Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Lawyers want special prosecutor in cases vs. Atlanta police
<p>ATLANTA — Attorneys alleging excessive force involving Atlanta police officers in two high-profile cases, including the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, want a special...
After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff
LARAMIE, Wyo. — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes...
Dozens charged in Capitol riots spewed extremist rhetoric
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In a text message, a radicalized Trump supporter suggested getting a boat to ferry “heavy weapons” across the Potomac River...
Lawyers want special prosecutor in cases vs. Atlanta police
ATLANTA — Attorneys alleging excessive force involving Atlanta police officers in two high-profile cases, including the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, want a special...
North Carolina man accused of threatening Biden over phone
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina man appeared in federal court on Thursday on a charge of threatening President Joe Biden and others through...
Honduran-born US citizen settles lawsuit over jailing
NEW ORLEANS — A Honduran-born United States citizen has settled a lawsuit with a Louisiana sheriff’s office that jailed him in 2018 on suspicion...
Folk activist Judy Collins revisits her first live album
<p>NEW YORK — When she was 24, folk singer Judy Collins went onstage in New York City to record her first live concert and...
Police ‘unlawful assembly’ powers come under fire in Oregon
<p>SALEM, Ore. — As racial injustice protesters swarmed the streets of Portland, Oregon, day after day last year, a voice would come over a...
Official apologizes to woman hit by rubber bullet in protest
<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida woman who was shot in the face by a rubber bullet during a Black Lives Matter demonstration last...
Austin police fatally shoot man who held child amid standoff
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — A police officer in Texas shot and killed a man who was holding a child and woman hostage after breaking into...