With criminal charges hanging over him, a former white New Jersey cop acquitted in an unrelated criminal case is suing his ...

A former Paterson police officer testified Monday that he beat a man with his flashlight while trying to arrest him, but claimed his use of force was justified because it was the only way to subdue ...

PATERSON — Spencer Finch — the former Paterson cop on trial for assault and misconduct charges — testified on Friday that he expected violence as he approached a 28-year-old man involved in a volatile ...

A 39-year-old black man died last week after an altercation with a Stonewall, Miss., police officer, who allegedly strangled the unarmed father of two with a flashlight during a struggle on a desolate ...

A former Paterson patrolman charged with using his flashlight to beat a suspect while making an arrest took the witness stand on Friday to defend himself against brutality charges that could send him ...