Crime

Police reports and video released of campus officer kneeling on teen near Las Vegas high school

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Black man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree

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Jury convicts 6 men in 2020 gang killing of Chicago rapper FBG Duck

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Three months after former reality TV star sentenced for fraud, her ex-boyfriend is also accused

Lorenzo Gordon, a former professional basketball player whose ex-girlfriend was sentenced to prison last year for fraud is now facing...
/ January 19, 2024

Fani Willis accuses estranged wife of special prosecutor of ‘interfering’ with Trump election case

Willis says the estranged wife of special prosecutor Nathan Wade is trying to obstruct her criminal case against the ex-president.
/ January 19, 2024

Baltimore police make progress in court-ordered reform effort

The Baltimore Police Department has finished its first step toward fulfilling reforms the court ordered following Freddie Gray's death.
/ January 18, 2024

Judge denies request to dismiss case against man charged in NYC subway chokehold death

Daniel Penny has pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely.
/ January 18, 2024

The 3 officers cleared in Manuel Ellis’ death will each receive $500,000 to leave Tacoma police

An attorney for Ellis' family called it “perverse” and said the officers were “effectively being rewarded” for the 33-year-old's death.
/ January 17, 2024

Update expected in case of Buffalo supermarket gunman as families await decision on death penalty

The meeting between DOJ officials and victims of Payton Gendron will take place ahead of an already scheduled status conference.
/ January 12, 2024

Rapper G Herbo could be sentenced to more than a year in jail in fraud plot

Prosecutors, in their sentencing memo, say Herbert Wright III should be jailed for a year and day, with 36 months…
/ January 11, 2024

The top UN court is set to hear South Africa’s allegation of Israeli genocide in Gaza

Preliminary hearings have begun into South Africa's call for ICJ judges to order a suspension of Israel's military actions in…
/ January 11, 2024

DC to consider major new public safety bill to stem rising violent crime

Homicides have dropped post-pandemic in New York City, Chicago, Philly and Baltimore, but the trends have accelerated in D.C.
/ January 11, 2024

Sentencing postponed again for Mississippi police officers who tortured two Black men

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee has pushed back sentencing to March. In October, he granted some ex-officers' motions to delay…
/ January 11, 2024

City council committee recommends replacing Memphis police chief, 1 year after Tyre Nichols death

Nichols' death shined a light on the Memphis police department and its chief, Cerelyn “CJ” Davis, and calls for her…
/ January 11, 2024

Supreme Court rejects appeal by ex-officer Tou Thao, who held back crowd as George Floyd lay dying

Thao's appeal alleged misconduct and argued that prosecutors failed to prove his actions on the day that Floyd died were…
/ January 10, 2024