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An ex-Honolulu police officer who made a homeless man lick a public urinal has been sentenced to four years in prison for the federal civil rights crime. John Rabago pleaded guilty in December to the incident, which happened in January 2018, Vice reports. During Rabago’s sentencing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi told the 44-year-old, “You […]
The head of the New York State Troopers is demanding that all of its members be pulled from New York City in direct response to the legislation criminalizing the use of chokeholds by police, which was signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier today, the New York Post reports. In a letter submitted on Wednesday, Thomas Mungeer, president […]
A 43-year-old Michigan man responded by carrying out a stabbing when he was asked by a fellow customer to wear a mask. The man, identified as Ernest Ruis, had been told he would not receive service and was asked to leave the place of business prior to carrying out the stabbing. Later, he wielded his […]
Former Alexander officer Calvin Salyers, 33, surrendered to the Arkansas State Police last week for the fatal shooting of fellow cop, Scott Hutton, CBS 17 reports. In the early evening hours of June 3, Hutton drove over to Salyers’ residence to pick up a patrol car which was parked close by. Before walking up to his […]
The Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office has launched an investigation following the sharing of widely condemned footage showing an Allentown Police Department officer forcing his knee into a man’s neck to restrain him. As a regional Pennsylvania CBS outlet points out, the department claims its policy includes a ban on neck restraints and chokeholds. Its use-of-force policy, notably, was released […]
Protesters are still demanding that St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson resign from office, with a stand-off between demonstrators and police getting heated outside City Hall on Sunday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that seven people were arrested and two police officers were injured on Sunday morning as police attempted to remove demonstrators from outside City Hall. Officers […]
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha exposed the racial abuse he experienced prior to Sunday’s Premier League match at Aston Villa, the New York Times reports. On Saturday, Zaha tweeted out several racists images and comments he received from an Aston Villa fan account, tweeting, “Woke up to this today.” The racist messages include […]
After a monthlong investigation, California authorities have determined 24-year-old Robert Fuller died by suicide. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office announced the ruling during a press conference Thursday, almost one month after the young Black man’s body was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall. Investigators deemed Fuller’s death a suicide shortly after his body was discovered, […]
The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested five people who are believed to be connected to the murder of 20-year-old Pop Smoke. TMZ reports that the LAPD has taken three adults and two juveniles into custody. It’s not clear what they are being charged with. This story is being updated. Source link قالب وردپرس
Sometimes you get two birds with one stone. Oregon‘s Newberg-Dundee police were attempting to apprehend Randy Lee Cooper of Portland on Monday when he took them on a chase that lasted several blocks. According to the local Fox-affiliate, the pursuit ended when Cooper smashed the stolen Toyota Land Cruiser into a Buick Regal near an intersection. After assessing […]
