Tag: Police
2 ex-Texas sheriff deputies indicted in Black man’s death
AUSTIN, Texas — Two former Texas sheriff's deputies were arrested Tuesday on manslaughter charges in the 2019 death of a man who was shocked...
Breonna Taylor’s death: A push to limit no-knock warrants
FRANKFORT, Ky — Kentucky’s lawmakers passed a partial ban on no-knock warrants Tuesday, more than a year after the death of Breonna Taylor during...
Israel to investigate police shooting of disabled Arab man
JERUSALEM — Israeli police shot and killed a disabled Arab man who appeared to be wielding a knife on Monday, drawing renewed accusations that...
Virginia lawmakers ban police use of facial recognition
RICHMOND, Va. — Last month, Virginia lawmakers quietly passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition...
Police car Dillinger stole in jailbreak returning to Indiana
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A police car that notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger stole after his daring escape from a northwest Indiana jail will...
Poland plans pensions for dogs, horses in state employment
WARSAW, Poland — They locate survivors in collapsed buildings, track down fugitives, foil drugs and explosives smugglers and help control rowdy crowds. All in...
Elite UK schools in spotlight over claims of misogyny, rape
LONDON — The London police department says it is investigating multiple alleged offenses described on a website that a young woman set up to...
Turkey: ex-police heads jailed over 2007 journalist killing
ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two former police chiefs and a former military officer to life terms in prison over...
Kenosha police: 55 more charged for violence during protests
KENOSHA, Wis. — Fifty-five people are facing charges related to violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer,...
Reform-minded Los Angeles DA faces blowback in first months
LOS ANGELES — Minutes after George Gascón was sworn in as Los Angeles County district attorney, he fulfilled a promise to institute sweeping criminal...