Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A family is demanding murder charges for corrections workers involved in the death of a 25-year-old man after his time in a ...

McHENRY, Ill. – Vernon L. Brooks Jr. was distraught. Forced into a chair in a jail cell with a black mesh hood over his head, he panicked as he felt officers tighten straps like tourniquets around his ...

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has released a statement after the death of a 74-year-old man who was restrained and hooded by jail personnel for more than nine hours in the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental health concerns who, according to a lawsuit, screamed “I can’t breathe” as he was ...

Earlier this week, a Monroe County grand jury indicted seven people in the death of 74-year-old Lester Isbill. Following those presentments, District Attorney Stephen Hatchett released a statement on ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two years ago, Local 12 investigated serious abuse and deaths of inmates who had been strapped to restraint chairs. Hamilton County’s Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey promised to reform ...

Missouri’s second-largest county will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental health concerns who, according to a lawsuit, screamed “I can’t breathe” as he was ...

In April of 2020, Chryshon Hollins got into an argument with his mother over slow wi-fi at their home, and went into a rage. The 17-year-old Clayton County youth turned over a table, broke a window ...

Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill speaks at a candidate forum in Rex, Ga., on Aug. 16, 2012. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) ATLANTA (CN) — An Atlanta-area sheriff ...