64 m. ago Critics say the movement to defund the police failed. But Austin and Seattle are seeing progress

The rallying cry from 2020 Black Lives Matter protests pushed some US cities to divert money towards housing and community servicesAfter George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, protesters who swarmed the streets across the US shouted the refrain: “Defund the police.” An idea that was once viewed as radical – to redirect money from law enforcement to other city departments and social services – became a rallying cry overnight.As a result of continued pressure, dozens of jurisdictions throughout the nation promised to reduce their police budgets. While most of them backtracked and increased law enforcement funding in the next year or two, several cities changed policies or added new public safety and homeless services departments. Continue reading...

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88 m. ago Police officer fights for life as pair arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

The officer was seriously injured in a road collision in Buckinghamshire on Thursday night.

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2 h. ago George Floyd's girlfriend fears Donald Trump will pardon the police officer who murdered him five years ago

Sunday is the fifth anniversary of the murder of Floyd by cop Derek Chauvin who knelt on his neck for nine minutes.

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4 h. ago Barry Island Pleasure Park breaks silence on death of boy, 16

A spokesperson for South Wales Police said officers were called just before 5pm on Friday following reports that a boy suffered a "medical episode" at Barry Island Pleasure Park

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7 h. ago Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope | Jason Okundaye

It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimismIt has been five years since George Floyd, a Black man who lived in Minneapolis, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. The killing, captured in a distressing 10-minute video that quickly flooded social media timelines, sparked something that felt like an international revolution: protests took place across the world, forcing countries and cities to reckon with their present and historical treatment of Black people.In Britain, protests reached fever pitch when activists in Bristol toppled a statue of Edward Colston, the slave trader and deputy governor of the Royal African Company, and hurled it into the harbour. Bristol, once a major slave-trading port, had maintained a veneration of Colston that was increasingly divisive. The statue in particular had been a key focus of tensions: attempts to add a s...

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13 h. ago Drastic cuts under way bending US national security council to Trump’s will

Staff to be cut as office meant to formulate national security policy is reduced to implementing the president’s ideas, under watch of trusted aidesThe Trump administration started to dramatically overhaul the White House national security council on Friday, preparing to reassign hundreds of staff and consolidating power with aides trusted by the president, according to people familiar with the matter.The changes involved downsizing the NSC to about 150 from 300 staff and cutting a number of committees. Most NSC staff are drawn from other parts of the administration including the Pentagon and the state department, and were expected to be sent back to their home agencies. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Moment biker riding with dog strapped to her is pulled over by shocked police officer

A motorcyclist was fined after police spotted her riding with a dog secured to her chest on May 17 in Alexandra Headland.

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19 h. ago George Floyd's girlfriend worries Trump will pardon killer cop Derek Chauvin 5 years on

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: This Sunday marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a video that shocked the world

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19 h. ago Man who fled mental ward and battered gran to death with umbrella learns fate

Horrified police officers found Beryl Purdy, 86, lying in a pool of blood after being called to reports of a burglary in progress at her house in the Somerset village of Broomfield.

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19 h. ago Owner killed his Chihuahua by ‘stuffing it in the oven and turning it on because the dog barked too much’

‘Horrible and inhumane,’ said a police officer who attended the horrific scene in Alabama

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21 h. ago Female prison officer had fling 2 inmates – robber and crim who has 147mph police chase

A female police officer will face a plea hearing soon before facing trial later this year for allegedly having sexual relations with two inmates during her time working in a prison

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23 h. ago Kneecap's 'secret' London show met with police presence after tickets sold in seconds

Met Police officers could be seen entering the 100 Club on Oxford Street in central London on May 22 where rap trio Kneecap had announced a surprise sold-out gig on Thursday night

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28 h. ago Man armed with crossbow enters Scots hospital in early morning incident

Police, including firearms officers, raced to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

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30 h. ago Alarming number of Lasik eye surgery patients who took their own lives revealed after police officer's suicide

The recent suicide of a young Pennsylvania police officer has reignited concerns over Lasik eye surgery, as dozens of similar stories emerge of complications pushing patients to death.

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30 h. ago Suspect charged with murder for ‘killing two Israeli Embassy staff members’ in Washington DC shooting

Elias Rodriguez of Chicago told officers from the Metropolitan Police Department at the scene: ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed’

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35 h. ago Labour set to free killers and rapists earlier under new soft

The Government's sentencing review was last night savaged by victims and senior police officers, while the Tories dubbed it a 'recipe for a crimewave'.

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38 h. ago Suspect charged with murder for ‘killing two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington DC’

Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, told officers from the Metropolitan Police Department at the scene: ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed’

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38 h. ago Outrage as sheriff's office swoops in to arrest murder suspect at FUNERAL...but they made a terrible mistake

As friends and relatives stood mourning their loved one at a North Carolina funeral, police officers swooped in targeting what they believed was a breakthrough arrest in a 30-year-old cold case.

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44 h. ago 'A village without a pub is just some houses': Jeremy Clarkson says villages are 'losing their soul' as he condemns lack of public services in UK countryside

Jeremy Clarkson has said countryside villages are 'losing their soul' as he criticised the loss of local schools, police officers and shops in some of the most rural areas of the UK.

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45 h. 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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