Civil Rights Activists Call 2-Year Term For MN Officer Too Lenient
The issue of race was barely raised up during the trial of Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center, Mn., police officer who was convicted of...
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Feb 20, 20221 min read
Ottawa Police Disperse Protesters Of Vaccine Mandates
Police officers cleared out the central area of a sprawling demonstration in Ottawa, moving from truck to truck on Saturday and arresting...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 18, 20221 min read
19 Austin Officers Indicted For Assault In Racial Injustice Protests
Nineteen Austin police officers were indicted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon during 2020 protests over racial...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 17, 20222 min read
NYPD's Sewell Vows to Make Subways Safe, Avoid 'Bad Old Days'
New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell vowed that police officers will make the subway system safe and prevent the city from...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 17, 20221 min read
S.F. DA's Use of Rape-Kit DNA To Probe Other Cases Was a Shock
The San Francisco district attorney’s stunning claim that California crime labs are using DNA from sexual assault survivors to...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 17, 20221 min read
NJ Police Response to Teen Fight Seen as Example of Racial Bias
A video of Bridgewater, N.J., police officers responding to a fight between teenagers is being seen as a new example of racial bias in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Ex-Minneapolis Cops in George Floyd Case Plan to Testify
Federal prosecutors rested their case Monday against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 14, 20221 min read
Portland Alternative Response Program Limited by Police Deal
A program in Portland, Or., that sends medical and mental health clinicians to emergencies instead of armed police will not be able to...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 14, 20221 min read
'Boogaloo' Member Admits to Killing Officer In Oakland
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Carrillo and a suspected accomplice, Robert Alvin, are charged with shooting and killing federal officer...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 14, 20221 min read
Minneapolis Police Chief Under Fire After No-Knock Warrant Killing
Amelia Huffman, Minneapolis’s interim police chief, is under fire after the fatal shooting of Amir Locke by police during a no-knock...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 13, 20221 min read
CA Deputy Not Charged in Killing of Unarmed Homeless Man
An Orange County, Ca., sheriff’s deputy won’t face charges for fatally shooting an unarmed homeless man who was in the midst of a mental...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Mayors: Fighting Crime, Defunding Police Not An Either-Or Choice
In 2020, amid demands to "defund" the police, Baltimore City Council president Brandon Scott led a charge to cut tens of millions of...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 11, 20221 min read
Police Seek Valentine's Turning In Exes; Critic Fears Revenge Schemes
Several police departments are encouraging people to reject romantic tradition and instead turn their exes in this Valentine’s Day, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Judge Orders MN Police to Stop Attacking, Arresting Journalists
A federal judge approved a permanent injunction prohibiting the Minnesota State Patrol from arresting or attacking journalists, which...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Police Killed 1,055 Last Year in U.S.; Trend Continues Despite Reforms
Police shot and killed at least 1,055 people nationwide last year, the highest total since the Washington Post began tracking fatal...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Colorado Springs Settles Lawsuit Over Fatal Police Shooting
Colorado Springs, Co., reached a nearly $3 million settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a 19-year-old Black man who...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 9, 20222 min read
Teen Arrested in Case Linked to Amir Locke Killing in Minneapolis
Minnesota police arrested a teenager in connection with a homicide investigation that led to last week’s police killing of 22-year-old...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Rep. Cori Bush Stands Behind 'Defund the Police' Slogan
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) says she's not going to stop using the slogan "defund the police" ahead of this fall's midterms — even though some...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 9, 20221 min read
After TN Police Killing on Highway, Nashville Boosts Mental Health Aid
After Nashville police killed a man on Interstate 65, Nashville is expanding a program called Partners In Care to help people who may be...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Dallas Anticrime Plan Goes Far Beyond The Police
When the Dallas Police Department brought on Eddie Garcia as chief a year ago, his mandate was clear: Reduce violent crime. Between 2018...
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