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Internal investigators for the Boston Police Department say that there was sufficient evidence from back in the mid-’90s that backs up allegations that an officer, Patrick Rose, sexually assaulted a minor. Despite that, he stayed on the force and ultimately returned to duty. Documents related to the case were released by the city on Tuesday, as it […]
A Texas school board candidate has been given a citation for assault following an alleged altercation with a Nordstrom Rack employee that took place earlier in April. As you’re likely aware by now, any very bad moment you have can go viral, provided the stars all align. Reckon with that accordingly. Why do we bring […]
More than 400 convictions could be thrown out in wake of an investigation by Fairfax County and the FBI into the racially motivated behavior of former officer Jonathan Freitag, Washington Post reports. Freitag, 25, is accused of stealing drugs from the police property room, planting drugs on innocent people, and stopping motorists without legal basis. He […]
A woman in West Philadelphia was found with a gun disguised as a cell phone during a routine traffic stop over some tinted windows. The type of gun she got caught with, from manufacturer Ideal Concealer, has been on the market for almost five years now, though you don’t see much news about them being found amongst the […]
Former vice president Walter F. Mondale passed away at his home in Minneapolis, family spokesperson Kathy Tunheim said, per The New York Times. He was 93. A cause of death was not disclosed. Mondale, who was also a former Democratic presidential nominee, served as vice president to Jimmy Carter between 1977 and 1981. “Today I mourn the passing […]
Honduran immigrant Vicky Chavez was greeted by a cheering crowd on Thursday, as she stepped outside a Salt Lake City church for the first time in three years. The 33-year-old mother and her two daughters have been living in the First Unitarian Church since January 2018, when the congregation offered the family sanctuary from deportation. “I have no words to […]
Philadelphia rapper AR-Ab is expected to spend the next four decades behind bars. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the 38-year-old artist—legal name Abdul West—was sentenced Thursday to 45 years in prison for his alleged role in a drug-trafficking ring. The news comes less than three years after AR-Ab and eight other men were arrested on federal drug charges. […]
Are you a remote worker looking for some extra cash and a change of scenery? Then West Virginia has an offer for you. The state’s tourism office recently announced the launch of Ascend WV, a public-private program that promises $12,000 to those who are willing to relocate to the Mountain State. The initiative is specifically aimed at […]
U.S. Capitol police officers were instructed to not use key crowd control equipment in the fatal Jan. 6 riot, a new report from an internal investigator shows. The 104-page document, detailed in a New York Times report from Luke Broadwater on Tuesday, is at the heart of a Capitol Hill hearing set for later this […]
A Michigan man is suing Detroit police after the departments’s facial recognition technology falsely identified him as a shoplifting suspect. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the complaint on behalf of Robert Williams, a 43-year-old Black man who was wrongfully charged in a 2018 theft at a Shinola store. Investigators reportedly identified Williams as the thief by using […]
