Cop Plays Taylor Swift Song During Confrontation, Hoping Copyright Rules Would Keep Footage off YouTube

A California sheriff’s deputy is under investigation after playing aTaylor Swiftsong duringa filmed confrontation with protestersTuesday, admitting he hoped the song would trigger YouTube’s automated copyright system and keep footage of the argument off the video platform. Protesters had come to the Alameda County Courthouse for a hearing in the voluntary manslaughter case against Jason Fletcher, a former police officer in San Leandro, Calif., charged in the 2020 fatal shooting of Steven Taylor, a Black man holding a baseball bat who allegedly tried to leave a Walmart without paying.

Cop Says Alex Murdaugh Had No Visible Blood on Him After Killings, But Might Have Changed Clothes

In Alex Murdaugh’s trial on Friday, new details emerged about what may have happened immediately following the shooting deaths of Murdaugh’s wife Maggie and son Paul in 2021. Murdaugh’s lawyer, Jim Griffin,told the courtthat Murdaugh had given the authorities permission to search his entire Moselle estate in Islandton, S.C., after the double murder — implying that a guilty person would do no such thing. He also emphasized that Murdaugh had no blood on himself when cops arrived at the house.

Cop Says She Shot at 'Large Silhouette' After Entering Wrong Apartment, as Lawyer Disputes Her Story

Photo: Kaufman County Jail The Dallas police officercharged with manslaughter for fatally shooting one of her neighbors last weektold investigators she thought she was confronting an intruder in her own apartment, according to an arrest affidavit released Monday. But Amber Guyger — fresh from work and still in her police uniform —was actually in the home of 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean, one floor above her own unit in their complex.

Cop Who Had Sex While Toddler Died in Hot Car Is Pregnant With Her Second Child: Attorney

Cassie Barker.Photo: Hancock County Sheriff’s Office The police officer whose 3-year-old daughter died after she left her in a hot car in the sweltering Mississippi heat while she had sex with her supervisor is pregnant, PEOPLE confirms. Cassie Barker, 29, who pleaded guilty on Monday to culpable negligence manslaughter for the 2016 death of her daughter, Cheyenne Hyer,is due to have her second child, theBiloxi Sun Heraldfirst reported exclusively. Facebook

Cop Who Killed Neighbor in His Home Was Allegedly Distracted by Sexually Explicit Calls, Texts

Photo: Mesquite Police Department/ AP; Facebook Off-duty police officer Amber Guyger had several opportunities to notice she was entering the wrong apartment before she shot the occupant, Botham Jean, to death, the assistantdistrict attorney told jurors on Monday. In fact, Guyger was reportedly on the phone with Rivera when she pulled into her complex’s parking garage just a few minutes before she entered Jean’s apartment. On Sept. 6, 2018, Guyger, 31, parked her vehicle on the fourth floor of her apartment building after working a 13-hour shift at the Dallas Police Department.