Tag: Police
Hundreds join Daunte Wright’s family on march for justice
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Hundreds of people joined Daunte Wright's family and friends on a march through the Minneapolis suburb where he was fatally...
Death draws attention to police putting suspects face down
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s common practice for police around the U.S. to place combative suspects face down and press down on their backs with...
Minnesota Legislature struggles for compromise on policing
MINNEAPOLIS — Negotiators in Minnesota’s divided Legislature on Monday kicked off what's sure to be a long and contentious debate over whether further police...
Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
DENVER — Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to...
‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere
Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.”
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State police probe fatal shooting by Porter County police
SOUTH HAVEN, Ind. — Indiana State Police were investigating Sunday after Porter County sheriff's officers fatally shot a 30-year-old man at a South Haven...
Mourners attend viewing for man shot by N. Carolina deputies
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Hundreds of mourners paid their respects to a North Carolina man whose shooting at the hands of sheriff's deputies has...
Police in West Virginia capital city shoot, wound Black man
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The police chief of West Virginia's capital city said two officers shot and wounded a Black man wielding a knife Friday...
DA asks feds to probe unlawful strip searches in NYC suburb
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — The Westchester County district attorney has asked federal authorities to investigate “pervasive and persistent” civil rights violations involving the Mount...
Chicago police say gun violence is on the rise this year
CHICAGO — Chicago has seen a significant increase in shootings and homicides so far this year, compared with the first four months of 2020,...
