Tag: Police
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...
North Carolina body camera law comes under harsh glare
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina law that gives local courts authority over the release of body camera video has come under a harsh...
Deputy killed, another shot in North Carolina standoff
BOONE, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy was killed and another wounded in a shooting that prompted a standoff. The suspect apparently killed...
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...
Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
St. Louis — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn’t...
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...
