... response to the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The killing led to renewed public discussion of how police forces can treat Black residents with excessive violence, regardless of the race of both the police officers and those being policed. At Nichols' funeral ...
... in only a few months. But in the long run, Johnson does not believe specialized units and arrests alone can reduce crime. He blames aggressive police tactics for alienating communities the police are supposed to protect. “[Even] if you did prevent 50 homicides, how many people did you piss off ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A "high chance" of a mass shooting in Hollywood has been thwarted by police seizing a cache of guns and ammunition in a high-rise apartment where several rifles were pointed toward a nearby park, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Braxton Johnson was taken into custody ...
... Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, reminders that Nichols' family now joins a larger community of Black families fighting for justice for loved ones killed by police. That includes Tiffany Rachal. Her son Jalen was shot and killed by a Houston police officer last April. Tiffany Rachal, Mother of Jalen Randle ...
... have commanded public attention on a disturbingly frequent basis. In January, one woman was injured in a shooting at a Walmart store in Evansville, Indiana. Police said it could have been much worse if not for heroic actions by an employee and police. Officers arrived within minutes and fatally shot ...
The White House is facing fresh pressure to advance the issue of police reform as Vice President Kamala Harris was called to the pulpit at the funeral for Tyre Nichols.
... the people that those units are going to be serving and the neighborhood that those units are going to be serving, and you're attracting police officers who want to be feared. I think, if you're a community-oriented police officer who wants to help people in your neighborhood ...
... that we have agency over. We can choose whether we limit our own consumption, but it's also a question for the media and the police. Are there better methods of even sharing or making it available? Is there a repository that you can check into if you're an ...
Lawyers for the Nichols family questioned Monday why the department did not disclose Hemphill’s discipline earlier and why he has not been fired or charged. WATCH: Memphis prepares for protests as video of police beating Tyre Nichols is released “We have asked from the beginning that the Memphis Police ...
“Changing a rule doesn’t change a behavior,” said Katie Ryan, chief of staff for Campaign Zero, a group of academics, policing experts and activists working to end police violence. “The culture of a police department has to shift into actually implementing the policies, not just saying there’s ...
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