Reports: Cop Who Tackled James Blake Won't Go To Trial

The New York City police officer who tackled former tennis pro James Blake because he thought Blake was someone else won’t have a public disciplinary trial, according to multiple reports. Officer James Frascatore’s disciplinary trial on a charge of excessive force was scheduled to start yesterday, but the New

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LSU To Athletes: Don't Wear Our Stuff If You Protest Alton Sterling Case

As a business, LSU has no problem making a few bucks off the labor of its athletes; as a university, it has no problem with the same athletes voicing their opinions on issues like police violence. And acting as both ticket seller and supposed free speech enthusiast, the LSU brass has found a way to please themselves…

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Ricky Williams Got Stopped By Police For Taking A Walk Near His Hotel

While he was in Tyler, Tx. for an event last week, former NFL star Ricky Williams was stopped, searched, and questioned by Tyler PD. Williams says that he arrived early at his hotel in advance of the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award banquet and he decided to go for a walk in the woods near his hotel to kill time.…

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Disgraced Former San Francisco Police Chief Gets Warriors Security Job [Update: Not Anymore]

Greg Suhr was the chief of the San Francisco Police Department from 2011 to June 2016, when he resigned at the request of San Francisco mayor Ed Lee. Suhr’s time in charge was a tumultuous one for the SFPD, but despite his very public departure from the SFPD, Suhr has been hired by the Golden State Warriors to do some…

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