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Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. Mayor...
Police, regulators target businesses flouting Wolf shutdown
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police and state regulators are cracking down on a handful of Pennsylvania businesses that are supposed to remain shut down during the pandemic but have instead thrown open their doors. Small business owners have protested Gov. Tom Wolf’s closure of...
Police: Barricaded suspect killed after firing at officers
PARMA, Ohio (AP) — Police officers shot and killed a man after he emerged from an Ohio home after an hours-long standoff and fired at them, police said. Parma Heights police said they responded to a report at about 8:45 p.m. Monday that a man had pointed a gun at another man's head. Officers in Parma went...
Appeals court upholds firing for Columbia police officer
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appellate court on Tuesday upheld the firing of a former Columbia police officer who injured an inmate when he shoved him against a wall. The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals said former Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes had the authority to uphold the firing of...
Memorial Day weekend shootings leave 10 dead in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago saw its deadliest Memorial Day weekend for gun violence since 2015, a jarring reminder that even a coronavirus pandemic and a statewide stay-at-home order cannot halt shootings in the city. "The violence throughout the city on Memorial Day weekend was nothing short of...
Canadian expelled after stealing boat and motoring to Maine
STEUBEN, Maine (AP) — The U.S Border Patrol and Coast Guard have arrested a Canadian man who stole a commercial fishing boat and motored toward Maine, officials said Tuesday. U.S. law enforcement officials were alerted Monday morning that the boat was stolen from Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick and was...
Pentagon's No. 2 IG official resigns after being passed over
WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 official in the Pentagon's office of inspector general, Glenn Fine, resigned Tuesday, several weeks after he was effectively removed as head of a special board to oversee auditing of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic relief package. His departure, effective June 1, is the...
Kansas City police paid $425K to unarmed man shot by officer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Police Department two years ago quietly paid $425,000 to an unarmed man who was shot in the face by an officer who initially faced criminal charges in the shooting. The Kansas City Star reported the payment Tuesday. The newspaper said it only recently learned of the...
Editorial Roundup:
South Bend Tribune. May 24, 2020. A good faith effort toward fixing longstanding problems Those who have waited in vain for South Bend to establish a civilian review board might turn their attention to Indianapolis, which recently announced its intention to create such oversight. Earlier this month, in the wake...
Lawsuit: Bernalillo Country Sheriff’s deputy beat driver
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new lawsuit says a Bernalillo Country Sheriff’s deputy used excessive force on a motorist during a traffic stop last year. A lawsuit filed in state district court last month alleged that Deputy Jeffrey Bartram punched and elbowed a confused Adrian Avitia in Albuquerque in...
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