police

Bracing for more unrest over George Floyd's death, Minnesota calls on National Guard

By Tim Sullivan, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called in the National Guard as a wounded Minneapolis braces for more violence over the death of a handcuffed black man in police custody.

The cost of redacting police body cam footage must be paid by governments, court rules

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

Governments must bear the costs of redacting police body camera video before making it public, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that was hailed by media organizations and will be costly for cities and counties.

4 Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man who pleaded 'I can't breathe'

By Amy Forliti, Jeff Baenen, Associated Press

Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander's video provoked widespread outrage.

Missouri officers accused of assaulting black woman, son

By Jim Salter, Associated Press

A lawsuit accuses four white suburban St. Louis police officers of brutalizing a 68-year-old black woman and her adult son after wrongly accusing them of stealing a television.

Brazil Supreme Court suspends Federal Police nomination

By Associated Press

Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended the contentious appointment of the new director general of the Federal Police, delivering a fresh blow to the Brazilian leader.

Police shift priorities as novel coronavirus crisis grows

By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Bleiberg, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press

Police departments are shifting resources and adjusting priorities in an attempt to maintain public safety while doing their best to prevent infection among officers and suspects.

Hong Kong leaders apologize for spraying mosque with water cannon

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

The city's leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and the police chief visited the Kowloon Mosque to apologize to the chief imam and Muslim community leaders.

Paris police force attack treated as possible terror act

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

A longtime police employee stabbed four colleagues to death Thursday before he was shot and killed. A background search led to the investigation for murders committed "in relation with a terrorist enterprise" and "criminal association with terrorists," the Paris prosecutors'…

Police and protesters clash in Zimbabwe's capital

By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press

The clashes came after Zimbabwe's High Court upheld a police ban on the opposition protest.

Barr defends police, takes swipe at progressive prosecutors

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

In a speech to the Fraternal Order of Police conference in New Orleans, Attorney General William Barr said his tough-on-crime approach in the 1990s helped reduce violent crime.