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Congressional Democrats on Monday unveiled broad police reform legislation, pledging to transform law enforcement across the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, which has sparked nationwide protests.The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 would ban chokeholds, establish a national database to track police misconduct…

DETROIT — When Tray Little heard that Detroiters, like people across the country, were gathering in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, he knew he had to show up.As an African American man who’d felt unsafe around police, he wanted to speak out for racial justice and condemn acts of violence by police…

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Sunday reiterated that he doesn't support abolishing the city's police force, hours after a veto-proof majority of members of the Minneapolis City Council said they want to take that drastic step in the wake of the in-custody death of George Floyd.Frey, who ordered a police station to evacuate as rioters burned it…

Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz told “America’s Newsroom” on Monday that for The New York Times to “force out” its opinion editor over the backlash surrounding Sen. Tom Cotton’s op-ed is a “surrender” by the newspaper “to the staff revolt” and a “betrayal.” The “Mediabuzz” host made the comments one day after the Times announced that…

The Air Force sergeant accused of killing a California deputy and wounding two other officers in an ambush attack over the weekend reportedly was taught “explosive ordnance awareness” last year while training to join an “elite security unit” within the branch.Steven Carrillo, who will be charged with first-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Santa Cruz Sheriff's Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, became a “Phoenix Raven Team Leader” following his completion of a rigorous instructional program at Joint Base…