As unrest over the death of George Floyd and racial inequality in general reverberates across the United States, local politicians are facing an intense new wave of pressure from protesters demanding police budget cuts as they attempt to balance keeping order in their cities and enacting reforms.In the latest development, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio…
MINNEAPOLIS—The defense of the former police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd could come into sharper focus Monday when all four officers will appear in a pretrial hearing in Minneapolis. Former officer Derek Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder for pinning George Floyd down by the neck until he stopped breathing and had…
The man fatally shot at a protest against the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky has been identified as an avid photographer who had been a vocal supporter of the anti-racism demonstrations in the US state. Police said Tyler Charles Gerth, 27, of Louisville, died after being shot at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville…
Four active San Jose police officers were placed on administrative leave Saturday as the department launched an investigation into alleged racist posts in a Facebook group for officers, CBS San Francisco reports. The group was brought to light Friday night in a Medium post written by somebody claiming to be the "partner of an active law…
Four police officers in San Jose, California, have been placed on leave while the department says it is investigating alleged racist and anti-Muslim posts on Facebook.The investigation apparently grew out of a blog post Friday on Medium by an anonymous author who claims to be "the partner of an active law enforcement officer in a…
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…