It’s not uncommon for police vehicles to come under attack, but one department in North Carolina is reporting what may be the first known attempt by a suspect to chew their way out of a patrol car. The strange incident happened Jan. 2 in Boone, about 110 miles northwest of Charlotte, and involved a 32-year-old […]
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Handcuffed and sent to the ER – for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids to the hospital
SALISBURY, Md. — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. Over the past eight years, the process has been used at […]
Video shows Alabama police officer using stun gun against handcuffed man
REFORM, Ala. — An Alabama police officer is on leave after video circulated on social media showed her appearing to shock a handcuffed and compliant man with a stun gun and telling him to shut up after he cried out in pain. The video shows a white female police officer shocking a Black man after […]