Tag: Police
NYPD officer hit, killed on highway lived ‘American dream’
NEW YORK — A New York City police officer killed by a suspected drunk driver was hailed Tuesday at his funeral as a humble...
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...
Chauvin juror defends participation in Washington protest
MINNEAPOLIS — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a...
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...