A woman was walking her dog Sunday on Chicago's South Side when an unleashed pit bull began to bite her dog's neck. She fatally shot the pit bull. A source told ABC7 the woman was an off-duty CPD officer.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Black Lives Matter organizer who was held liable by a lower court for a random protester’s attack on a police officer at a protest he organized. In 2016, civil rights activist Deray Mckesson was sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge police officer — "John Doe" — for injuries he sustained during a protest. Doe claimed that an unidentified third party threw a "rock-like" object during the protest and hit him, knocking his teeth out and leaving him...
Luther Hall was severely injured by his own colleagues while undercover at a 2017 protest in MissouriA Missouri judge awarded more than $23m to a former St Louis police officer who was beaten by other officers while working undercover at a protest in 2017.On Monday Luther Hall was awarded the significant sum in a default judgment by Joseph Whyte, the St Louis circuit judge, after one of the defendants failed to respond to a lawsuit over the 2017 attack. Continue reading
Mark Menzies was accused of feeding his friend's pet alcohol ad then starting a booze-fuelled brawl when he was confronted about it.
A Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while carrying a Confederate battle flag was sentenced on Monday to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face, partially blinding them for hours during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
A Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while carrying a Confederate battle flag has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face, temporarily blinding both of them
A transgender middle schooler who is accused of beating a fellow student attacked police officers during his hearing.
A worried dog owner is clinging to hope his XL Bully is still alive, despite police saying they believe his pet was destroyed after an armed raid in Sheffield. The two year old dog, called Sniper, was being looked after by a third party last September while his owners were away, when police carried out an armed raid on a house in Handsworth. It is believed that Sniper was in the house, and seized by police, who took him and two other dogs away after the operation was carried out. Officers say...
Three Memphis police officers were shot Friday morning. They are being treated at Regional One Hospital after a South Memphis shootout, police said.
The video starts with the two men carrying their canines into a front garden in a bid to put a wall between their dogs and the XL Bully.
Authorities said Friday they are still searching for one dog after aggressive loose dogs attacked people, leading to one of the dogs being fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy near McHenry. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:50 p.m. Thursday to the area of West Heumann Drive and Stilling Boulevard in unincorporated McHenry. The […]
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