• Experts say swift firing of police is rare, but could become more common

    Experts say swift firing of police is rare, but could become more common

    Jan 22, 2023 09:52 PM EST

    ... decision. “There is far more scrutiny of police today,” he said. “When I was in policing there was less of a likelihood that something a police officer was doing would be caught on video.”Oliver added that many times videos will confirm police acted properly. “I would say that’s ...

  • Protest in Atlanta over state police killing of environmental activist turns violent

    Protest in Atlanta over state police killing of environmental activist turns violent

    Jan 22, 2023 07:04 PM EST

    ... old shot a state trooper. Masked activists dressed in all black threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation, shattering large glass windows. They then lit a police cruiser on fire, smashed more windows and vandalized walls with anti-police graffiti as ...

  • 5 police officers fired for excessive use of force in arrest of Memphis man who died

    5 police officers fired for excessive use of force in arrest of Memphis man who died

    Jan 21, 2023 06:04 PM EST

    ... the arrest. Nichols’ family, along with protesters who rallied at a police station and the National Civil Rights Museum, have pushed for the release of police body camera footage and called for officers to be charged. Relatives have accused police of beating Nichols and causing him to have a heart ...

  • Colorado police officers, paramedics plead not guilty in Elijah McClain case

    Colorado police officers, paramedics plead not guilty in Elijah McClain case

    Jan 21, 2023 01:24 AM EST

    ... Experts in emergency medicine say prosecutions of paramedics are rare. However, in Illinois, two paramedics who strapped a Black man facedown on a stretcher after police requested an ambulance last month have been charged with murder. Police officers Randy Roedema, Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt, and fire department paramedic Jeremy ...

  • Police investigated Utah man for abuse years before murder-suicide

    Police investigated Utah man for abuse years before murder-suicide

    Jan 18, 2023 01:43 AM EST

    ... the offense(s) beyond reasonable doubt and/or statute of limitations barriers,” the statement said. It added that prosecutors were not sent interview transcripts or police reports from the Enoch police to review. Matt Munson, the attorney representing Michael Haight's family, was not immediately available to comment. Police found ...

  • Police carry Greta Thunberg, other activists away at German coal mine protest

    Police carry Greta Thunberg, other activists away at German coal mine protest

    Jan 17, 2023 08:02 PM EST

    ... giant digger at the coal mine of Inden, while hundreds of other protesters joined a march near Luetzerath. The village itself was evacuated by the police in recent days and is sealed off.Once again, there were a few clashes with the police. Several activists ran over to the Garzweiler ...

  • Families mourn victims of Nepal plane crash as police investigate deadly crash

    Families mourn victims of Nepal plane crash as police investigate deadly crash

    Jan 17, 2023 03:49 PM EST

    Nepalese authorities are returning to families the bodies of plane crash victims and are sending the aircraft's data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country's deadliest air accident in 30 years.

  • Italian police arrest fugitive Mafia boss after 3 decades on the run

    Italian police arrest fugitive Mafia boss after 3 decades on the run

    Jan 16, 2023 05:13 PM EST

    Italy's Mafia boss who set the record for the longest time on the lam was Bernardo Provenzano, captured in a farmhouse near Corleone, Sicily, in 2006 after 38 years as a fugitive. Once Provenzano was in police hands, the hunt focused on Messina Denaro, but despite numerous reported sightings ...

  • Why calls for reform have not reduced the number of people killed by police

    Why calls for reform have not reduced the number of people killed by police

    Jan 12, 2023 11:25 PM EST

    ... being done now. John Yang: We also heard in the tape the -- about The Washington Post's report looking into the disparity, the number of police shootings going up, but the number of police shootings reported to the federal government going down. What is the concern about what that creates ...

  • WATCH: Police chief describes 6-year-old student's shooting of teacher in class

    WATCH: Police chief describes 6-year-old student's shooting of teacher in class

    Jan 09, 2023 09:38 PM EST

    Principal Briana Foster Newton said in an update on the school’s website that the school will be closed for the week. Police have declined to describe what led to the altercation or any other details about what happened in the classroom, citing the ongoing investigation. They have also declined ...