ALHS Legal Studies

"What has changed is the prevalence of cell phones equipped with cameras. Cell phone videos of alleged police misconduct have proliferated online, flooding social media websites and provoking questions about law enforcement behavior."

"All eyes and ears were on St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch late Monday when he announced there would be no indictment in the shooting death of Michael Brown."

"Police and the prosecutor's office are investigating the shooting, which happened Saturday afternoon after a 911 caller reported somebody pointing a "probably fake" pistol at people in a park. "

"The report is full of harrowing details alleging that five New Orleans Police Department detectives in the special victims unit may have failed to investigate sex crimes over a three-year period."

"California approved a major shift against mass incarceration on Tuesday in a vote that could lead to the release of thousands of state prisoners. Nonviolent felonies like shoplifting and drug possession will be downgraded to misdemeanors under the ballot measure, Proposition 47. As many as 10,000 people could be eligible for early release from state prisons, and it's expected that courts will annually dispense around 40,000 fewer felony convictions."

"Mayor Tim Grimsley, a white-bearded Santa Claus figure who drives an old VW van, said business was normal in the wake of a $97.5 million award by a federal jury to the family of a town leader fatally shot by a Cottageville police officer three years ago."

"These systems, known as red light cameras, are an increasingly controversial tactic for policing roadways. Established in the name of public safety, critics contend the cameras have become little more than a way for municipalities to funnel money into their coffers."

GERMANTOWN, Md. (WJLA) - The Montgomery County Police Department launched an investigation Monday night into whether one of its officers acted appropriately in the arrest of a teen in Germantown that was caught on video. An image from video taken by an ABC 7 News I-Team photographer shows what some think was an overly aggressive arrest.

The events recorded in this dash cam video are disturbing to say the least. Arizona State University (ASU) professor Dr. Ersula Ore, was crossing one of the streets that runs through the university. Construction was going on in another section of the street, so, like many other people, she crossed the street in such a...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska couple knocked on the door of their son's long-time girlfriend Thursday, intending to inform her that he'd been killed in a car accident. Karen and Jay Priest instead were stunned when the son, 29-year-old Justin Priest, answered the door.

CHRISTMAS came early for a man in a remote Territory roadhouse yesterday, after he was rescued from a chimney he found himself stuck in during an attempted break and enter. Staff at the remote Mount Ebenezer Roadhouse arrived at work early yesterday morning to discover the man calling for help from their fireplace.

A Pennsylvania State Trooper has received one of the highest awards in law enforcement for the actions he took to stop a man who launched a deadly rampage last December, and ABC News has exclusively obtained the unedited footage from the dash-cam that was installed in the trooper's police cruiser.

Posted: Police officers in Southern California are under fire for allegations that they beat, shocked and arrested a deaf man who was trying to use sign language to communicate with them. Jonathan Meister, a deaf and non-verbal resident of Manhattan Beach, Calif., claims that the Hawthorne Police Department discriminated against him when they ignored his American Sign Language communication during a Feb.

The third night of protests in St. Louis resulted in 19 arrests. Metro chief of police Sam Dotson posted on Twitter that they made the apprehensions at the QuikTrip because of what he dubbed "illegal behavior." The @SLMPD has alerted Quicktrips in the area to be on alert for potential protestors & civil unrest.

"The protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, want justice for the unarmed black teenager shot and killed there by a police officer. But the protests also reflect broader patterns of racial injustice across the country, from chronic police violence and abuse against black men to the persistent economic and social exclusion of communities of color."

The Brooklyn DA's Office is probing whether an NYPD cop stole $1,300 from a construction worker while searching him in ­Coney Island, officials said. The investigation was launched after a video emerged showing the unidentified officer putting his hand into the pocket of Lamard Joye and pulling out what looks like papers as the Brooklyn man is ­being held up against a fence shortly after midnight on Sept.

New York (CNN) -- Former pharmaceutical executive Gigi Jordan testified Wednesday that she knowingly gave a lethal concoction of drugs to her 8-year-old autistic son. Fighting back tears as she took the stand for the first time in her second-degree murder trial, Jordan admitted that she knowingly gave herself and her son, Jude Mirra, enough drugs to kill them both.

Anwan Glover, the actor who played Slim Charles in HBO's "The Wire," was stabbed in a Washington D.C. nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning. Glover was kicked and beaten during a allegedly unprovoked attack at a venue called Café Asia.