Firstly, yes, I am currently receiving a pension and have been receiving it since August 2013, and I am on 55% of my base salary at the time of my arrest. Unaware of this aspect of the law, I believed I had lost my right to retirement when I was arrested. The thought that I … Read more
Four former Minneapolis police officers were charged with civil rights charges on the death of George Floyd on May 7th.
Caron Nazario, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, was driving to Petersburg, Virginia, from a drilling weekend on December 5, when he saw police lights flash behind him. Lieutenant Nazario, made up of Black and Latino, was too nervous to stop on a dark street. He drove about a mile to a gas … Read more
Seven Texas detention officers were released after a black man died in custody who said his family may be suffering from mental health problems. An eighth officer resigned. An internal investigation found the officers violated the department’s policies and procedures that resulted in the death of 26-year-old Marvin Scott III, Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner … Read more