Kemp Calls Up National Guard Over 'Cop City' Unrest
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency, a move that allows him to deploy as many as 1,000 Georgia National Guard troops...
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- 2 days ago
- 2 min
Pennsylvania Police Chief Charged With Helping Distribute Cocaine
A Pennsylvania police chief was accused by federal officials of helping to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and other narcotics....
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
Expert Panel Calls For Reforms To Reduce Racial Bias In Policing
A national panel of experts issued a set of comprehensive recommendations on ways to reduce racial bias in policing. The Council on...
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Judge Keeps Oakland Police Monitor As Critics Back Suspended Chief
A federal judge kept a federal monitor for the Oakland Police Department in place. The monitor was appointed more than 20 years ago...
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Arkansas Officers Charged In Violent Arrest Caught on Video
Two former Arkansas law enforcement officers were charged with civil rights violations in the violent arrest of a man outside a...
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
LAPD Chief Moore Bans Display Of 'Thin Blue Line' Flag
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore has banned the display of the “thin blue line” flag at public events and police station...
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Providence Police Chief Clements To Head DOJ's COPS Office
Providence, R.I., Police Chief Hugh T. Clements Jr. will be the new director of the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented...
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Crime and Justice News
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Quick Firing Of Misbehaving Police Could Become More Common
The speed of firing five Memphis police officers after the traffic stop of a man who later died in a hospital is unusual but could become...
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Crime and Justice News
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Downtown Atlanta Protest Turned Violent Over Killing Of Activist
A protest turned violent in downtown Atlanta on Saturday night after the death of an environmental activist who was killed by authorities...
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Crime and Justice News
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Daughter Of Top House Democrat Arrested In Anti-Police Protest
A daughter of House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) was charged with assault after an altercation with a police officer who was...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 20
- 2 min
Oakland Police Chief On Paid Leave After Officer Misconduct Probe
Oakland’s police chief is on administrative leave after a federal judge made public a scathing report of officer misconduct identified in...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Protester Killed at Planned Atlanta Police Training Center
Tensions over a planned Atlanta police training center erupted on Wednesday when a protester was killed and a Georgia state trooper was...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 19
- 2 min
DOJ Starts Civil Rights Probe In Memphis Police Traffic Stop Death
A federal civil rights investigation has been opened into the death of a 29-year-old man who died three days after being stopped by...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 18
- 2 min
VA Army Lieutenant Gets Under $4K In Lawsuit Over Police Assault
A federal jury in Virginia awarded $3,685 to an Army lieutenant who had asked for $1 million, alleging in a lawsuit that he was...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Chauvin Seeks To Reverse State Conviction In George Floyd Case
An attorney for Derek Chauvin is asking an appeals court to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer’s convictions in the murder...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Police Response Times Getting Longer In Some Major Cities
Police response times are taking longer in many cities. Experts attribute the trend partly to staffing shortages. Departments are...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 17
- 2 min
A Call For More Testing, Better Rules Governing New Police Technology
Experts from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) explored police technology’s advances and risks in a panel...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 13
- 2 min
Denver Paying $325,000 After Police Pepper Balls Hit Pregnant Woman
Shaiitarrio Brown and Brittany King were delivering meals for DoorDash early on May 30, 2020, as protests decrying the killing of George...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 13
- 2 min
BLM Founder's Cousin Dies After Repeat Tasering By LAPD
Keenan Anderson, 31, a teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, died after he into cardiac arrest four hours...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Police Officer Deaths From Firearms Rose In 2021-22 Over Last Decade
Sixty four officers were fatally shot in the line of duty in 2022, according to a preliminary annual report from the National Law...
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