Tag: Law enforcement agencies

Report slams Chicago response to unrest after Floyd’s death

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CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department was woefully unprepared for the violence that erupted in the city last year after George Floyd's death in...

After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes...

Dozens charged in Capitol riots spewed extremist rhetoric

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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

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ATLANTA — Attorneys alleging excessive force involving Atlanta police officers in two high-profile cases, including the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, want a special...

Folk activist Judy Collins revisits her first live album

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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

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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

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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

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida woman who was shot in the face by a rubber bullet during a Black Lives Matter demonstration last...

Austin police fatally shoot man who held child amid standoff

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AUSTIN, Texas — A police officer in Texas shot and killed a man who was holding a child and woman hostage after breaking into...

NE Indiana man gets 22 years for pulling gun on officer

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ALBION, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana man who was shot by a police officer he pulled a gun on during a 2019 domestic disturbance...