The suit, filed this week, alleges that Akili was falsely imprisoned, unjustly assaulted, arrested without probable cause and subject to lies "concocted" by police at the highest levels of the department, and "outrageous conduct" that caused him emotional distress.
Read More →The dramatic turnaround in this story arc comes just two days after the city council voted 3-2 to disband the police department and contract with the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Monday night's meeting ended with residents who had packed the council chambers booing, jeering and shouting down Mayor Ben Winnick, who cast the deciding vote.
Read More →Police in suburban Cleveland say a half-naked man intentionally crashed his car into a closed convenience store to get beer, injuring himself and a store employee.
Read More →"On May 15, we honor the sacrifices of our law enforcement officers by lowering our flags for National Peace Officers Memorial Day," said Craig W. Floyd, NLEOMF President and CEO.
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High school senior Thalia Rodriguez was on her way to do a ridealong at a Hialeah, FL, fire station when she saw a man bleeding along the roadside next to a crashed motorcycle. Her quick thinking saved the severely injured off-duty officer's life.
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A Seneca County, OH, sheriff's deputy was shot in the shoulder during a domestic violence incident Tuesday south of Tiffin in which another person was stabbed.
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The Dallas police officers murdered in the deadly 2016 downtown ambush will be honored at next week's Police Memorial Day ceremony, but one of the city's largest police organizations on Tuesday told the mayor he's not welcome.
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It is believed a shirtless man tried to break into a store, but instead drove off with a Harris County (TX) Precinct 6 SUV.
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The Kansas City (KS) Police Department announced instead of only chasing suspects that had already committed a serious felony, now they will chase everyone who flees police as long as they have probable cause.
Read More →Two officers were "seriously assaulted" Monday in an altercation with a man they were trying to release from the Florence, OR, jail, and the man who assaulted them later died at a hospital.
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