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Concerns over active-duty military members joining far-right extremist groups have distracted from the larger proportion of veterans attracted to the groups.
An undercover detective from the NYPD wrote a deathbed confession detailing his involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X. The Black Power icon’s three surviving daughters are now calling for the investigation to be re-opened.
Designated to investigate and report on corruption and misconduct in the New York Police Department, New York’s Inspector General has spent years fighting against an uncooperative police department and now may lose even more of its authority.
Evidence of unpreparedness, mismanagement, and poor intelligence within the ranks of the U.S. Capitol police department continues to be revealed in the investigation of what went wrong on January 6.
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes became the first in the nation to complete a community response plan—a Justice Department initiative aimed at creating collaboration among law enforcement agencies that includes tribal police, county police and federal authorities–when Native Americans go missing on tribal land.
Despite promises to improve handling of inmate reports of staff abuse and misconduct, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation instead produced bias and confusion.
Difficulties in obtaining funding and sufficient staff, combined with skepticism from many parts of the justice system, have kept the number of prosecutors’ internal investigative units small. Nevertheless, the units are a major reason for the increase in exonerations across the U.S., a John Jay webinar was told Tuesday.
Three former officials gave conflicting accounts of response, timeline of events and preparedness in the first major public hearing in what will be a long investigation into the January 6 attack.
The Department of Homeland Security has seized more than 11 million counterfeit N95 masks from five states, with authorities saying that suspected victims of this scam include hospitals and medical facilities in at least 12 states. An initial criminal investigation revealed China to be the source of the fake masks purportedly made by U.S. manufacturer 3M.
A report released Thursday by Chicago’s watchdog organization concluded that Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago police Superintendent David Brown led a response to protests and looting last spring plagued by “confusion and lack of coordination” that risked the safety of both police and citizens,