11 h. ago A New Orleans police officer who fatally shot a puppy will face a jury lawsuit trial

A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy is being sued by the dog’s owners in federal court

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6 d. ago New Orleans jail escapee releases videos, prompting search of home where they were made, source says

A man who identifies himself as New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey released videos on social media while still on the run from authorities

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8 d. ago Police officer fatally shoots person at Atlanta apartment complex

Authorities say a police officer shot and killed a person at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex who was breaking into his police car

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1 week ago Former Georgia officer who fatally shot naked man pleads guilty to aggravated assault

A former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, naked man pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault and won’t serve any additional time behind bars

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1 week ago Watch: Moment two News Orleans prison escapees are recaptured by police after high speed chase

This is the moment two escaped prisoners are recaptured by police after a high speed chase.

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1 week ago What we know about the escape of a former police chief and convicted killer in Arkansas

Officials are scouring Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from prison over the weekend

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1 week ago New Orleans jail escapee was caught with help from an anonymous tip; 2 inmates still on the run

Police say one of the New Orleans jail escapees who was captured on Monday was found with the help of an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen

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2 w. ago Five New Orleans jailbreak fugitives still at large as police arrest alleged helpers

Several people held in connection with jailbreak as manhunt enters second week and criticisms mount over jail managementSeveral people have been arrested on accusations of helping some of the 10 men who broke out of New Orleans’ jail on 16 May – and half of the escapers remained on the run as a manhunt for them entered its second week, according to authorities.Police said on Friday that they had booked Casey Smith, 30, a day earlier on allegations that she provided transportation to at least two of the escapers in the hours after the jailbreak. She had allegedly admitted to doing that alongside another woman whom police took into custody on Wednesday, identified as 32-year-old Cortnie Harris, Smith’s cousin and the girlfriend of one of the escaped men, Leo Tate, 31. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mistrust in law enforcement complicates the search for the New Orleans jail escapees

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from a jailbreak, they're also confronting a history of mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system

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2 w. ago Trial decision expected in case of Michigan police officer who killed Black man in 2022

A prosecutor says he will announce Thursday whether to hold a second trial for a Michigan police officer who fatally shot a Black man in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop

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2 w. ago Police officer who fatally shot unarmed man may face misconduct proceedings

Sean Fitzgerald, 31, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest after leaving a property in Coventry on January 4 2019.

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2 w. ago Men who escaped New Orleans jail had hourslong head start before staff knew they were gone

Days after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, five have apprehended and five remain at large

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2 w. ago Death Row inmate's heartbreaking final six words before police killer died by lethal injection

Benjamin Ritchie was put to death via lethal injection around 6am UK time after more than 20 years on death row after he was convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer

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3 w. ago New York man convicted of fatally stabbing EMS worker as she walked to a store to get food

A New York man has been convicted of fatally stabbing a longtime emergency services officer in 2022

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3 w. ago Trump administration reaches $5 million settlement with Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt’s family: report

Babbitt’s family filed wrongful death lawsuit after officer fatally shot her on January 6

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3 w. ago Reward increased for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 remain on the lam

Officials have increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet

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3 w. ago New Orleans police release shocking new footage showing moment 10 prisoners escape and sprint to freedom

New shocking CCTV footage has been released by New Orleans police showing the exact moment ten inmates managed to successfully break out of prison and sprint to freedom

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3 w. ago New Orleans prison escape: Second inmate captured by police as eight prisoners remain at large

Police in New Orleans have confirmed they have detained a second man in the hunt for ten men who escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center on Friday morning - eight men remain at large

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3 w. ago Sheriff says there are indications 10 inmates who escaped New Orleans jail had inside help

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson says there are indications that the ten inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail received help in their escape from people in the department

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3 w. ago Man wrestled gun away from California police officer before another fatally shot him, video shows

A video released by a Southern California police department shows a man wrestling a gun away from an officer and getting into her police car before another officer shoots and kills him

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