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The surge in violence that has emerged this summer in major American cities continued over the weekend, with at least 64 shooting victims in Chicago and 52 in New York City since Thursday. Five men were killed in the violence in Chicago, while injured victims included teenagers and one 12-year-old boy. In New York, seven …
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Oregon state police are backing out of an agreement to protect the Portland federal courthouse from rioters, after the Multnomah County district attorney announced he will not prosecute most rioters who are arrested. Portland has seen riots almost every night since the May death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest …
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A small group of residents from Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood ejected Black Lives Matter protesters who arrived for a demonstration at a local police precinct. Several activist groups had organized a march leading to the 7th police precinct in Englewood. However, an organizer later told Fox 32 that groups decided to leave after confrontations with nearby …
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The Colorado attorney general announced a civil rights investigation into the “patterns and practices” of the Aurora Police Department on Tuesday. The investigation, which attorney general Phil Weiser said began weeks ago, is the first under a new police reform law passed after George Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests and calls for reform. Weiser said …
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The Portland district attorney will only be pressing charges against rioters arrested for assault, theft and property damage, opting to drop lesser charges, including rioting and disorderly conduct, that have come out of months of violent protests in the city, the office announced Tuesday. “As prosecutors, we acknowledge the depth of emotion that motivates these …
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The Minnesota Freedom Fund, which was inundated with donations intended to bail out protesters after the police custody death of George Floyd, has since bailed several individuals accused of violent crimes, including a convicted rapist. The nonprofit bail fund received $35 million in donations in the wake of Floyd’s death, well above the roughly $100,000 …
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In the wake of calls to address racism and police brutality, some black and Latino lawmakers in New York and New Jersey are urging their colleagues to pump the brakes on proposals to slash police department budgets. City councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, a liberal Democrat who represents a West Bronx district where over half of residents …
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Members of Black Lives Matter Chicago held a rally on Monday night in support of more than 100 people arrested following widespread looting and rioting in the city the night prior. Speaking at the rally outside a police station in the South Loop where organizers said the suspected looters are in custody, organizer Ariel Atkins …
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Homicide rates in 20 major American cities in June jumped 37 percent from the previous month, compared with a six percent increase over the same period in 2019, University of Missouri criminologist Richard Rosenfeld told the New York Times on Tuesday. The unusual spike in homicides and aggravated assault comes as overall crime in most …
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Seattle police chief Carmen Best resigned on Monday evening after the city council voted to cut some funding to the police budget and eliminate jobs for 100 officers. Best, who is Seattle’s first African American police chief, will be retiring after 28 years on the force. Her retirement comes after police were told to stand …
The surge in violence that has emerged this summer in major American cities continued over the weekend, with at least 64 shooting victims in Chicago and 52 in New York City since Thursday. Five men were killed in the violence in Chicago, while injured victims included teenagers and one 12-year-old boy. In New York, seven …
