Florida police officers laughed and celebrated by shooting protesters with rubber bullets during a George Floyd demonstration in May, recently released body camera images show. “Hit him, little boy,” Detective Zachary Baro, head of a Fort Lauderdale Police Department SWAT team unit, can be heard in the video, which was …
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This is what you need to know to Catch up and follow your day. (You can also receive daily “5 things you need to know today” in your inbox. Sign up here.) 1. Coronavirus 2. police There has been a lot of movement in the national push for police reform …
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Protesters sing for five demands during street protests on Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China on July 1, 2020. Tommy Walker | NurPhoto | fake pictures About 370 protesters were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday, 10 of them were detained for violating the new security law just a …
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The New York City Council approved the $ 88.1 billion city budget just after midnight Wednesday in hopes of solving the Big Apple’s $ 9 billion budget deficit, in part by reducing spending on New York police at $ 1 billion. The deal became official once Councilwoman Deborah Rose became …
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The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it is reviewing the death of Elijah McClain to determine whether a federal civil rights investigation is “warranted.” The Department released a statement Recognizing that he generally “does not dispute the existence or progress of ongoing investigations,” but made an exception for the McClain …
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