The proclamation included some talking points from the anti-police movement. "This year, we also recognize that in many of our communities, especially Black and brown communities, there is a deep sense of distrust towards law enforcement; a distrust that has been exacerbated by the recent deaths of several Black and brown people at the hands of law enforcement."
Read More →The message: “ACAB! The Barrel is Rotten” was posted days ago on a sign in front of the Our Place Inn, and later shared on its Facebook page.
Read More →The officer shortage is most critical in cities that experienced waves of protests and riots in 2020.
Read More →In a video of the confrontation during an "end Asian hate" protest, Terrell Harper, was just feet from Detective Vincent Cheung’s face as he cursed at him, punctuating his comments with racist stereotypes mocking Cheung, who is Chinese American
Read More →Police officials said the robot's purpose was to take police officers out of harm's way and that it was actually cheaper than other robots already in use.
Read More →Jessica Beauvais, 32, had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit and was combative with police when she was captured after allegedly slamming into highway officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, as he directed traffic on the Long Island Expressway around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Read More →"Instead of apologizing, you deflected," Officer Deon Joseph wrote. "You said you took your tweet down because you did not want it to be used for hate, when the tweet itself was the embodiment of hatred, rooted in a lack of understanding of the danger of the situation."
Read More →"Over the last week or so we've been having a lot of unrest in our city," Commissioner Londel French said. "A lot of the folks that have been at the heart of putting that unrest down or stifling the protesters have been, in Minneapolis, the Minnesota State Patrol."
Read More →Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly fired six rounds during the March 13, 2020, attempted search of Taylor's apartment, shooting Taylor. He had been shot in the thigh, severing his femoral artery, seconds earlier by Taylor's boyfreind, Kenneth Walker, who later said he thought intruders were breaking in.
Read More →Police said someone in the crowd then used an unknown accelerant on the wooden framing around a door of the building, then lit it on fire.
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