The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama on Thursday concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the conditions at Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. Specifically, the department concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that prisoners are…
The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether Troy Police officers used excessive force while taking a teenager into custody over the weekend. According to SBI, the 17-year-old male was injured while being arrested Sunday night in the area of Madison St. just before midnight. The unidentified teen was taken to Troy Regional Medical Center and later transported…
The federal judge in the trial of an Alabama police officer who was acquitted of using excessive force on an Indian man says the court is probing whether the police chief and a captain violated an order against contacting witnesses. Judge Madeline Haikala said in an opinion Friday that several Madison police officers who testified for officer said Police Chief…
