Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers have pleaded guilty to charges related to the torture and abuse of three people in two separate incidents.
A lack of officer supervision, coupled with the department’s failure to hold officers accountable for their wrongdoing, led misconduct to go on undetected.
It was the Friday after Thanksgiving, 2012. Baltimore police Officer Joseph Crystal had just come home after visiting his in-laws. As he and his wife approached their car, Crystal noticed something was wrong.
The city agency tasked with receiving public allegations of police misconduct, the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), convened Tuesday to discuss the latest on their investigation of chokehold complaints and how to improve its handling of complaint cases.