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Kansas City officer pleads guilty to assaulting Black teen
A Kansas City, Missouri, police officer who kneed a Black 15-year-old in the neck and pushed his face into the ground pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree assault and lost his law enforcement license.
New oversight plan means closer scrutiny of St. Louis police
Eight years after Michael Brown’s death pushed the St. Louis region front and center into the national debate over police accountability, the city’s elected officials and its police associations are at odds over a new oversight plan.
Police investigate after man says he found baby in freezer
A St. Louis man says a box that had been in his mother’s freezer for decades contained the mummified remains of a newborn baby, which he discovered while cleaning out her home after she died. Adam Smith told St. Louis media outlets that he opened the cardboard box this week expecting to find something like […]
Police investigate after man says he found baby in freezer
A St. Louis man says a box that had been in his mother’s freezer for decades contained the mummified remains of a newborn baby, which he discovered while cleaning out her home after she died. Adam Smith told St. Louis media outlets that he opened the cardboard box this week expecting to find something like […]
Buttigieg criticized at emotional town hall after shooting
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. Buttigieg said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric […]
Buttigieg criticized at emotional town hall after shooting
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. Buttigieg said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric […]
Buttigieg goes home to South Bend after man killed by police
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his hometown forced him to confront issues of race and policing. The Democrat canceled several days of campaign events after returning to South Bend, where he spent […]
Buttigieg goes home to South Bend after man killed by police
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his hometown forced him to confront issues of race and policing. The Democrat canceled several days of campaign events after returning to South Bend, where he spent […]
Police defend arrest of 12-year-old boy in western Michigan
Police in a western Michigan city already under scrutiny for alleged discrimination are defending their actions in the arrest of a 12-year-old black boy, saying they had to handcuff the child while they sorted out a confusing situation. Grand Rapids police said they were called Friday about a fight involving 15-20 people and that the […]
Police defend arrest of 12-year-old boy in western Michigan
Police in a western Michigan city already under scrutiny for alleged discrimination are defending their actions in the arrest of a 12-year-old black boy, saying they had to handcuff the child while they sorted out a confusing situation. Grand Rapids police said they were called Friday about a fight involving 15-20 people and that the […]
Rash of child killings angers, frustrates St. Louis leaders
The gunfire that has long haunted St. Louis streets has taken an even more disturbing turn, with a rash of shootings involving children that has left the city’s police chief angered and frustrated by the lack of cooperation of witnesses. Four children died from gunfire over the past week and two others were injured. Those […]
Rash of child killings angers, frustrates St. Louis leaders
The gunfire that has long haunted St. Louis streets has taken an even more disturbing turn, with a rash of shootings involving children that has left the city’s police chief angered and frustrated by the lack of cooperation of witnesses. Four children died from gunfire over the past week and two others were injured. Those […]
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