The Baton Rogue (Louisiana) Police Department recently charged 20-year-old Brittany Stephens with negligent homicide in the traffic-related death of her year-old daughter, Sevaira. On Oct. 12, 2017, 28-year-old off-duty Baton Rogue police officer Christopher Manuel, while driving his 2007 Corvette 94 miles an hour, plowed into a 2002 Nissan Xterra which contained several occupants, including Stephens and her daughter, Sevaira.…
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck is calling it a career. After 40 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, Beck recently announced he is retiring in June. Beck joined the LAPD in 1975 as a reserve officer, became a full-time police officer in 1977 and was appointed chief in 2009. In April 2014, on a 4-1 vote, Beck was…
*27-year-old Erica Garner, social justice activist and daughter of slain New Yorker Eric Garner died an untimely physical death during the recent holidays. However, I believe she metaphorically died in July 2014 when NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo choked her father Eric to death, after three long years filled with police department denials and justifications regarding the use of that prohibited choke…