Policing
Buffalo Officers Charged With Assaulting Protester
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Two officers face assault charges for shoving what a prosecutor called “a harmless 75-year-old man.” Dozens of officers quit the police department’s crowd control unit in protest.
Policing
Amid Memorials, Two Mayors Vow to Cut Police Budgets
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Protesters have demanded that authorities cut funding for police and put it toward minority communities. They got backing from San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Policing
U.S. Spends Twice as Much on Police as on Welfare
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Some critics say the trend should be reversed, increasing spending on welfare and decreasing allocations to police.
Policing
Videos Show Abuse by Police Officers Nationwide
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One lawyer has compiled 281 incidents caught on video. Still, one expert says that considering the level of chaos around the nation, police behavior overall has improved.
Policing
Peer Intervention Training Urged to Halt Officer Abuse
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Few police departments train officers in peer intervention techniques. Many experts, civil rights lawyers and law enforcement leaders believe such training might have prevented George Floyd’s death.
Policing
Lawyer Calls Case Against Bystander Minneapolis Cop ‘Weak’
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Two of three Minneapolis police officers accused of aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd were rookies barely off probation when a more senior white officer ignored the black man’s cries for help and pressed a knee into his neck. The lawyer for one accused officer says the case is “extremely weak.”
Policing
State AG’s Seek Authority to Probe Local Police
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Eighteen Democratic state attorneys general want Congress to give them “explicit authority” to conduct “pattern or practice” investigations of local police departments.
Shootings
Racial Slurs Cited As GA Jogger Killing Case Advances
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A Georgia investigator testifies that the man accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery called him a “f…ing n…” The U.S. Justice Department is weighing a hate-crime charge.
White Collar Crime
Bernie Madoff Loses Bid for Compassionate Release
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“It was fully my intent that he live out the rest of his life in prison,” said federal judge Denny Chin. “While Mr. Madoff’s present medical situation is most unfortunate, compassionate release is not warranted.”
Prisons
Former Prison For D.C. Turned Into Suburban Housing
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Home owners in the new Liberty development, constructed from the overcrowded, violent Lorton Reformatory, can see reclaimed guard towers from their windows.