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The bodycam footage was released after St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell demanded an apology from the state representative for accusing the officer of racially profiling him.
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The incident occurred amid a recent crime wave in the city. Antonio Brown, who joined the city's mayoral race less than three weeks ago, is running on a campaign of "reimagining public safety."
Read More →Biden's plans to host Floyd's family come as talks focused on the police reform bill named after Floyd — the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act — have stalled on Capitol Hill.
Read More →One bill requires officers to employ de-escalation tactics, use the least amount of physical force necessary and limits the use of deadly force to situations where there's an imminent threat of serious injury or death.
Read More →“Let me be clear: Pennsylvania state troopers support the Juneteenth holiday. But for Gov. Wolf to use his platform to further push a false narrative that police are racist murderers is nothing less than the worst kind of political pandering," said David Kennedy, president of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association.
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“It’s just the reality of the solution, you know. When you make big, overarching statements that we’re going to defund or abolish and dismantle the police department and get rid of all the officers, there’s an impact to that,” Mayor Jacob Frey said.
Read More →During that protest, about 600 protesters surrounded the Aurora Police Department District One station.
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The Los Angeles Police Protective League issued a statement on the hiring that reads in part: "Once again, Gascón is thumbing his nose at crime victims by hiring someone who wants to abolish prisons, defund public safety, and who has expressed outright hatred toward police officers. ...do we really need criminal defense attorneys on both sides of the aisle?"
Read More →The bill also raises the cap for damages paid to victims and allows jurisdictions to revoke an officer's pension.
Read More →The union sued Gascón in late December, alleging some of his policies restricting the use of sentencing enhancements, such as those used against cop killers, violated state law and put line prosecutors in an ethical bind.
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