Tag: Police
Feds oppose delaying Muncie officers’ excessive force trial
MUNCIE, Ind. — Federal prosecutors are objecting to an effort by four Muncie police officers to delay their trial on allegations they used excessive...
No mass protests after Honolulu police shoot, kill Black man
HONOLULU — Lindsay Myeni and her South African husband moved to Hawaii, where she grew up, believing it would be safer to raise their...
Indicted Georgia sheriff’s lawyer blasts leak of report
ATLANTA — The attorney for a Georgia sheriff charged with federal civil rights violations on Sunday blasted the public release of a review panel’s...
Protest erupts again over man killed by Minnesota deputies
MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters faced off with officers in Minneapolis early Saturday over the shooting death of a man by members of a U.S. Marshals...
Police: sugar worker, 86, fatally shoots boss after firing
BELLE GLADE, Fla. — An 86-year-old sugar mill worker with 31 years on the job fatally shot his boss after he was refused another...
NC deputy involved in fatal shooting of Black man resigns
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A sheriff's deputy who was involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man in Elizabeth City, North Carolina,...
Tension grows in court as Nashville officer’s trial looms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A prosecutor on Friday accused attorneys for a white Nashville police officer of a “character assassination” attempt against the Black man...
Pickup crashes into Phoenix bus stop; 1 killed, 1 injured
Phoenix — A pickup driven by a teenage boy who lost control of the vehicle crashed into a bus stop, killing one man and...
Donations strengthen California police accountability work
Roger Brown, 33, a Black Fresno rapper and mentor, was driving home from a candlelight vigil in March when he noticed a police car...
Suspect in Iowa trooper’s death may have goaded traffic stop
Associated Press — A man charged with killing an Iowa State Patrol sergeant during a standoff may have instigated the violent confrontation by goading...