If the Supreme Court can’t do it who will? The NAACP is jumping over legal hurdles to get police reform into action and not just talk about it. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a decision in Alabama that gave immunity to an officer who tased a […]
3 Security guards employed by Grant Medical Center are on suspension after an incident caught on video. Mellena Jackson of Columbus, Oh was sitting outside and caught this footage of a man being detained for what seems like no reason at all. “…they followed him outside (if he was told to leave, he did just that) […]
Every Columbus police officer will be using body cameras by the middle of 2017! City Council voted Monday, to approve a contract with a Texas-based company to provide the cameras to more than 1,400 officers. City officials say the improved safety and accountability the cameras will provide are worth the $9 million roll out cost. […]
Residents in Columbus are demanding more immediate action on plans to outfit cops with body cameras. A group at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, urged officials to move faster in light of last week’s deadly police shooting of 13-year-old Tyre King. City leaders reportedly, want to gradually roll out the cameras over 3 years to maximize […]
According to reports, City officials are looking at six body camera models for Columbus Police. Some of the cameras are small enough to wear on a pair of glasses, and other larger models can be clipped to officers chest. The city will spend more than $8 million dollars to outfit every officer with a body camera […]
Over two dozen officers are now wearing body cameras Columbus. About 30 officers will test out 6 different cameras. The city is using the testing to help pick a vendor to buy cameras for the entire police force by the end of 2016. Follow me on Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter: MistyJRadio source: 24/7newssource
After hours, police in Columbus ended their search for someone who shot at officers late Wednesday. Police say it all started a few minutes before midnight, when they answered a call about someone shooting on the northeast side. Police say officers were checking on two apartmentd, and a few vehicles that had been hit by […]
Enough is enough… we’ve been hearing that constantly for a week now after the death of Alton Sterling, Philadro Castile and the five Dallas Police Officers.  So where do we go from here? Radio One teamed up with many prominent people from our community, elected officials, representatives from Columbus and Westerville Police Department and New Birth Christian […]
A new police chief is on the job today in Ferguson, Missouri. Delrish Moss is being sworn in as Ferguson’s first African American police chief. Experts say Moss will need to bring the community together after the fallout over the police shooting death of Michael Brown. Follow me on Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter: MistyJRadio source: […]
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Funnyman Dave Chappelle is speaking out about his encounter with the police. During his stand-up routine on Dec. 12 in New Orleans, Chappelle revealed to the audience he was choked by the police when he was filming a movie in the city years ago. While Chappelle’s act was not recorded, Jarvis DeBerryfrom The Times-Picayune, was in […]
An unidentified sixth grade teacher at Brantley Elementary School (pictured) in Selma, Ala., was reportedly suspended, after she instructed her students to re-enact the Michael Brown (pictured below) shooting in class, according to The Selma Times-Journal. The teacher was outed, after Jessica Baughn posted on the town’s Facebook page that her son, Jimmy Griffin, and his […]
