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The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved emergency legislation to overhaul law enforcement in the District amid calls for defunding police departments across the country. Council member Charles Allen introduced the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, which bans police chokeholds, bars the Metropolitan Police Department from buying military gear and…

Lieutenant under internal investigationBREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Tuesday the man who posted comments on the Brevard Fraternal Order of Police’s Facebook page is a lieutenant with the Sheriff’s Office and has been suspended pending the outcome of an internal investigation into the comments."The, the person that made the statement,…

Georgia voters immediately encountered hours-long lines and equipment malfunctions as they showed up to vote in person in the state’s primary races on Tuesday. Today is the latest high-stakes test of whether a state can hold an election during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tuesday also marked the first time Georgia was using new voting equipment, and voters…

Chad Daybell has been taken into custody after human remains were found on his Idaho property Tuesday morning, Rexburg Police Assistant Chief Gary Hagen said at a news conference.

A Texas man who died in police custody after he was tased four times told deputies that he had heart issues and could not breathe.Javier Ambler, who was black, died on March 28, 2019, following a 22-minute police chase that began in Williamson County around 1:30 a.m. and ended in north Austin, according to NBC…