DC police officer says he was ordered to omit agent shooting at a driver in traffic stop report

Last week, Metropolitan police department (MPD) officer Jason Sterling testified in court that he had been instructed by a "team leader" not to disclose details of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent firing three times at a man, Phillip Brown, in Washington DC during a traffic stop earlier this month, according to the man's lawyer, Quo Mieko S Judkins, Washington City Paper first reported…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/28/dc-police-officer-traffic-stop-report

 

January 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is killed by police in traffic stop | Indiana | The Guardian

Indiana state police say Matthew Huttle, who was given six months in prison, was shot after allegedly resisting arrest…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/jan-6-pardon-police-killing-matthew-huttle

In Oklahoma City, a violent traffic stop reignites debate over police reform | PBS News

"Gibson then grabbed Vu's arm, spun him around and said "get on the ground." Vu's head hit the pavement. Vu was hospitalized for more than a month with a broken neck, a brain bleed and orbital fracture. He went home with family the first week of December, his daughter, Teresa Vu, told PBS News…".

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/in-oklahoma-city-a-violent-traffic-stop-reignites-debate-over-police-reform

US police have killed nearly 600 people in traffic stops since 2017, data shows

…He noted that the majority of killings by police involved either traffic stops, mental health episodes, welfare checks, nonviolent and low-level offenses or no alleged crime – all circumstances in which there should have been an alternative response to armed officers...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/21/us-police-violence-traffic-stop-data

State Trooper Fired, Charged In Killing Of Black Man in Traffic Stop : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR

A former Georgia state trooper is facing felony murder and aggravated assault charges after he allegedly shot and killed a 60-year-old Black man during a traffic stop this month. https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/08/17/903279335/georgia-state-trooper-faces-felony-murder-charges-in-traffic-stop-shooting

These Are Your Rights If You're Stopped by Border Patrol - Rewire

You're driving near one of the United States' international borders when you get pulled over. But this isn't your typical traffic stop. The officer isn't a member of local law enforcement, they're border patrol. ....
https://www.rewire.org/our-future/rights-border-patrol/

Police in East Pittsburgh fatally shoot 17-year-old boy fleeing traffic stop - The Washington Post

In an act of police force that is drawing criticism, an officer fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old as he ran from a traffic stop. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/06/20/police-in-east-pittsburgh-fatally-shoot-17-year-old-boy-fleeing-traffic-stop/

“It’s been complete hell”: how police used a traffic stop to take $91,800 from an innocent man -- Vox

The money was supposed to go toward buying a legendary music studio. Now his dreams are on hold.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/1/16686014/phillip-parhamovich-civil-forfeiture