Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Man sentenced to 30 years for killing Navajo police officer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man who shot and killed a tribal police officer in a remote corner of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation...
UK policeman sentenced to 8 years for soccer star’s killing
LONDON — A British police officer was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for the killing of Dalian Atkinson, a former professional soccer...
South Dakota to send National Guard troops to Texas
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that she will join a growing list of Republican governors sending law enforcement...
Family of Black man slain by officer sues Kansas City police
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The family of a Black man fatally shot in 2019 in his own backyard by a white police detective is...
Minnesota Legislature grapples with police accountability
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota House was preparing to debate police accountability as part of a broader public safety budget bill that the...
Mural depicting Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, others defaced
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A mural in Kentucky that depicts Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other Black people recently killed by law enforcement has been...
Supreme Court revives St. Louis police in-custody death case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday revived claims of excessive force against St. Louis police officers in a case in which a homeless...
Uprooted again: Venezuela migrants cross US border in droves
DEL RIO, Texas — Marianela Rojas huddles in prayer with her fellow migrants, a tearful respite after trudging across a slow-flowing stretch of the...
Houston chief calls 1977 police killing ‘straight-up murder’
HOUSTON — Houston's police chief has publicly apologized to the family of a man killed by six officers more than four decades ago, calling...
Maya Moore to receive Arthur Ashe Award at The ESPYS
NEW YORK — Maya Moore will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at The ESPYS for her work on criminal justice reform.
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