Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer whose fatal shooting of Michael Brown touched off more than a week of demonstrations, suffered severe facial injuries, including an orbital (eye socket) fracture, and was nearly beaten unconscious by Brown moments before firing his gun, a source close to the department's top brass told FoxNews.com. “The Assistant (Police) Chief took him to the hospital, his face all swollen on one side,” said the insider. “He was beaten very severely.” According to the well-placed source, Wilson was coming off another case in the neighborhood on Aug. 9 when he ordered Michael Brown and his friend Dorain Johnson to stop walking in the middle of the road because they were obstructing traffic. However, the confrontation quickly escalated into physical violence, the source said.. “They ignored him and the officer started to get out of the car to tell them to move," the source said. "They shoved him right back in, that’s when Michael Brown leans in and starts beating Officer Wilson in the head and the face. The source claims that there is "solid proof" that there was a struggle between Brown and Wilson for the policeman’s firearm, resulting in the gun going off – although it still remains unclear at this stage who pulled the trigger. Brown started to walk away according to the account, prompting Wilson to draw his gun and order him to freeze. Brown, the source said, raised his hands in the air, and turned around saying, "What, you're going to shoot me?"
At that point, the source told FoxNews.com, the 6 foot, 4 inch, 300-pound Brown charged Wilson, prompting the officer to fire at least six shots at him, including the fatal bullet that penetrated the top of Brown's skull, according to an independent autopsy conducted at the request of Brown's family. Wilson suffered a fractured eye socket in the fracas, and was left dazed by the initial confrontation, the source said. He is now "traumatized, scared for his life and his family, injured and terrified" that a grand jury, which began hearing evidence on Wednesday, will "make some kind of example out of him." - (Black-on-white)
- Cop involved in Ferguson shooting has fractured eye socket: report
The black teen killed by a white cop in Ferguson, Mo., viciously attacked the officer as he sat in his patrol car, delivering a bone-crunching punch that shattered the cop’s eye socket, a report claimed Tuesday. Officer Darren Wilson suffered an “orbital blowout fracture to the eye socket,” Gateway Pundit reported, citing sources in the St. Louis County Police Department and the DA’s office.
- "Orbital Blowout Fracture" - (Black-on-white) - Meet Darren Wilson, officer in Michael Brown shooting
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the city’s Tacony neighborhood early Tuesday morning. The officer was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center in stable condition with a deep graze wound to the left side of the head. The injured officer has been identified as 15th District Officer 
Julius Smith, the final suspect in the 2011 murder of a Lewisville resident, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Smith entered his guilty plea July 25 in a Denton County court. The other suspects in the murder had already been sentenced. Tyrone Negale Jenkins was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in June. In April 2013, Markell Hardy was tried for murder, but it resulted in a mistrial. Before Hardy’s case came before another judge and jury, he accepted a plea bargain for a 40-year prison sentence and pleaded guilty to murder. The three men were convicted for the murder of 
BALTIMORE – A 24-year-old man is listed in critical condition after being robbed and stabbed multiple times by a group of teenagers. Early Monday morning around 4:20 a.m. officers were called to the 1200-block of Wall Street for a reported stabbing. When officers arrived they located 24-year-old 
LIVONIA, Mich. - School is just around the corner and rather than brushing up on some history, one child made some of his own. Late last week, 
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon drew criticism from his own Lt. Governor Tuesday when he said "a vigorous prosecution must now be pursued". Nixon made the comment in a videotaped statement in which he said he would not remove St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch from the case despite the demands of some black leaders who believe that McCulloch's deep family ties to law enforcement would affect his impartiality. McCullouch's father, mother, brother, uncle and cousin all worked for the St. Louis Police Department, and 
Many African American church leaders told News 4 a man pretending to spread messages of peace is actually escalating violence in Ferguson. Pastors are pointing the finger at Malik Shabazz, the former leader of the New Black Panther Party, and many church leaders want him to leave Ferguson. “I am upset with a certain group of them that are rebel rousers. We know them by name. Last night was the scariest night of my life,” said Pastor Mike Robinson. Robinson said there is growing concern over Shabazz and what he is doing in Ferguson.
A Rochester man allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl — an attack federal authorities say was posted on Facebook. Shahmell Robinson, 21, faces state rape charges as well as a federal charge of sexually assaulting the
A Lewisville man recently pleaded guilty in the 2011 stabbing death of his estranged wife. Tony Burrell entered a plea of guilty for capital murder and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Burrell was arrested in September 2011 on capital murder charges for the stabbing of his wife 
CATAWBA COUNTY, NC - A man accused in the death of a popular Catawba County teacher has been indicted by a grand jury in her death. Sharman Howard Odom was indicted Monday afternoon by a Catawba County Grand Jury in the death of 
Bruised and bloodied by an intruder, a Jacksonville man and woman exchanged gunfire with the invader and put an end to an assault early Friday at their home. 
COLUMBIA, SC - The man who fired shots in Five Points, striking and paralyzing a University of South Carolina student, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Michael Juan Smith appeared in Federal Court in Columbia for a sentencing hearing on the federal weapons charge in connection the shooting on Oct. 13 in Five Points. Prosecutors said Smith fired one or two shots that night. In court, they showed surveillance video of Smith in the area, the shooting and 
COLUMBIA, SC - The man accused of firing the bullet that critically injured an 18-year-old University of South Carolina student in Five Points early Sunday morning has been denied bond. Michael Juan Smith, 20, of Columbia appeared before a judge Monday morning to answer to charges of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and possession of a stolen pistol. Smith will remain incarcerated. The 18-year-old woman, who was not the intended target, remains in critical but stable condition, according to Columbia Police. Attempts to identify the woman were difficult, but after digging through social media, we discovered a trending topic called #PrayForMartha. Digging further, we were able to identify the victim as 
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In the years before she would be implicated in the beating death of her mother on the resort island of Bali, Heather Mack was accused of locking her mother in a closet, stealing thousands of dollars from her, punching and biting her repeatedly, and once pushing her to the ground so hard that she broke her arm, according to newly released police reports. Yet 
LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After she said she was punched repeatedly in the face by her ex-boyfriend, an Attica woman is now speaking out about domestic violence. “I feel scared. I feel very scared,” said 22-year-old 
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md - The murder of a 3-year-old girl at the hands of her own father left many stunned over the weekend. On Monday, Prince George's County police said Frederick Miller shot his daughter in the head before being shot and killed by police, but it's not clear why Miller abducted his daughter. Just after 1 p.m. Saturday, police spotted Miller's car on Branch Avenue after getting a number of calls to 911 reporting that the 38-year-old father had just abducted his 3-year-old daughter after
A grandmother has shot her seven-year-old grandson after mistaking him for an intruder. Tyler Maddox remains in critical condition after 63-year-old Linda Maddox shot him once in the upper body at her home in Tampa, Florida around 1am on Tuesday. She had been looking after
PORTLAND -- An immigration judge has dropped the deportation case against 
Nacogdoches County, Texas — An illegal immigrant has been detained and is on a Homeland Security hold after it was learned he was making fraudulent identification cards in Nacogdoches County. 
BEAR, Del. – Police have arrested a 30-year-old man from Delaware after he allegedly assaulted a police K-9 early Sunday morning. The incident began around 1:40 a.m. after troopers responded to the scene of the Las Palmeras Restaurant and Night Club in Bear, Delaware, for the report of a man with a gun. Upon arrival, authorities were contacted by a male victim who said the suspect, identified as 
The real victim is 
CHARLOTTE, NC - The man accused of shooting a 10-year-old girl and two police officers in north Charlotte Sunday afternoon has been transferred to the Mecklenburg County jail. Brandon Jamorris Brewer was arrested Sunday and was questioned about the shootings until he was transferred to jail. Officers 
A Philadelphia Park Ranger is recovering after he was beaten and kicked while working in Love Park Friday evening. Philadelphia Police say the 35-year-old ranger radio-ed his supervisor after seeing several young men skateboarding in the park. When the ranger approached the skaters and told them they weren’t allowed to skate there, one young man refused to leave and began swearing at the ranger and threatening him. The video shows that person then wrestling the park ranger to the ground. The assailant continues his attack by stomping on the ranger and repeatedly kicking him in the head, and then spitting on him. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says this guy stomping on the head of a defenseless man is another example of the street thugs cops have to deal with on a regular basis: “They don’t care and, you know, if a cop takes hit guy into custody and scratches him once, then it’s police brutality. Look at what we’re up against. These are the very people that we have to go up against on a daily basis. They just simply do not care.”
A 19-year-old West Palm Beach man pepper-sprayed a loss-prevention officer and kicked a police officer in the face after trying to steal a stereo speaker from Wal-Mart. Velmando Williams tried the leave the Indiantown Road store early Friday with the speaker, valued at about $100, hidden in his pants when the loss-prevention officer tried to stop him. Williams then allegedly sprayed the man with the pepper spray and ran. When he was in the police car, Williams started kicking the windows and banging his head on the glass. The officer tried to stop him, and Williams allegedly kicked the officer three times, threatened to kill him and spit at him.
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OCOEE, Fla. — Ocoee police are searching for three people they said knocked an elderly woman to the ground at a busy Publix and took off with her purse. 
PORT WENTWORTH, GA - People in Port Wentworth are still in shock after learning on Wednesday that Torrey Scott has now been charged with raping and killing a soldier's wife. The indictment handed down on Wednesday described how Scott raped and then strangled 33-year-old 
Police in Evansville are investigating the death of a man a witness said was shot following a verbal altercation with a man in a vehicle. Officers responded to a shots fired call near the intersection of Garvin and Walnut streets around 3:23 a.m. Police found a man lying in the street who was not breathing. 
ATLANTA — Police have arrested a teenager in the case of a woman beaten during a carjacking in the parking lot of Phipps Plaza. Atlanta police’s gang unit is working to identify the men seen in a surveillance video attacking a woman walking to her car. They have arrested 17-year-old Steven Spigner. Spigner is charged with four robberies going back to July 5, Lyon said. “In three of the four cases we charged him with, he 
NEW YORK — A homeless man is accused of groping a 
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for a woman accused of kidnapping a 
Columbia County, GA - The man accused of murdering a Columbia County man, 55-year-old 
FLINT, MI – Three men have been arraigned and are in police custody for the slaying of 
FLINT, MI -- Peris Dorsette, 20, has been arraigned on murder and torture charges in the death of
DENVER - A man accused of home invasion that left two people dead 20 years ago is going on trial Tuesday. Andre Jackson was arrested and charged last year with with multiple counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder and sexual assault. Prosecutors said the crime happened back on June 12 in 1994. Three people were found attacked and tortured inside a home at 3234 Larimer Street. Two people died, one survived. Police said the lone survivor told them several intruders entered his home at around 3 a.m. and demanded valuables and attacked them. "This is the kind of horrifying case that cries out to be solved, even twenty years later," District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said in a quote provided by his office. District attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said the case was reopened as part of Denver's Cold Case Project and DNA evidence linked Andre Jackson, Samuel Sims and Jackie McConnell to the crime. 
ATLANTA -- It was a video that made people cringe when they watched it. A man and woman were beaten after a suspect grabbed the man's cane and beat them with it. And it was all over a parking space. Two weeks after it happened, the suspect and his wife have been arrested, charged in connection with the assault. And that is a big relief to 
A dramatic photo captured the moment on Friday when a Brooklyn mugging victim became a crime fighter — as she busted the punk who allegedly snatched her cellphone and held him in a bear hug for the cops. 
CINCINNATI —A federal appeals court has ruled a lawsuit can go forward against officials in Hamilton County, where a morgue attendant sexually abused three female corpses. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday said a jury might conclude the Hamilton County defendants, including the former coroner and morgue director, failed "recklessly and wantonly" to supervise the morgue attendant. They cited evidence that supervisors were aware Kenneth Douglas was drinking and having sex with live women while on the job. Douglas was convicted of gross abuse of a corpse. He's serving a pair of 3-year sentences. During his trial, Douglas testified that he was drunk and high on cocaine when he had intercourse with the bodies of 
FORT LAUDERDALE – Last fall detectives in the Broward Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit received a phone call from a woman looking for some peace of mind. The woman said that in 1985 she was kidnapped and raped repeatedly by two men. Her attackers were never caught and the woman wondered if advances in technology might lead investigators to an arrest. The woman had another reason for the call. Her daughter had recently turned 16 — the same age the victim was when the attack happened — and it had raised many emotions in her. Detective Michele McCardle went to work. She pieced together the evidence in the case and even found the victim’s rape kit and sent it to BSO’s Crime Lab for testing. McCardle said technicians received a match to a man named Dobie Hunter, a registered sexual offender.
The Ferguson police released security camera video after the news conference that showed a confrontation inside the store about 15 minutes before Saturday’s shooting. The images show a man, identified by the police as Brown, who appears to be pushing a store clerk.
ST. LOUIS, MO – The FBI is concerned members of the New Black Panther Party are in Ferguson and advocating violence against police. According to an alert from the St. Louis Division of the FBI the National Chief of Staff of the New Black Panther Party is in Ferguson. Chawn Kweli and other members of the NBPP are in town to respond to the shooting of Michael Brown. This is part of a Facebook status posted by Kweli , “This is the hour all the greats promised. If you die, die like a warrior. I’ll see you on the ground.”
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The man charged with fatally stabbing two brothers at a church food pantry in 2013 is now facing additional charges of rape and sodomy in an unrelated case. Richard Burgin Jr., 50, was charged today with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy for alleged offenses on July 15, 2012, according to court records. The records provide no details, but Burgin's arrest in the May 21, 2013 stabbing deaths of of 
B
ristol police have made a second arrest in connection with a murder at a party in January. A man arrested this morning is accused of assaulting someone who was trying to help the victim, then helping the murder suspect flee from police. The victim, 