Brickbat: Non-Lethal Conduct
Officials in Minneapolis have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit by Jaleel Stallings, who was beaten by police officers while being arrested in 2020. The city will …
Brickbats
Brickbat: Excuse Me While I Whip This Out
San Jose, California, Police Officer Matthew Dominguez faces up to a year in prison after being charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure after reportedly masturbating at the scene of a call. …
Brickbat: That Burns
Mother Wendy Alvarez says her own 12-year-old son suffered second-degree burns on his hands after being forced to do bear crawls on a hot track at Anthony Aguirre Junior High …
Brickbat: Close Enough
The Boise, Idaho, School District suspended Boise High School senior Daniel Dougherty for four days for having a gun with him near, but not actually on, school property. Someone saw …
Brickbat: Hey, Baby!
Officials in Utrecht, Netherlands, plan to combat women being catcalled and harassed on city streets by catcalling men on city streets. The plan calls for a woman on a video …
Brickbat: Mount Baldy
A British employment tribunal has ruled that calling a man bald can be a form of sexual harassment similar to commenting on a woman’s breasts. The ruling came in a …
Brickbat: Class Discussion
In Roswell, Georgia, Centennial High School said in a statement that a substitute teacher caught on video in an expletive-filled classroom rant has been fired. The teacher, who wasn’t named, …
Brickbat: You Didn’t Learn That Here
The Louisiana state Senate Education Committee has approved a bill barring students from accessing pornography or sexually explicit material on public university WiFi or internet services. State Sen. Beth Mizell, …
Brickbat: You Don’t Say
A Maryland appellate court has overturned the murder conviction of Michael Maurice Allen Sr., who is serving life in prison for fatally stabbing his girlfriend in 2018. The court found …
Brickbat: When in Doubt, Choke Him Out
New York City school teacher Chester Hingle has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal obstruction of breathing. Police said Hingle choked a 12-year-old student at …