Tag: police
119K People Hurt by Riot-Control Weapons Since 2015
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the...
Otieno Family Attorneys Push Back Against Officers’ Defense
By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As a video was released publicly this week showing sheriff’s deputies and employees...
London Police Chief ‘Humbled’ by Withering Report on Force
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — London’s police force has lost the confidence of the people it serves because it is riven with...
Chauvin, who Killed George Floyd, Pleads Guilty in Tax Case
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED, Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd pleaded guilty Friday...
Black D.C. Residents Weigh In on Embattled Criminal Code Bill
By Sam P.K. Collins, The Washington Informer, Word in Black
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure blocking the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA). That measure...