(CNN)Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard will announce his decision on whether to charge the Atlanta Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks on Wednesday at 3 p.m. E…
An Illinois man has been arrested on federal charges of crossing state lines to riot and possessing an unregistered destructive device, after he was accused of posting video to social media of himself handing out what he called “bombs” to protesters in Minneapolis.Matthew Lee Rupert, 28, of Galesburg, Ill., was arrested early Sunday in Chicago…
Fox News legal analyst Mercedes Colwin told “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday that the officers involved in the arrest of George Floyd, a Minnesota man who died in police custody this week, could all face charges. Floyd, 46, died Monday night after he was pinned to the ground by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. He has been identified…
The top prosecutor in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on Friday said he asked a court to dismiss attempted murder and assault charges against the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, a woman killed by police during the execution of a search warrant.Kenneth Walker, 27, opened fire, striking and injuring a Louisville Metro Police Department sergeant during the March…
The announcement came one day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it had opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of Ms. Taylor by three police officers in Louisville, Ky.Charges against Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, were dropped on Friday.Credit...Family photo, via Kenicia WalkerProsecutors on Friday said they were dropping charges against…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…