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Two police officers were shot and injured during a July Fourth celebration in Philadelphia, NBC News reports. Both officers were taken to a local hospital and are in stable conditions. Video from the shooting shows thousands of people fleeing the scene, which unfolded in the city’s Fairmount Street-Art Museum area. Fireworks can be seen going […]
Police have launched an investigation over a video that appears to show a man claiming to be an off-duty officer pinning a 14-year-old to the ground with his knee on the boy’s back. As Fox 32 Chicago reported, the footage shows an unidentified white man who says he’s an off-duty cop pinning down the teen, who is Puerto […]
Police discovered 31 bodies in various stages of decomposition and the cremated remains of 16 others at a funeral home in Jeffersonville, Indiana. As WDRB reported, authorities located the corpses and remains at Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center around 10 p.m. on July 1, after receiving a tip that the bodies had started to stack up after […]
A Florida man has been arrested after he posed as a Disney World employee and stole a $10,000 replica of the iconic Star Wars character R2-D2. ABC’s Central Florida affiliate WFTV reports David Emerson Proudfoot, 44, of Kissimmee, was arrested on May 31 after he snatched the droid from Disney World’s Swan Hotel in an attempt to get […]
Randy Cox was left paralyzed following his arrest last month, and video of the incident shows the 36-year-old Black man’s head getting slammed against a police van. As CBS News reports, Cox’s family is now calling for answers and accountability in his arrest by police in New Haven, Connecticut. Video footage of Cox’s arrest, which happened after […]
Dozens of protestors took the streets Thursday demanding justice for Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio police. According to WKYC, the deadly incident took place around a little after midnight Monday, when Akron officers attempted to stop a vehicle for equipment issues and a traffic violation. The police department claims a pursuit […]
The family of Emmett Till is demanding the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who was accused of kidnapping the Black teen before he was tortured and lynched. According to Associated Press, members of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation are urging authorities to charge Donham in connection to Till’s 1955 murder. The calls were reignited […]
More than 250 pounds of drugs worth about $24 million were seized during an apartment raid in the borough of The Bronx in New York City Monday night, WABC reports. Authorities uncovered upwards of 75,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, which are believed to contain fentanyl, inside a gym bag in one closet, and two duffel bags filled […]
Ariana Grande’s longtime stalker is back behind bars after reportedly breaking into the singer’s house on her 29th birthday. TMZ reports Aharon Brown, who last September was charged with a felony brandishing after he pulled up to Grande’s house and threatened her security with a hunting knife, was once again arrested on Sunday after allegedly breaking into the singer’s home while […]
A Carnival Cruise ship en route to New York City on Tuesday was forced to dock ahead of schedule after a brawl reportedly broke out aboard the vessel. According to Pix 11, a small fight between two people broke out on the dance floor of a nightclub on the ship around 5:20 a.m., which ultimately grew […]
