Former Cop Derek Chauvin Arrested, Charged With Third Degree Murder, Manslaughter in Death of...
From the AP:
A Minnesota prosecutor has charged a police officer with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the restraint death of George Floyd.
Floyd is the handcuffed black man whose cries of “I can’t breathe”...
Louisville Police Department Apologizes for Shooting TV Crew With Pepperball Gun
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Protests and riots spread to cities throughout the country last night, Louisville, Kentucky among them. Seven...
Hirshman: The Problem With American Democracy Is White Men With Guns
The union representing Minneapolis Police Officers has long felt that the democratically elected mayor, Jacob Frey, should not be the boss of them. Across the country, armed insurgent demonstrators have expressed similar feelings about their governors: In Michigan, a gang...
Rioter Disarmed by Armed Security Guard After Stealing an AR-15 From a Wrecked Police...
As rioting escalated around the country last night, one of the cities that was hardest hit was Seattle. The city announced a 5 p.m. curfew that was widely ignored as bands of thousands of...
HEARTS AND MINDS: Minneapolis Police Shoot Pepperballs At Residents Watching From Their Doorways
Minneapolis Police have a unique way of winning the hearts and minds of their city's residents following the death of George Floyd. They swept through neighborhoods late Saturday not far from the rioting, pointing...
Louisville Police Return Fire, Killing One Man
UPDATE: At the time this post ran this morning, the Louisville Metro Police Department implied that the man shot when they returned fire last night was the shooter. Subsequent reports have identified the man...
Louisville Cops Involved in Fatal Riot Shooting Didn’t Activate Body Cameras, Mayor Fires Police...
Earlier today we ran a report that indicated that the Louisville police had opened fire when a rioter took a shot at them and some National Guard troops early this morning. They returned fire,...
Sheriff: We Know How to Handle Rioters in Polk County, Florida
Judd said they received information that law enforcement would come under attack at 8 p.m. near Interstate 4 and Highway 27, but the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol were ready.
Judd...
Officers, Rioters, Business Owners Opening Fire In More Cities as Violence Continues
It was just a matter of time. As protests have been allowed to continue in cities across the country, the rioters have grown more bold. The police, who've come under repeated attack, are more...
More Biden Self-Defense Advice: A Knife-Wielding Assailant is ‘Unarmed’; Cops Should Shoot For the...
Pity poor Joe Biden. Every day he's out in public makes him a convenient punchline for more jokes about diminished mental capacity and inappropriate touching of women and children. Yesterday he paused in a...
Louisville Police Release Video Showing Restaurant Owner Fired a Gun At Them
By Bruce Schreiner and Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, AP
Video released by police shows a popular barbecue stand operator firing a gun as officers approached his business in Louisville shortly before he was shot to death,...
Chauvin Charges Upped to 2nd Degree Murder, 3 Other Minneapolis Cops to be Charged
By Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski, AP
Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against...