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Crime and Justice News
Jun 6, 20241 min read
Woman Hit by Train in CO Police Car Reaches $8.5M Settlement
A woman who sued two Colorado cities and three police officers reached an $8.5 million settlement. She was severely injured during a 2022...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 6, 20242 min read
NY Troopers Lacked Training When They Met Future Mass Shooter
Despite the New York governor’s 2022 executive order that all state police troopers be "trained and instructed" o how to use the state's...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Prosecutor To Drop Case Of White MN Trooper Who Killed Black Man
Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a white Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot Black motorist Ricky...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Florida Deputy Who Shot And Killed U.S. Airman Is Fired
The Florida deputy who shot and killed 23-year-old Roger Fortson in his home month has been fired. The Okaloosa County, Fla., Sheriff’s...
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Crime and Justice News
May 30, 20242 min read
$150M Payouts Show Violent Police Response to 2020 Protests
In the four years since mass protests erupted after the killing of George Floyd, cities across the U.S. have settled over 130 lawsuits...
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Crime and Justice News
May 30, 20242 min read
Approaching Police In Louisiana Becomes Criminal Under New Law
Critics of a new Louisiana law making it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under some circumstances fear that the...
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Crime and Justice News
May 30, 20242 min read
Kentucky Drops Scheffler Police Assault Case In 'Misunderstanding'
Criminal charges against the world's top golfer, Scottie Scheffler, were dismissed by a Kentucky court, ending a stunning fracas that...
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Crime and Justice News
May 29, 20242 min read
Trump’s Plan To Roll Back Police Reform
In his bid for president, Donald Trump is pledging to implement policies around crime and policing that would reverse the broad trend of...
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Crime and Justice News
May 28, 20242 min read
Policing Reform Stalls Four Years After George Floyd's Death
Stevante Clark felt a glimmer of hope amid racial justice protests in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd. His brother Stephon,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 27, 20242 min read
CA City Pays $900K For Falsely Accusing Man Of Killing Father
Over 17 hours of police interrogation, Fontana, Calif., detectives falsely claimed Thomas Perez Jr.’s father was dead, suggested his dog...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20242 min read
Maine Mass Shooting Prompts Independent Panel Scrutiny
An independent commission will scrutinize issues surrounding police communication and coordination in the tense aftermath of Maine’s...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20242 min read
Two Men Fatally Shot While Pointing Weapons Down Raise Questions Over Police Response
This month, two separate shootings, one on each coast, have reignited discussions on police use of deadly force and protocols for...
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Crime and Justice News
May 23, 20242 min read
Louisville Police Check Scheffler Arrest For Policy Violations
The Louisville Metro Police Department is looking into whether officers committed policy violations in last week's arrest of world No. 1...
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Crime and Justice News
May 22, 20241 min read
Officer Acquitted in Black Man’s Death Alleges Defamation
Timothy Rankine, a Washington state police officer, was cleared of manslaughter charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man...
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Crime and Justice News
May 22, 20241 min read
New Jersey Police Lackluster About Preventing Discriminatory Practices
New Jersey State Police didn’t do all they could to prevent discriminatory policing practices from their ranks, the state’s comptroller...
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Crime and Justice News
May 20, 20242 min read
Privacy Advocates Seek More Oversight Of Police Technology
“You don’t know when privacy will matter,” says Jon McCray Jones of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. “You don’t know what...
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Crime and Justice News
May 16, 20241 min read
79,000 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Last Year, 10-Year High
The rate of assaults on U.S. law enforcement reached a 10-year high in 2023, with more than 79,000 officer attacks reported. A new FBI...
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Crime and Justice News
May 15, 20242 min read
Chicago Police Use Of Excessive Force Bring Worries For Hosting DNC
The crowd control tactics of the Chicago Police Department — notorious for their botched response to protests following the murder of...
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Crime and Justice News
May 14, 20242 min read
1,000 Died In Decade From 'Non Lethal' Police Force, AP Finds
In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known guidelines for...
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Crime and Justice News
May 14, 20242 min read
Dartmouth's Quick Call To Arrest Protesters Brings A Swift Fallout
As the police arrested student protesters at Dartmouth College this month, a 65-year-old professor ended up on the ground. Two student...
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