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49ers Defensive End Ray McDonald Arrested For Alleged Domestic Violence
San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald was reportedly arrested at his home this morning on allegations of domestic violence....
Deadspin Police-Shooting Database Update: We're Still Going
Last Wednesday, we launched an impossibly ambitious project: cataloguing every police-involved shooting in America over the last three years. After one week, we're further along than we could have imagined. ...
How To Fix The Police: A Former Chief Is Here To Take Your Questions
Norm Stamper is a retired Seattle police chief, columnist, advisory board member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and the author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing. He is in the comments below and ready to take your questions about Ferguson, militarizat...
Le’Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount Arrested; Pot Charges Expected
Steelers running backs Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount (shut up) were arrested in Ross Township, Pennsylvania and are expected to be charged with possession of marijuana. A motorcycle cop reportedly smelled weed from the car they and another unidentified female were in and pulled them over. Bell ...
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Cop Pointing Rifle At Ferguson Protestors: "I Will Fucking Kill You" [UPDATE]
This is remarkably bad copping. ...
We're Compiling Every Police-Involved Shooting In America. Help Us.
The United States has no database of police shootings. There is no standardized process by which officers log when they've discharged their weapons and why. There is no central infrastructure for handling that information and making it public. Researchers, confronted with the reality that there ...
Documents Reveal Disturbing Details Of War Machine's Alleged Assault
Clark County (Nev.) prosecutors released documents today outlining MMA fighter War Machine's alleged attack on "on-again, off-again" girlfriend Christy Mack and another man, backing up Mack's harrowing personal account of the incident while adding more brutal details. According to the documents, War...
Police Find War Machine Holed Up In A California Hotel Room
On Monday, Christy Mack made a statement alleging in brutal detail that MMA fighter War Machine (Jonathan Koppenhaver) violently beat her and a friend. On Friday, police in Simi Valley, California, along with U.S. Marshals, apprehended War Machine in an Extended Stay hotel. ...
Authorities: Sooner Recruit Punched Woman In Face, Then Walked Away
One of Oklahoma's five-star recruits was charged today with one misdemeanor count of acts resulting in gross injury after prosecutors say he knocked a woman unconscious in a Norman restaurant, and then just left. ...
Police: Drunk 13-Year-Old Drove Around Car Full Of Kids
A 13-year-old driving a car full of kids around Wisconsin is strange and cheeky, but a drunk 13-year-old?...
Ryan Malone Told Cop He Didn't Know Where All That Cocaine Came From
Free-agent forward Ryan Malone was arrested for DUI and cocaine possession back in April, and was bought out of his contract by the Tampa Bay Lightning in June. According to a police report obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, Malone told the arresting officer that he had no idea how a bag of cocaine go...
America Is Not For Black People
The United States of America is not for black people. We know this, and then we put it out of our minds, and then something happens to remind us. Saturday, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., something like that happened: An unarmed 18-year-old black man was executed by police in broad dayli...
Michigan Wide Receiver Knocks Guy Out With Vicious Sucker Punch
Michigan wide receiver Csont'e York was suspended indefinitely after news broke that he was allegedly involved in an assault that took place on July 18. Now, the Ann Arbor police department has released video of York destroying a guy with a sucker punch outside of an Ann Arbor bar....
Police: Greg Oden's Ex-Girlfriend Says He Punched Her Three Times
A tougher felony battery charge was filed today against Greg Oden, who is accused of punching his ex-girlfriend in the face three times, hitting her in the eye, forehead, and nose. ...
Greg Oden Arrested After Allegedly Punching Ex-Girlfriend
Greg Oden was arrested early this morning in Lawrence, Ind., and charged with battery after allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend during an argument....
T.J. Ward Avoids Jail Time For Throwing Mug At Strip-Club Bartender
Remember T.J. Ward getting charged after some sort of strip-club altercation? Today, the Broncos safety settled all that by agreeing to perform four hours of community service, the Denver Post reported. In return, prosecutors will drop the charges against him. ...
Junior Hockey Players Accused Of Taping Sex With Teen, Sharing Video
Two junior hockey players are accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl in their Minnesota hotel room, recording part of it, and then sharing the video with both their teammates and her friends. ...
John Abraham Quietly Got Himself A DUI Charge Last Month
Linebacker John Abraham, coming off a Pro Bowl season in Arizona, hasn't yet reported to Cardinals training camp. The team says it's a personal matter. It may or may not have to do with housekeeping for a DUI arrest Abraham racked up in June, and which he managed to keep quiet until now....
Alleged Sooners Assault Victim Says Fan Backlash Is Her "Big Fear"
An Oklahoma student says one of the university's football recruits punched her in the face last week, leaving her with four broken bones, The Oklahoman reported. ...