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Wesley Ruiz, who was in 2008 convicted in the death of Senior Cpl. Mark Nix, died by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier in the day denied his appeal.
Read More →According to the Memphis Police Department, the officer was taken to Regional One Hospital in extremely critical condition. The other individual was pronounced dead at the scene.
Read More →"In my judgment not a single kick, punch, baton strike, Taser activation, or use of pepper spray can be justified under the law," Dunphy writes.
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“As public servants dedicated to protecting human life, seeking the truth and pursuing justice under the law, we are sickened and disheartened by the actions of the five Memphis police officers and two fire medics involved in the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop earlier this month,” the Boulder statement says
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“Those five officers and others failed our community, and they failed the Nichols family and that is beyond regrettable,” says Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis.
Read More →Former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills, Jr. have all been charged with one count of second-degree murder, aggravated assault-acting in concert, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and one count of official oppression, court records show.
Read More →A call for more training in the aftermath of the shooting death of a suicidal subject is an understandable reaction. The only logical next step, however, is to provide police departments with the resources necessary to fulfill that request.
Read More →Firearms-related fatalities have claimed the lives of 64 officers in 2022, which mirrors the number of firearms-related fatalities in 2021. Both years represent a 21% increase in firearms-related deaths when compared to the average of 53 firearms-related fatalities from 2010-2020.
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Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire was ambushed by suspect Aaron Lamont Swan Jr. in a shooting that left McIntire dead Monday night.
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The suspect was convicted of his third strike in November 2021 and should have been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
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