A police officer has been charged in connection with the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a police car. Father-of-four Ian Hynes, 62, was on his way home after a night out with friends when he was struck by the marked police car on Boxing Day 2022. The accident happened at the Almond Link Road in Livingston. Police were called around 10.15pm and Mr Hynes was taken by ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, but was pronounced dead a short time later. A colleague, who worked with Mr...
Nearly three years after 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez died in custody, Alameda police officers are facing charges. The announcement comes after District Attorney Pamela Price said she was reopening the case earlier this year.
St Louis officer Jatonya Muldrow claimed she was transferred to undesirable new job because of her sexThe US supreme court on Wednesday gave a boost to a St Louis police officer who sued after claiming she was transferred to an undesirable new job because of her sex, in a case testing the scope of federal workplace protections.The 9-0 ruling by the justices threw out a decision by a lower court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the officer, Jatonya Muldrow, and directed it to reconsider the...
Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights filed on behalf of Manuel Paez Terán, aka ‘Tortuguita’, and their motherHuman rights groups have filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights calling for a US Department of Justice investigation into the police killing of “Cop City” protester Manuel Paez Terán, as well as the release of all related evidence, and apologies to the family from the US government.Two organizations – Robert F Kennedy Human Rights and the...
Nearly three years after a Bay Area man died when police pinned him facedown, in a case that drew comparisons to the killing of George Floyd, the Alameda Police Department officers involved have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced. The charges in the death of Mario Gonzalez, 26, came Thursday. Gonzalez died after an altercation with police on April 19, 2021. No charges were filed against the officers at the time. An initial autopsy cited "physiological stress of...
MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer talks to the Minnesota Reformer’s Deena Winter, who took a deep dive into that data
Video captures the funny moment that left police officers feeling ‘a little bit confused. Thames Valley Police's roads policing team, based at Bicester police station heard a bird mimicking their sirens - leading them to think one of them had a faulty car. Posting on social media, a spokesperson assured the public it was "100% real and NOT a late April Fools joke". One person replied that the bird ‘should be done for impersonating a police officer’. Watch the video above (sound on).
Party leaders had met with the poll panel earlier in the day to complain about the apparent collusion between the BJP and the National Investigation Agency.
The US Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico announced that 33-year-old Jaremy Smith was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the March 15 shooting death of New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare west of Tucumcari.
Palestine activists in New York City ignited controversy by burning the American flag and chanting 'Death to America' near NYPD officers. The shocking act occurred amid nationwide day of protest including bridge blockades and street disruptions in solidarity with Palestine
A South Carolina sheriff's office announced that 17 arrest warrants on charges related to the alleged kidnapping and murder of a paramedic were issued in recent days for the man who was also a suspect in the March shooting death of a New Mexico State Police Officer west of Tucumcari.
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