#law-enforcement-misconduct

#law-enforcement-misconduct

Mikel Beltran, 37, of Andover, was pulled over on Rockingham Road in Londonderry, N.H. after he was spotted flashing blue lights from his SUV, CBS News reported. The officers who stopped him saw that he was wearing a Lawrence Police Department jacket and had a corresponding badge. Beltran identified himself as a Lawrence police officer to the Londonderry officers who pulled him over.

The City of London Police domestic corruption unit are leading a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud made against three individuals connected to the national Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW). A 46-year-old man from Surrey, a 51-year-old man from Wales and a 55-year-old man from Bristol were all arrested on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position.

Sgt. Tiffany Howell, 47, had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when she drove her personal vehicle south in the highway's northbound lanes at more than 50 mph and collided with 61-year-old Peekskill resident Manuel Boitel on the night of Jan. 22 in Westchester County, according to the indictment.

Although New Yorker politicians consider themselves the national leader in civil rights, New York still ranks third in the nation for wrongful convictions and New York City has the third-highest number of exonerations nationwide. Each case represents a life derailed: families broken, years stolen, careers destroyed, childhoods lived without a parent. Behind many of these injustices is a familiar culprit: law-enforcement misconduct.

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"She's extremely scared for her safety and wellbeing," the public defender's spokesperson said. "Our office is really concerned about the safety of transgender women and women in general who are in custody."

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father of three, was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, despite a judge barring his deportation.