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Continuing Coverage: Atlanta Protests APD spokesman John Chaffee said the investigation into the May 30 incident involving students Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim remains open and the agency would have no further comment. Former officers Ivory Streeter and Mark Gardner were fired the day after their confrontation with the students and on Monday filed a lawsuit…

As tensions escalated between police and protesters throughout the nation, some members of law enforcement showed solidarity with demonstrators by kneeling alongside them and participating in marches over the weekend. The acts came as tensions boiled over in dozens of U.S. cities following the death of George Floyd, an African American man who died in police custody. Several…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who has been appointed to lead the prosecution of any cases arising from the death of George Floyd, said he plans to charge the four officers involved to "the highest degree of accountability that the law and the facts will support."Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who pinned Floyd's neck…

A video released on social media Friday appears to show three Minneapolis police officers pinning down George Floyd during an arrest that led to his death.Previous footage of the encounter released on social media Monday showed only one officer, identified as Derek Chauvin, placing his knee on Floyd's throat while trying to restrain him. The…

One of two federal officers shot at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in downtown Oakland Friday night has died, according to the FBI. The officers were shot about 9:45 p.m. by someone firing from inside a vehicle outside the building, at 1301 Clay St. The shots hit two contract security officers for the Federal…