Tag: Assault and battery
Portland leaders condemn ongoing violence by ‘anarchists’
PORTLAND, Ore. — Leaders and elected officials in Portland, Oregon, came together Monday to demand an end to violence, criminal destruction and intimidation by...
Man charged with spitting at Disney guard who asked for mask
<p>ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida man spat on a security officer at Walt Disney World after she asked him to put on a mask,...
Kansas City officer who sprayed teenage protester indicted
LIBERTY, Mo. — A white Kansas City police officer who sprayed a 15-year-old Black girl with chemicals during racial injustice protests last summer was...
Korean battery firm offers Georgia plant as dispute lingers
ATLANTA — With a giant battery factory in northeast Georgia hanging in the balance of a trade dispute, South Korean company LG Energy Solution...
Prosecutor’s online hunch leads to arrest of assault suspect
CENTREVILLE, Mich. — A prosecutor's uncomfortable hunch during an online court hearing led to the arrest of a Michigan man who was inside the...
Kenyan police believe man who shot 2 dead was an extremist
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's head of criminal investigations said Friday that police now believe that a man who grabbed a gun from a police...
Woman arrested in San Francisco assault on Uber driver
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted...
‘Gonna be sore:’ La. troopers boasted of beating Black man
Louisiana State Police troopers joked in a group text about beating a Black man after a high-speed chase last year, saying the “whoopin” would...
Prosecutor’s online hunch leads to arrest of assault suspect
<p>CENTREVILLE, Mich. — A prosecutor's uncomfortable hunch during an online court hearing led to the arrest of a Michigan man who was inside the...
Kenyan police believe man who shot 2 dead was an extremist
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's head of criminal investigations said Friday that police now believe that a man who grabbed a gun from a police...