May 06 Police detain mother of Daunte Wright after recording traffic stop By Associated Press The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, says was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department's officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person… Continue reading
Feb 24 10 years after killing of Trayvon Martin, nation continues its reckoning on racial justice By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press The killing of Trayvon Martin at the hands of a stranger still reverberates 10 years later -- in protest, in partisanship, in racial reckoning and reactionary response, in social justice and social media. Continue reading
Feb 23 Philadelphia police union sues city over ban stopping drivers for low-level offenses By Claudia Lauer, Associated Press The Philadelphia Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate a city law banning officers from pulling over drivers for low-level offenses, saying the law illegally preempts existing state laws on traffic violations. Continue reading
Jan 28 Former Minneapolis police training commander says 3 officers at Floyd killing didn’t follow protocol By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press On Thursday, Blackwell testified that it is critical to move someone who is being restrained from a prone position onto their side, otherwise “the concern is that they would die in custody.”… Continue reading
Jan 05 Kazakhstan president’s home ablaze as protests escalate By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Protesters in Kazakhstan's largest city stormed the presidential residence and the mayor's office Wednesday and set both on fire, according to news reports, as demonstrations sparked by a rise in fuel prices escalated sharply in the Central Asian nation. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch 4:55 New documentary ‘Shots Fired’ examines police use of lethal force in Utah By PBS NewsHour A new PBS Frontline documentary that examines police use of lethal force in Utah airs Tuesday. A collaboration between Frontline and The Salt Lake Tribune, the “Shots Fired” project came about following the police shootings of Bernardo Palacios Carbajal and… Continue watching
Sep 22 Senators say bipartisan police overhaul talks end with no deal By Alan Fram, Associated Press The congressional effort followed high-profile, fatal police shootings last year of Black people including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. Continue reading
Sep 03 Police look for missing in wake of catastrophic Ida flooding By Mike Catalini, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press At least 49 people in five states died as storm water filled people's homes and engulfed vehicles, overwhelming urban drainage systems never meant to handle so much rain in such a short time. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 6:53 Despite rise in delta cases, U.S. police forces pushback against vaccine mandates Following the full FDA approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, an increasing number of cities and states are now mandating vaccinations for their employees — or requiring them to get tested weekly. But there has been some intense pushback from law… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 9:03 As rising violent crime turns Atlanta into a ‘warzone,’ residents disagree on a solution By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson, Maea Lenei Buhre Even as some types of crime fell, murders and other violent crimes rose sharply in cities across the country last year — a trend that’s continued this year. The causes aren’t well understood, and there are strong disagreements about how… Continue watching