cop has been charged with murder

James Little , a St. Louis Police cop has been charged with murder, accused of shooting a man to death outside a north St. Louis home. He is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
 Little was dropping off the child he has in common with a woman when an argument broke out between the officer and the woman's fiancĂ©, Will Dupree. Dupree and Little began to fight and Little allegedly shot three rounds and fatally wounded Dupree. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Minneapolis City Council council approved a $3.075 million settlement to resolve a federal law suit filed by the family of David Smith, a 28-year-eight old Minneapolis man, who was killed during a struggle with two cops. .The settlement is the second largest payout for a police misconduct lawsuit in the history of Minneapolis. It's second only to the $4.5 million paid in 2007 to a Minneapolis officer shot by another officer.

A Belleville Ill. officer accused of police brutality is still on the job Thursday while the case against him remains in court. The alleged victim, Mark Bush, and his family
accused Belleville cop Sean Harris of excessive force. Bush said Harris grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground in an apparent angry response because Bush insisted a police report be filled out about harassing phone calls he was getting.. Prosecutors charged him with misdemeanor battery and felony official misconduct.

Jason Bryan Holt, a former Bean Station cop was charged in the killing of two people at the Down Home Pharmacy.  Holt is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of criminal attempted murder and a count of especially aggravated robbery.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Jury selection for Little Rock Police cop r Josh Hastings will begin in June. Hastings has been formally charged with manslaughter, which is a class C felony, in the death of 15-year-old Bobby Moore after Moore was hit with one of Hastings' bullets. Little Rock Police said Hastings witnessed two people break into a car and tried to get away with a third person driving. They said Hastings fired fired the shot because he felt his life was threatened when the suspects' vehicle came toward him.

Baltimore city approved a $72,000 payout to three family members who accused Baltimore police of assaulting and falsely arresting them outside of a Federal Hill bar.
The Board voted to award the money to Rony, Ronnie and Eileen Reyes to settle a $99 million suit brought against the police department after a 2010.
  
Altoona cop Duane Eichenlaub will spend no less than 11 months behind bars for his role in a Memorial Day fight three years ago.  Eichenlaub was convicted in January of badly beating 59 year-old Earl Eshelman in the restroom of an Altoona bar and also trying to cover up the crime.

Frank Cartera Laredo Texas cop caught on his squad car's dash cam beating a handcuffed man was sentenced to 1 year in federal prison. "According to information presented in court at the time of the plea, rear facing dash camera audio and video recordings revealed Carter had yelled obscenities at the victim while he punched the victim in the head and body. Carter also repeatedly slammed the victim's face into the back of the seat. The victim remained handcuffed during the entire incident and never resisted or attempted to harm Carter."