U.S. police have shot dead another black man, who they said had a handgun but had dropped it during a violent altercation in Los Angeles, triggering fresh outrage as tensions soar over racism and police brutality. The man, named in local media as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, was riding his bicycle when Los Angeles County Sheriff’s … Read more
At least four people have died among 18 people shot in a spate of shootings during an “extremely violent night” across the U.S. city of Cincinnati, according to local media. There were four separate shootings in different locations across Cincinnati, according to local news reports. “One extremely violent night in the city of Cincinnati. Looking … Read more
A group of heavily armed black protesters marched through Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed in March by police officers who burst into her apartment. Scores of the demonstrators, carrying semi-automatic rifles and shotguns and clad in black paramilitary gear, walked in formation to a fenced-off intersection where … Read more
One person was killed when several shots were fired amid a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Austin, Texas, on Saturday, authorities said. Footage posted during a Facebook Live showed the moment when several shots rang out in the Texas capital as about 100 people marched and chanted, “Fists up! Fight back!” Austin police and … Read more
Police have executed a search warrant at the home of a St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters marching past their property last month. The raid on Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s mansion resulted in authorities seizing the rifle that Mr. McCloskey was seen brandishing in a video that … Read more
Chicago police on Monday said that more than 100 people were arrested and 13 officers injured during a looting spree overnight in a well-known shopping area in the city center. Hundreds of people descended on the so-called Magnificent Mile in Downtown Chicago on Sunday night, looting stores, breaking windows and confronting police. Chicago Police Department … Read more
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a radical proposal to change the city charter that would allow the police department to be dismantled, following mass public criticism of law enforcement over the killing of George Floyd. The 12-0 vote is just the first step in a process that faces significant bureaucratic obstacles to … Read more
Benjamin Keough, the grandson of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley, has died of an apparent suicide. He was 27. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Keough, the son of Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough, appeared to die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday in Calabasas, California. A representative for Lisa Marie Presley said … Read more
The latest night of protests in New York City sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police was markedly calmer, while video of a police officer appearing to shove a 75-year-old man who falls and cracks his head in Buffalo drew widespread condemnation. Video from the news station WFBO showed a … Read more
The white Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck was arrested Friday and charged with murder, as authorities imposed overnight curfews to try to stem violent protests over the police killings of African Americans that have spread from Minneapolis and other U.S. cities. Protesters smashed windows at the CNN headquarters in … Read more
Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station Thursday that the department was forced to abandon as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his … Read more
A mom has filed a complaint with the hospital where her fourth child was born when she discovered that her doctor had performed an emergency C-section after she’d already given birth naturally. 21-year-old Amber Hughes, from Leicester, saw the look of utter shock spread across her partner’s face when her doctor attempted to deliver their … Read more