news2020-05-31
Americans awoke Sunday to charred and glass-strewn streets in dozens of cities after a night of unrest fueled by rage over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police. Officers responded to the violence with tear gas and rubber bullets. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org....Read more
news2020-05-30
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a potential vice presidential candidate, regretted that as a prosecutor, she sent many accusations against police officers to grand juries. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2020-05-30
"We need consistent guidelines to set thresholds for what constitutes professional and acceptable conduct for police officers," say Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson of President Obama's policing task force. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2020-05-30
Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, shot one suspect, was involved in the fatal shooting of another, and received at least 17 complaints during his nearly two decades with the department. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2020-05-30
local leaders said they needed help from National Guardsmen or even military police to contain the unrest. States of emergency were declared in Atlanta and Portland, Or. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2020-05-29
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch will drop a manslaughter charge against a white former police officer in the 2015 shooting death of an African-American man, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2020-05-29
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz promised that journalists would not be interfered with in reporting on protests over the death of George Floyd. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2020-05-29
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as he begged for air, was charged with murder as authorities imposed curfews to try to stem protests over police killings of African Americans that spread to several cities. Source: The Crime Report ( TheC....Read more
news2020-05-29
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today the Department of Education has approved nine additional career and technical education (CTE) state plans. Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming are the latest states to have t....Read more
news2020-05-29
Instead of spending a day in court seeking a personal protection order against an abuser, petitioners in Detroit's Wayne County now can do it online, thanks to the pandemic. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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