Policing
Minneapolis to pay $27M to settle Floyd family lawsuit
At least three weeks have been set aside to complete a jury of 12 plus two alternates for Derek Chauvin's trial. Potential jurors' identities are being protected.
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Resignation demands grow as police get Cuomo groping report
The top Democrat in the state Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie, on Thursday backed a plan for its judiciary committee to launch an impeachment investigation.
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Suit: Race a factor in death of Black man killed by N.J. state trooper
The suit names the state of New Jersey, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan, and the trooper who shot Gordon as defendants.
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Chauvin trial: Judge reinstates 3rd-degree murder charge over George Floyd’s killing
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will face an additional charge of third-degree murder, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled on Thursday.
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SEPTA police union says a catch and release policy endangers officer safety
SEPTA’s police union is calling on agency officials to reverse a policy that delays the arrest of alleged criminal offenders on the SEPTA system.
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DNA technology leads to breakthrough in decades-old Bucks County ‘Jane Doe’ case
The identity of a young pregnant woman whose remains were found in a well in 1988 baffled Bucks County for decades. Now she has a name: Lisa Todd.
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Derek Chauvin trial: Judge postpones jury selection as murder-charge question looms
A pool of potential jurors were in the court building, waiting to start the selection process. But they're being sent home for the day.
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For the first time in 56 Years, a ‘Bloody Sunday’ without John Lewis
This weekend marks 56 years since civil rights marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day now known as "Bloody Sunday."
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‘This is the reality of Black girls’: Inauguration poet says she was tailed by guard
Gorman, who lives in Los Angeles, wrote on Twitter that as she approached her building, the guard demanded to know if she lived there.
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Recreational marijuana is legal in N.J. What happens now?
Many aspects, from the legal market to the implications for policing to the expungement of past convictions, remain hazy. Here’s what we know.
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Listen 4:15The FBI sent a dozen agents with a battering ram and long guns to arrest Johnny Doc’s nephew
“What surprises me is that this happened to someone who’s not Black,” said Rev. Mark Tyler, a police accountability advocate.
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House approves police reform bill named after George Floyd
The bill, which would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement, will now advance to the Senate.
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Photo solicitation usually merits a ticket, but this time five police officers showed up.
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DOD took hours to approve National Guard request during Capitol riot, commander says
Maj. Gen. William Walker said the DOD took three hours to approve deploying the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6 after a "frantic" request from Capitol Police.
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FBI chief calls Jan. 6 ‘domestic terrorism,’ defends intel
FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday as he defended the bureau’s handling of intelligence.
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