Oregon governor sends state police to Portland for protests

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a

Ohio police officer fired in fatal shooting of Black man

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A white Ohio police officer was fired Monday after bodycam footage showed him fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre Hill — a Black man who was holding a cellphone — and failing to administer first aid for several minutes.

Ohio police officer fired in fatal shooting of Black man

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A white Ohio police officer was fired Monday after bodycam footage showed him fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre Hill — a Black man who was holding a cellphone — and failing to administer first aid for several minutes.

September 16, 2016

Members appointed to New Mexico's new civil rights panel

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Civil Rights Commission is now fully staffed following an announcement Friday from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that she has named the final three members of the nine-member group.

Moses Lake man sentenced for vehicle theft

EPHRATA — A Moses Lake man was sentenced for stealing a pair of car keys from a tool bag at a construction site and later stealing the vehicle.

August 18, 2016

Israeli PM's rival denies wrongdoing amid probe reports

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday after media reports said an investigation would be launched into an allegedly shady deal between a company he once headed and Israeli police.

Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor who is pursuing charges against an Iowa newspaper reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May told a judge Thursday that his office shouldn't have to give body-camera footage and other evidence to the journalist's lawyer because his office was too busy.

Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor who is pursuing charges against an Iowa newspaper reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May told a judge Thursday that his office shouldn't have to give body-camera footage and other evidence to the journalist's lawyer because his office was too busy.

Newspaper: Charges for 3 officers involved in Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other officers on the scene when a member of the Minneapolis police force pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the murder case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Grave mistake: 'Casket' seen in river turns out to be dock

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland investigating reports of a casket photographed bobbing up and down in a river discovered the object was something far less macabre.

Minnesota governor signs police accountability bill into law

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz signed a police accountability bill into law Thursday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis, though some activist groups say the legislation falls short.

February 26, 2016

Police records for May 8, 2020

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April 8, 2016

Mexico City shooting leaves 6 dead, 4 injured

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A shootout between rival gangs in Mexico City left six people dead and four wounded, and police in the north-central state of Guanajuato found two heads and bags of severed body parts scattered on roadsides in two cities there.

Gang confrontations on the rise in Royal City

ROYAL CITY — Confrontations between rival gangs are starting to heat up in Royal City, said Royal City Police Chief Darin Smith, evidenced by an increase of gang graffiti and drive-by shootings between two rival factions of the Sureños gang, West 18th Street and the South Side Locos.

Vandalism, no arrests, as protests continue in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vandalism but no arrests occurred during a demonstration in downtown Portland involving about 200 people Saturday night.

Police: Nearly 30 found in Texas human smuggling operation

HOUSTON (AP) — More than two dozen people who police in Texas believe were being held as a part of a possible human smuggling operation have been removed from a house in Houston.