Tag: Law enforcement agencies
Police and protesters clash in violent weekend across the US
ATLANTA (AP) - Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside a...
ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge’s blockade
NEW YORK (AP) - Days after a federal judge paused the public release of New York City police disciplinary records, a news website has...
Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Arkansas, said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has...
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings’ unlikely path
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Val Demings has already been vice president.In 1972, the future Florida congresswoman was a young Black girl struggling to make...
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings’ unlikely path
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Val Demings has already been vice president.In 1972, the future Florida congresswoman was a young Black girl struggling to make...
For racial justice protests, US taps tactical border squads
WASHINGTON (AP) - They are the most highly trained members of the Border Patrol, agents who confront drug traffickers along the U.S.-Mexico border and...
Portland struggles with liberal identity under nation’s gaze
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Images broadcast worldwide of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler getting tear-gassed alongside protesters made him an overnight standard-bearer for the growing...
China accuses US of improperly entering Houston consulate
BEIJING (AP) - China’s foreign ministry complained Saturday that American law enforcement officials improperly entered its consulate in Houston, which was ordered to close...
At 88, former Sheriff Joe Arpaio makes 2nd comeback bid
PHOENIX (AP) - Joe Arpaio is trying to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 years, facing his...
Black protesters say focus on feds hasn’t derailed message
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - After George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police, people in Portland came out in droves to protest police...
