Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's police chief says an officer reported that he told a homeless Latino man in Spanish to drop his knife before police officers fatally shot him. Police Chief Greg Suhr told a largely hostile crowd at a public meeting Wednesday that several conflicting witness accounts of the April 7 […]
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FBI reviewing 'illegal' cavity search of SC couple
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal authorities are reviewing the case of a black South Carolina couple who say they were subjected to an illegal cavity search. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the inquiry says Thursday the FBI is among several agencies reviewing the case of Lakeya Hicks and Elijah Pontoon. The official […]
More than $150K donated to wounded Texas officer
By Mitch Mitchell Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH, Texas — Fundraising organizers gathered with police chiefs from across the region Wednesday night to present two checks to the wife of a wounded Fort Worth police officer Matt Pearce. The money was donated to offset expenses of Pearce’s wife and two young daughters who have become […]