POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
Police Accountability Report, hosted by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, is a weekly show that seeks to expose and hold to account one of the most powerful institutions in this country—the police.
The show shines a critical light on all facets of American policing, exploring the systemic and political imperatives that put law enforcement at odds with the communities they purport to serve.
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Oklahoma cop grabs Indigenous grandmother for not walking on a sidewalk
Shawnee police officer Anthony Starkey has been caught on video threatening a woman and her grandson with arrest and assault for not walking on a sidewalk—despite the fact that one wasn’t available.
Recent episodes
Body cam reveals Texas police raid home, arrest entire family, over alleged noise complaint
A noise complaint spiraled into an armed raid of a Childress, TX, family’s home when local police decided to arrest the entire family—without a warrant.
They were already facing eviction. Then Texas cops made everything worse.
A Grayson County couple’s run-in with Dennison police inexplicably escalated from a traffic stop to a resisting arrest charge, an injury, and another financial burden at the worst time possible.
Cops cuffed her for failing to signal, but a camera turned their plan upside down
A Texas mom was arrested under questionable circumstances. Two years later, the same cop targeted her for arrest again.
Colorado cops targeted victims, not attackers with excessive force
When Fort Collins police arrived at the scene where a woman had been attacked, they pepper sprayed her boyfriend instead of searching for the men responsible for harming her.
He was a cop. She was his girlfriend. He lied to force her into a psych ward.
In a shocking video, Ronald K. Davis, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, grapples his ex-girlfriend Michelle Perfanov to the ground. Davis has since been charged with multiple crimes.
Police are trying to limit the public’s right to film them, so cop watchers have shifted the battlefield
As legal challenges mount for cop watchers, many are now taking up lawsuits to defend free speech and citizen journalism. The result is a more complex legal terrain for cop watching than ever before.
Video shows South Bend police targeting cop watchers with new Indiana law
An Indiana cop watcher was accosted by police while walking down a public sidewalk filming with a cell phone camera. The encounter took a strange twist when police tried to give him a ticket for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
Cop watchers are being targeted by police, but they’re not going down without a fight
The Battousai and James Freeman join Police Accountability Report to discuss recent attempts to make cop watching illegal.
LA County sheriffs keep pulling people over for bogus reasons. This time they got caught
The LA County Sheriff’s Department has been cited by the ACLU for making thousands of unnecessary stops while ignoring calls for service. But a recent stop of motorists they accused of having tinted windows didn’t go as planned.
Texas Sheriffs fought to keep this body cam footage secret, now we know why
Body camera footage hidden for over a year reveals how sheriffs in Laredo, Texas, severed a man’s leg during an arrest.
Cuffed for creativity: Texas chalk artist’s arrest triggers First Amendment dispute
San Antonio-area chalk artist Joshua Hinson’s community art project was abruptly interrupted when Leon Valley police officers accused him of graffiti.
Baltimore’s unsolved trash chute deaths: Police interview unveils disturbing sleepwalking theory
A previously unreleased police interview with the last person to see Emily Hauze alive reveals crucial information about the investigation.
Do you know your rights? What to do if cops stop, search, or arrest you unjustly
Cop watchers James Madison and James Freeman explain how to fight unjust police stops, searches, and arrests.
Texas Sheriffs bent the law to reinstate sketchy DUI charges that ended a firefighter’s career
An ongoing PAR investigation has revealed the Denton County Sheriff’s Office tried to restart a case against a former Dallas Firefighter by submitting evidence after charges had been dropped.
Cops tried to slap him with a pricey ticket, but he turned the tables on them
Arkansas police were in for a surprise when an informed resident used his knowledge of local ordinances to push back on their attempt to penalize him.
A parked car. A Nebraska cop. And his unexpected break-in?
A man’s nature walk near Plattsmouth, NE, took an unexpected turn when police pulled him over—and then told him they’d searched his parked car.
Breaking: Prosecutors say evidence missing from questionable DUI arrest that destroyed a Texas firefighter’s life
Body camera footage revealed Denton County sheriffs admitting the Texas firefighter wasn’t drunk—now prosecutors say the sheriff’s office never submitted the charges or evidence.
He was a firefighter. Until Texas sheriffs destroyed his life.
Sheriffs’ questionable DUI arrest of a Denton County man was eventually exposed on body camera, but not before the arrestee lost his job and spent two years under police investigation.
A false arrest upended one West Virginia man’s life. Years later, he is trying to heal.
After Caleb Dial was falsely arrested in 2021, a Ring doorbell camera ultimately exonerated him. Now, after settling a lawsuit with the city police department, he is just trying to heal.
Montana police arrest, taser Chamorro man for failing to show ID—then claim DUI
A Hot Springs, Montana cop detained and tased a man who was parking his car at a local motel. The encounter lead to charges that belie the evidence caught on camera.
US Marshals, SWAT bully Alzheimer’s patient into warrantless search
The chilling raid of an early-onset dementia patient’s home in Erie, PA by multiple law enforcement agencies evokes a larger pattern of police abuse against disabled people.
After years of racial political struggle, Pocomoke City, MD elects first Black mayor
Eight years ago, the firing of Pocomoke’s first Black police chief, Kelvin Sewell, captured headlines. New Mayor Todd Nock is seeking to mend old wounds.
Atlanta’s “Cop City” is a blueprint for America’s future
Weeks since the police killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Tehran, residents continue to fight the planned construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Center. But the future they’re fighting to prevent concerns us all, not just the city of Atlanta.
Weymouth police demanded to see his ID. His refusal led to assault charges.
A routine encounter with a Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer led to an aggressive arrest ending with life changing charges against an innocent motorist.
Cops illegally raided his house. This is what happened when he fought back
A SWAT team illegally raided Indiana resident Chris Reiter’s home in 2020, severely injuring his girlfriend. Reiter has since dedicated his life to holding police accountable, and was recently jailed for his efforts.
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