Two Fort Worth police officials are suing the city after they were demoted and accused of leaking body-camera footage that showed the controversial arrests of a black woman and her teenage daughters last December, reports the Dallas Morning News. Abdul Pridgen and Vance Keyes were...
A day after another failed execution in Ohio, Gov. John Kasich said the state’s capital-punishment protocol doesn’t need to change, reports the Columbus Dispatch. Meanwhile, civil-rights advocates say the latest failure could be used as evidence in future challenges to the constitutionality of Ohio’s death-penalty...
Milwaukee on Friday unveiled its “Blueprint for Peace,” a comprehensive 10-year plan to decrease violence, reports the city’s Journal Sentinel. The plan takes a public health approach, looking at causes of violence and modeling strategies used in other cities. “I think it establishes a clear...
Police swarmed over West Baltimore Friday in a search for the gunman who shot and killed a Baltimore detective on Wednesday, reports the city’s Sun. Federal ATF officers in tactical gear were on the streets in the neighborhood where the shooting took place, and an...
When Chief Justice John Roberts takes his place in the middle seat on the bench, he is performing his most visible and widely known duty: presiding over the Supreme Court. But the chief justice also has a number of other roles, both within the judiciary...
Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice either neglected protocol while supervising the arrest of Freddie Gray or made reasonable decisions at a chaotic scene, says the Baltimore Sun. The question of whether Rice acted with reason or neglect was left Thursday to members of a police...