Police brutality

A kippah, and Israel’s heart and soul - opinion

A police force that detains a citizen and destroys his personal property because of a symbol on his kippah is precisely the kind of abuse that strong democratic safeguards exist to prevent.

A KIPPAH with both an Israeli and Palestinian flag on it.
 Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the Israeli government, March 30, 2024; illustrative.

Knesset investigation reveals health risks of water cannons, skunk spray used during protests

 People react during a protest following Albert Ojwang's death in police custody at the Central Police Station, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 9, 2025

Kenya's president says blogger died 'at the hands of the police'

 Protests against the judicial reform at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2023.

Haifa Cop indicted for choking protester in anti-gov't demonstration in Caesarea


Four Kentucky police officers charged in Breonna Taylor killing

Detective Brett Hankinson fired 10 shots into Taylor's apartment through a window and glass door that were covered with blinds and curtains.

 Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, stands next to a painting of her daughter at a gathering to mark two years since police officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor when they entered her home, at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky, US, March 13, 2022.

BLM responsible for rise in US hate crimes - opinion

Based on the behavior and radical ideologies of BLM, it’s simply time to formally condemn the group as a domestic terrorist organization by definition and to seek federal prosecution.

 ST. LOUIS County police confront anti-police demonstrators during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2015. Officers in riot gear clashed with protesters who had gathered to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen.

Video shows Ohio officers killed unarmed Black man in hail of bullets

25-year-old Jayland Walker was sprayed with some 60 bullets by eight police officers in Akron, Ohio, after fleeting a traffic stop. He was unarmed.

 Elizabeth Paige White and Bobby DiCello holding a picture of Jayland Walker attend a news conference following the Akron police shooting death of Black man Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, US July 3, 2022.

US police officer accused of using knee restraint on 12-year-old girl

An attorney for the girl said that it "mirrored the same maneuver that Derek Chauvin used to murder George Floyd."

 A Kenosha police vehicle is parked outside a defensive perimeter that has been erected around the Kenosha Municipal Building in response to the protests and shootings that came after Jacob Blake was shot by police, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, US, August 27, 2020

Trial opens against policeman for killing special needs east Jerusalem man

The shooting of Palestinian Iyad Halak led to massive criticism of the police, with even then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitting that it was a mistake.

Iyad al-Halak, who was killed by Border Police in 2022.

Ex-police officer found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright shooting

A 12-member jury found Kimberly Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the death of the 20-year-old Wright, who she shot and killed on April 11.

Kimberly Potter, the white former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright in April after claiming she mistook her handgun for her Taser, breaks down in tears as she testifies during her trial in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, US, December 17, 2021.

Palestinian man assaulted by police officer as incident caught on camera

The incident was caught on video and has been circulating on social media, among a set of disturbances that took place at Damascus Gate late Tuesday night. 

Israeli police officer arrests a man.

Police officer threatens Arab-Israeli wedding guests with M16

Mabda Ferhat, a journalist who attended an Arab-Israeli wedding, began filming as a police officer threatened wedding guests with a loaded M16.

 ISRAEL POLICE officers were attacked in Kafr Kassem by members of the city’s internal security forces last week.

Soldier claims police 'brutally' beat him, concealed evidence

Lawyers claimed police "brutally" beat a soldier while arresting him for drug possession. Police say they had to use force after the soldier went wild.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Police violence caught on camera at protest outside Sheikh Jarrah

In a video that has amassed over 4.2K views on Twitter, an Israel Police commander can be seen violently pulling a woman backwards and throwing her to the ground.

A member of Israeli border police fires tear gas canisters to disperse Palestinian demonstrators during an anti-Israel protest, in Bethlehem in the West Bank May 21, 2021.