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A full federal appeals court rules 7-4 that a man who was with Michael Brown when he was killed in 2014 by a Ferguson police officer may not pursue a civil case against the officer, the city and its former police chief.
The Phoenix family at the center of an arrest video in which cops pulled a gun on the parents of a child who stole a doll criticized the mayor and chief of police, saying the officers should have been fired.
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg met with the family members of Eric Logan, who was shot to death by a police officer Sunday morning who said he had broken into a car. Police chief Scott Ruszkowski said “the officer is sickened by this.”
A Phoenix man and his fiancee are suing the city for $10 million. They say two officers vowed to shoot them after their daughter allegedly took a doll from a store.
The bill from at least 10 city governments for public safety-related invoices sent to the presidential campaign committee in connection with his political rallies in 2016 comes to at least $841,219, according to an investigation by the Center on Public Integrity. But some question whether campaigns should be responsible for such costs.
McCoy died Feb 9 after police in Vallejo, Cal., investigating a report of man slumped over at the wheel of his car, began shooting when they believed they saw him reaching for a gun in his lap.
The agents are searching for some of their own retired service weapons as well as guns from other federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and DEA.
Last week, two NYPD officers died from suicide within 24 hours of each other. Three Chicago police have died by suicide so far this year. The problem is increasingly drawing attention from experts on mental health.
There were 25 officers who suffered mostly minor injuries during the tense clash Wednesday night in the Frayser community in north Memphis.
The disparity is the highest in the 19 years the vehicle stops report has been conducted, Scott Decker, one of the people who prepared the report, told CNN.