Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Suspect in fatal shooting of Chicago girl, 7, shot, captured
CHICAGO — Chicago police exchanged gunfire with a suspect believed to be connected to the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl as she sat...
Federal officers seek to block shooting trial in state court
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments on whether Virginia prosecutors can bring manslaughter charges against two U.S. Park Police...
Feds fund mental health crisis teams to stand in for police
WASHINGTON — When police respond to a person gripped by a mental health or drug crisis, the encounter can have tragic results. Now a...
Family: Man fatally shot by Dallas police had mental illness
DALLAS — A man who Dallas police fatally shot after he pointed what turned out to be a replica handgun toward officers was recently...
Ex-officer who killed Rayshard Brooks wants his job back
<p>ATLANTA — A former Atlanta police officer’s attorney said Thursday that his client didn't get a chance to defend himself before he was fired...
No. 3 House Democrat, Rep. Clyburn, fined $5K over screening
WASHINGTON — The No. 3 House Democratic leader, Rep. Jim Clyburn, has been fined $5,000 after Capitol Police reported he avoided being screened before...
Indiana man hospitalized after police shootout, long pursuit
KENDALLVILLE, Ind. — A man who fled a traffic stop was hospitalized after exchanging gunfire with officers early Thursday following a police pursuit through...
Boulder shooting suspect charged with using large magazine
DENVER — Local prosecutors in Colorado on Wednesday filed over 40 more felony charges against a man charged with killing 10 people at a...
Rapper Cardi B takes on Wisconsin congressman
WASHINGTON — Rapper Cardi B took issue Thursday with a Wisconsin congressman who criticized her Grammy performance during a speech on the House floor.
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After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws
<p>WASHINGTON — Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that...