Tag: Law enforcement agencies
EXPLAINER: Training limits officer’s choice for deadly force
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The second-guessing of a Columbus police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl Tuesday as she swung a knife toward...
Florida’s governor sued over new ‘anti-riot’ law
ORLANDO, Fla. — A social justice group has filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others two days after the Republican signed...
Following verdict in Floyd case, USC football reflects
USC was supposed to take the field on Tuesday for one of its final practices of the spring football season.
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Lawyer shifts legal fight from George Floyd to Pamela Turner
MINNEAPOLIS — The conviction Tuesday of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin on murder and manslaughter charges for pinning George Floyd's neck with his knee...
Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes
CHICAGO — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer...
Floyd verdict sparks hope, inspiration for activists abroad
PARIS — The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd's death was not just celebrated in America. It signaled hope for those seeking...
Prosecutor: Police justified in fatal shooting during chase
MUNCIE, Ind. — Police were justified in fatally shooting a man during a chase and gun battle in east central Indiana, a prosecutor said...
Suspect in Iowa trooper’s death taken from hospital to jail
GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — A man charged in the shooting death of an Iowa Highway Patrol trooper was released from a hospital Wednesday and...
After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws
WASHINGTON — Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that...
California deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting
MARTINEZ, Calif. — A sheriff's deputy in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area was charged Wednesday with manslaughter and assault in the fatal shooting...
