Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Chadian rebels claim they have shot down military helicopter
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Rebels seeking to overthrow Chad's new transitional government claimed Thursday to have shot down a military helicopter, while the junta in...
Michigan sheriff’s deputy bitten by dog kills animal, owner
READING TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A sheriff's deputy bitten by a dog in southern Michigan killed the animal and then fatally shot the angry owner...
Oregon officials to investigate police killing of man
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s attorney general and a district attorney announced Thursday that a joint investigation will be conducted into the police killing of...
Oversight agency finds `deficiencies’ in Chicago police raid
CHICAGO — Chicago’s civilian police oversight agency announced Thursday it has completed a 16-month investigation into a wrongful 2019 raid during which a woman...
Questions and anger over Chicago’s lack of foot chase policy
CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department was well aware of how dangerous foot chases could be long before officers shot and killed two people...
Families of Black men slain by police are hopeful for reform
WASHINGTON — The family and representatives of Black men slain by the police met with senators and White House officials Thursday — and left...
Chicago braces for release of another police shooting video
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday called for calm ahead of the release of video showing police fatally shoot a 22-year-old man...
Appeals panel: Limits on St. Louis police aren’t permanent
A judge’s 2017 ruling limiting how St. Louis police officers can control protesters was meant to be a temporary order and must end unless...
Tennessee officer fired for high-fiving man using race slur
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee police department fired an officer last fall after video surfaced of him high-fiving a man who used a racial...
Attorney calls for investigation into Ma’Khia Bryant death
COLUMBUS, Ohio — There should be a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus police officer, along with a...
