasn't trying to kill herself.The...
Police officers are often called “cops.” This is a form of slang, the origins of which are the subject of speculation and debate even among etymologists.Some think that the “cop” is a reference to the badge, which is made of copper or tin. Others believe that it is the...
Nowdays, criminals are being accused of and convicted of crimes because of the astonishingly powerful and increasingly versatile personal computer. Police and authorities are finding more and more ways to prove criminal activity simply by analyzing the contents of digitized information recovered from the computer of the accused.
Authorities have said that Paris Hilton has been arrested by the police on cocaine possession charges late Friday night. The 29-year-old socialite’s car was stopped on a Las Vegas street. Las Vegas police spokesman Marcus Martin said Hilton was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on the...
Two missing Mexican police officers bodies were found Monday morning at 3:15 a.m. The bodies were found in pieces and stuffed in black bags in Chilpancingo, in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero. Members of the notorious Mexican drug cartel are prime suspects in the case. One of the bodies...
nbsp;The Collin College in Mckinney, Texas, reported that there was a shooter on the loose and shots were being fired in the near vicinity of the Central Park campus. Afterwards, the Collin College campus was locked down to hunt the shooter and make sure the students were safe. No faculty member...
