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"IMDb sues California to overturn law forcing them to remove actors' ages"

"A 41-page report released by Amnesty International on Thursday found that states lack statutes that require officers to use deadly force only as a last resort to protect officers or others against imminent threat of death or serious injury."

"Statutory rape victim forced to pay child support"

By Elliot Spagat Associated Press SAN DIEGO - U.S. Border Patrol agents and border inspectors used physical force far less frequently in the last year compared with previous years, even as the number of assaults on authorities rose, according to figures released Tuesday.

"In the case of Baltimore, the consent decree comes months after a scathing DOJ report in August that said the unconstitutional practices of some of the city's 2,600 officers led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of black residents, and excessive use of force against juveniles and those with mental health disabilities."

But they were too late; stranded at the foot of Iraq's Mount Sinjar by the huge crowds of refugees struggling uphill, they were easy pickings when fighters arrived. Separated first from her father, and then from her sisters, she was forced -- like thousands of Yazidi women -- into slavery, treated as the property of the so-called "Islamic State."

But they were too late; stranded at the foot of Iraq's Mount Sinjar by the huge crowds of refugees struggling uphill, they were easy pickings when fighters arrived. Separated first from her father, and then from her sisters, she was forced -- like thousands of Yazidi women -- into slavery, treated as the property of the so-called "Islamic State."

"more than a third featured clauses allowing - and often mandating - the destruction of records of civilian complaints, departmental investigations, or disciplinary actions after a negotiated period of time. The review also found that 30% of the 67 leaked police contracts, which were struck between cities and police unions, included provisions barring public access to records of past civilian complaints, departmental investigations, and disciplinary actions. Samuel Walker, a professor in criminology at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, said there was "no justification" for the cleansing of officers' records, which could contain details of their use of force against civilians."

"The New York police officer accused of using a banned chokehold in the 2014 death of Eric Garner administered "a lethal dose of prohibited force" for no reason, as Garner posed no danger, a lawyer said Monday in a disciplinary hearing."

"In a plea deal with prosecutors, former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager admitted to using excessive force in the 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott."

""The evidence reviewed at this point in time by the Douglas County Attorney's Office and the OPD Senior Command (body camera video and witnesses statements) shows the officer was reasonable in his belief that he was responding to deadly force. The officer's decision to fire his duty weapon is justified.""

A representative of the National Rifle Association will participate in a meeting this week with Vice President Joe Biden's gun violence task force

Four Cascade High School track coaches are on administrative leave and are being urged by the school to resign after students said they were forced to do bear crawls around the track for missing practice. The punishment involved several students on the boys' and girls' track team.

(CNN) -- Even for stone-faced, seen-it-all-before officers, the act that took place at a police lieutenant's Las Vegas home Monday was deeply distressing. The 52-year-old lawman, police said, killed his wife and child, called 911 to say he was burning his house down and warned he would take the life of anyone who tried to stop him.

it's sad how people could take the lives of others and then your self but it's really sad that he did what he did and the way he did it.

What happened that forced him to snap though?

Home Invasion Turns Into Gun Battle A home invasion takes several twists as the home owner ends up being taken in for questioning. Around 11:30 Monday night two men forced their way into a home at 85th & Underwood. Once inside they roughed up the homeowner, stole a change jar and took off.

WASHINGTON -- Footage captured on body camera has led authorities to file federal charges against a former Las Vegas police officer accused of violently assaulting a woman during an arrest and attempting to cover up his conduct. Richard Scavone, 49, was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of violating the civil rights of the person he arrested by using excessive force.