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Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (AKRON, Ohio) — The Akron Police Department has finished an internal investigation into the fatal police killing of Jayland Walker, following a car and foot chase by police on June 27, 2022. Akron Chief of Police Stephen Mylett said the findings showed that “the use of deadly force was in compliance with […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With thousands of people expected to converge on Rockefeller Center for Wednesday evening’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony, New York City police counterterrorism officials have issued a confidential warning that protests prompted by the Israel-Hamas war could disrupt the annual event. The threat assessment advisory was issued by the NYPD […]
Kali9/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Police and protesters clashed on Monday near the construction site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training facility that has been dubbed “Cop City” by critics. Protesters began marching toward the site this morning after a weekend of preparations to “bring construction to a halt,” organizers say. In an online statement, DeKalb […]
amphotora/Getty Images (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A San Jose, California police officer has resigned after the police department found numerous “disgusting text messages that demonstrated racial bias,” according to a statement by the San Jose Police Department (SJPD). The text messages related to a 2022 shooting incident in which the officer shot a college football […]
Courtesy Modesto Police Department (MODESTO, Calif.) — Trent Kersey says he has known since he was a little kid that he wanted to be a police officer. On Halloween, his longtime dream came true, about an hour after he and his wife Victoria Kersey welcomed their second child, a baby boy named Theo, at Memorial […]
kali9/Getty Images (OCONEE COUNTY, S.C.) — Police in South Carolina are investigating an incident involving a vehicle that drove through security fences at a nuclear power station on Thursday. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said it is in the early stages of an investigation into an incident that occurred at the Oconee Nuclear Station around […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Los Angeles police dealt with an intruder at the home of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while the Republican field got slightly smaller as one hopeful dropped out and another contender urged donors to help him make the next debate stage. Here are the campaign […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Baltimore Police Department announced on Friday they’ve made in arrest in this month’s shooting at Morgan State University. Police arrested a 17-year-old on attempted murder charges in Washington D.C. and issued an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Jovan Williams for attempted murder. Williams is considered armed and dangerous, police […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — None of the Georgia State Police troopers involved in the fatal shooting of Manuel “Tortuguita” Teran will face charges, according to Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney George R. Christian. Teran, who used they/them pronouns, was shot and killed by police on Jan. 18 as officers raided campgrounds occupied […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Five people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a shooting Tuesday night near Baltimore’s Morgan State University, where authorities issued and later lifted a shelter-in-place order, police said. A suspect had not yet been identified in the incident, which occurred on a street that borders the university, according to the Baltimore Police […]
