ORLANDO, Fla. — Guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades this month, according to a lawyer for two detainees. The guards targeted Katherine Blankenship’s clients and other detainees at the facility after they complained about not having phone access on April 2, … Read more
Chappell Roan addressed outrage from fans after Brazilian soccer player Jorginho Frello accused the pop star’s security team of treating his 11-year-old daughter in a way that left her in tears and “extremely shaken.” Frello said his wife, Catherine Harding, and daughter, whom Harding had with her ex Jude Law, were staying at the same … Read more
NEW YORK — A New York City police officer who works security at the mayor’s residence and City Hall has been suspended after the department says he shot a man in the head while off duty, police said Wednesday. Police said the shooting happened around 9 p.m. Monday in the Bronx after the officer interacted … Read more
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A federal jury on Monday awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of Muslim men incarcerated in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying. The lawsuit in eastern Missouri’s U.S. District Court alleged that the men had been allowed to pray together many times in their prison housing … Read more