Baltimore rioting over the death of a black man from injuries in police custody is spurring Maryland lawmakers to take action on criminal justice reform after legislation stalled in the statehouse.
Two California police officers, Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, who were videotaped in a violent struggle with a man during an arrest, were found not guilty of all four charges, ranging from murder to excessive use of force in the 2011 death of Kelly Thomas
Kern County's Sheriff Donny Youngblood is defending the seizure of cellphone video of deputies beating David Sal Silva with batons last week in Bakersfield, California. Silva, a father of four, later died at a nearby hospital.
Greek police have admitted to altering the mug shots of four young men who were arrested on Friday, but it remains whether their injuries erased by Photoshop was from resisting arrest or by police brutality.
