New ACLU report says ICE uses force by default : NPR

"My first thought is it's a little embarrassing for this information to be gathered, aggregated, analyzed and shared by the ACLU instead of the Department of Homeland Security," says Seth Stoughton, a law professor at the University of South Carolina.

 "Living in a democracy means that the government is doing a good job when and only when we the people say it's doing a good job. And that requires a certain degree of transparency about the nature of governmental operations," he added...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5891834/ice-use-of-force-aclu-report 

‘Incredibly dangerous’: court records reveal gutting of DHS oversight

The Trump administration has so radically transformed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) independent watchdog teams that thousands of cases related to conditions in immigration detention, deaths in custody and officers' use of force are not being investigated, according to court records reviewed by the Guardian. 

Hundreds of pages of court filings in a key legal battle in federal court serve to contradict the Trump administration's repeated claims that the DHS watchdogs are performing "all required functions". The allegations of failings within the shrunken oversight offices at the DHS, tasked by Congress with investigating civil rights and related concerns, come as the department grapples with public criticism of killings by immigration agents, escalating arrest tactics and plans to increase immigrant detention…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/dhs-oversight-court-record-review

 

DHS watchdog investigating use of force by ICE - POLITICO

The Trump administration has signaled a willingness to soften its approach to immigration enforcement in recent weeks, with Democrats threatening to impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and withhold funding for the department over its aggressive tactics...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/dhs-investigation-use-of-force-ice-00761953 

 

Top U.S. Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to use moral compass in foreign policy | PBS News

Cardinals question the use of force…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/top-u-s-catholic-cardinals-urge-trump-administration-to-use-moral-compass-in-foreign-policy 

 

Conway on how special counsel gag order puts judge on the spot in Trump classified documents case

Special counsel’s office prosecutors have asked a federal judge in Florida to place a gag order on Donald Trump that would limit his ability to comment about law enforcement that searched his Mar-a-Lago resort.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA6NVivS20A

Minneapolis police engaged in ‘discriminatory, race-based' policing, investigation found - The Washington Post

The Minneapolis Police Department engaged in "discriminatory, race-based policing," disproportionately used force on people of color and routinely failed to hold its own officers accountable, according to a scathing state report released Wednesday...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/27/minneapolis-police-discriminatory-policing/

Justice Dept. Moves to Curb Police Abuses in D.C. and Massachusetts - The New York Times

…The department said it had reached an agreement with the city of Springfield, Mass., after an investigation into its police department's narcotics bureau found a pattern of excessive force. Under that agreement, known as a consent decree, the Springfield police will improve policies and training to ensure that officers avoid the use of force whenever possible…

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/us/politics/justice-dept-policing.html

Antonio May: Six Atlanta sheriff’s deputies indicted on murder charges following death of inmate - The Washington Post

… "my staff and I are working through the backlog of cases left by my predecessor involving use of force by law enforcement officers."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/17/antonio-may-six-deputies-indicted-murder/

Cop charged after bodycam footage shows 'horrible use of force': Police chief - ABC News

A white Virginia cop has been charged with assault after police and prosecutors reviewed body camera footage that appeared to show him using a stun gun on a disoriented black man. The Fairfax County police chief said he was "disgusted" after viewing the footage, which he said showed Officer Tyler Timberlake deploy an electronic control weapon and "escalate further" the situation.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/cop-charged-bodycam-footage-shows-horrible-force-police/story

How one of the nation’s roughest cities is reshaping use-of-force tactics - The Washington Post

It was just after 8 p.m., when a knife-wielding man staggered out of a fast-food shop and zigzagged down Broadway in downtown Camden, N.J. More than a dozen officers — rookies with three months on the job and veterans with 13 years — formed a ring around him. When he stumbled back, slashing the carving knife unpredictably and ignoring orders to drop the weapon, the police kept their firearms holstered...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/21/police-must-first-do-no-harm-how-one-nations-roughest-cities-is-reshaping-force-tactics/