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A Black woman was mauled in 2020 by a Brentwood police dog after resisting arrest for shoplifting. The California native has filed a lawsuit claiming

By Victor Omondi In 2020, 24-year-old Talmika Bates almost died in a brutal encounter with a Brentwood (CA) police K-9. She was a thief suspect after thousands of dollars worth of cosmetics were shoplifted in a nearby mall. Video of the brutal encounter was sourced out by KUTV. Bates, who’s now 26, is seeking damages […]

Talmika Bates sued a California police department and a canine officer due to its German shepherd biting off chunks of her scalp in 2020.

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The accusations come as opening statements in the high profile excessive force case are set to begin on Monday – and give new insight into the inner workings of the district attorney’s unit that’s tasked with prosecuting cops.

A rally outside City Hall honors Martin Luther King Jr. and hammers home a consensus...

Jerry Gonzalez said his brother, Mario, was "wrongfully murdered by the Alameda Police Department" and he wants the officers to be fired.

In April, police in the Bay Area city of Alameda knelt on Mario Gonzalezs back for nearly five minutes before he died.

Contra Costa County is poised to pay $4.9 million to the family of Laudemer Arboleda, the Newark man killed in 2018 by former Danville Police Officer Andrew Hall, who was convicted Tuesday of assault for the fatal encounter.

The family of a mentally ill man shot nine times by a police officer in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area suburb has received a $4.9 million settlement from the town and county where the officer worked, nearly three years after the 2018 fatal shooting.