Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Judge rejects detention request for Kansas Proud Boys leader
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal magistrate judge rejected on Friday the government's request to keep the alleged leader of the Kansas City chapter...
College athletes coming together to promote change
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Whether talking to a teammate, close friend or complete stranger, San Jose State football player Drew Jenkins has a go-to...
Report slams Chicago response to unrest after Floyd’s death
CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department was woefully unprepared for the violence that erupted in the city last year after George Floyd's death in...
Dozens charged in Capitol riots spewed extremist rhetoric
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In a text message, a radicalized Trump supporter suggested getting a boat to ferry “heavy weapons” across the Potomac River...
Lawyers want special prosecutor in cases vs. Atlanta police
ATLANTA — Attorneys alleging excessive force involving Atlanta police officers in two high-profile cases, including the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, want a special...
After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff
LARAMIE, Wyo. — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes...
Folk activist Judy Collins revisits her first live album
NEW YORK — When she was 24, folk singer Judy Collins went onstage in New York City to record her first live concert and...
Police ‘unlawful assembly’ powers come under fire in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — As racial injustice protesters swarmed the streets of Portland, Oregon, day after day last year, a voice would come over a...
History of abuse for Mexican police unit in migrant massacre
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — When state police in northern Mexico allegedly shot 19 people, including at least 14 Guatemalan migrants, to death in late...
Official apologizes to woman hit by rubber bullet in protest
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida woman who was shot in the face by a rubber bullet during a Black Lives Matter demonstration last...