As part of an effort to reform law enforcement, CNN reports that city officials have proposed Chief Thomas Jackson of Ferguson, Missouri resign from his post.
Argentine officials have announced the discovery of a brutally beaten teen body in an unmarked grave, five years after the the teen was reported missing.
A Florida police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after shooting a 62-year-old woman in her back using a stun gun during an arrest in Tallahassee.
The homeless woman who was brutally beaten and punched by a California Highway Patrol police officer over the summer will receive $1.5 million as part of a settlement reached on Wednesday.
The curfew was enacted on Saturday, but protesters and looters defied it, clashing with police. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and established a curfew in the suburb of Ferguson to preserve calm and order.
The term, "police brutality" was coined by the New York Times in 1893; yet, minorities victims have felt the blunt force of billy clubs, fists and guns much earlier than that.
The man, Leon Rosby, was at the scene of a crime when officers detained him. When his dog came to his defense, the animal was shot dead by police officers.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in more than a dozen cities across Brazil, angry about government corruption, high taxes and poor social services, despite heavy spending ahead of next year’s World Cup and the Olympics in 2016.
