Mississippi AG clears most officer-involved shootings in law enforcement’s favor: study
1 week, 2 days ago

Mississippi AG clears most officer-involved shootings in law enforcement’s favor: study

Raw Story  

The Mississippi Attorney General’s office declined to prosecute and cleared law enforcement officers for their use of force in a third of all the officer shooting cases it resolved between 2023 and 2024. In nearly two years, 68 law enforcement agencies were involved in shootings, including police departments, sheriff’s offices, state agencies and federal agencies. “Ultimately, by seeking truth and justice, we hope to bolster the credibility of our legal system and trust between the men and women of law enforcement and the communities in which they serve.” The attorney general’s office declined to prosecute for 20 cases, meaning that the officers were justified in their use of force. Between 2023 and 2024, Fitch’s office brought one case to a grand jury: the case of an Indianola police officer accused of shooting an 11-year-old boy during a domestic incident in May 2023.

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Are more police officers facing prosecution? As the data shows, it's complicated.
1 year, 3 months ago

Are more police officers facing prosecution? As the data shows, it's complicated.

NPR  

Are more police officers facing prosecution? MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This fall, a number of police officers are on trial, accused of killing people in the line of duty - three in Colorado, another three in Washington state, and more trials are looming as five officers in Memphis have been charged with second-degree murder for the beating death of Tyre …

Alabama cops charge 3 teens with murder in mass shooting that left 4 dead, 32 hurt
1 year, 8 months ago

Alabama cops charge 3 teens with murder in mass shooting that left 4 dead, 32 hurt

India Today  

Three Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week's shooting at a "Sweet 16" birthday party that left four dead and 32 wounded, state police said on Wednesday. Two suspects - Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16 - both from Tuskegee, were arrested on Tuesday night and charged with four counts of …

LAPD officers shot fewer people in 2022, but the percentage that turned deadly increased
1 year, 8 months ago

LAPD officers shot fewer people in 2022, but the percentage that turned deadly increased

LA Times  

Body camera footage shows Margarito Lopez sitting on some steps with a butcher knife as officers arrive on scene in the 900 block of East Adams Boulevard on Dec.18, 2021. Los Angeles police officers shot fewer people in 2022 than the year before, although a larger percentage of those encounters turned deadly, according to preliminary data released by the Los …

United States: Six people killed in series of shootings in Mississippi, suspect in custody
1 year, 10 months ago

United States: Six people killed in series of shootings in Mississippi, suspect in custody

India TV News  

Mississippi shooting : Around six people were fatally shot on Friday at multiple locations in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities blamed a lone suspect who was arrested and charged with murder. “I had just woken up and I look back here, and I see dude walking back here with a shotgun.” Cash …

AG won't seek charges in LAPD shooting of man with fake gun
2 years, 2 months ago

AG won't seek charges in LAPD shooting of man with fake gun

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California's attorney general said Thursday …

Official defends Mississippi Capitol Police pursuits
2 years, 3 months ago

Official defends Mississippi Capitol Police pursuits

Associated Press  

— Amid backlash over the fatal shooting of a Mississippi man, the state’s top law enforcement official said officers of a special police unit in the capital city of Jackson will not change the way they pursue suspects. In a community meeting organized by Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes, Tindell vowed that “bad actors” in the Capitol Police would be …

Officers in fatal Mississippi shooting placed on leave
2 years, 3 months ago

Officers in fatal Mississippi shooting placed on leave

Associated Press  

JACKSON, Miss — The officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Mississippi man have been placed on administrative leave, the state Department of Public Safety announced Thursday. The officers will be on leave until an internal investigation is completed and “they are approved to return to active service,” a spokesperson for the department said in a news release. The …

Mississippi man dead following police shooting
2 years, 3 months ago

Mississippi man dead following police shooting

Associated Press  

JACKSON, Miss — A 25-year-old Mississippi man has died after a shooting involving a special police unit. The Capitol Police is a unit of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the state agency that oversees law enforcement. At a community meeting Tuesday evening regarding Jackson’s water crisis and other issues, pastor Dwayne Pickett said Lewis was close friends with one …

Few details in three recent fatal LAPD shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

Few details in three recent fatal LAPD shootings

LA Times  

On Tuesday morning, Lara Anne Piszczek was standing with a friend outside a doughnut shop off West Anaheim Street in Wilmington when a man with a gun approached. A short time later and a few blocks from where Piszczek stood, a man was shot and killed by Los Angeles police — the second fatal shooting by LAPD officers in four …

Intentional killings of law enforcement officers reaches 20-year high
2 years, 11 months ago

Intentional killings of law enforcement officers reaches 20-year high

CNN  

CNN — Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that comes as a rise in gun violence and homicides continues across the country. Covid-19 still the leading cause of officer deaths Maria Haberfeld, chair of the Department of …

Shootings by LAPD officers rising again after years of decline
3 years, 2 months ago

Shootings by LAPD officers rising again after years of decline

LA Times  

Pedestrians are turned around at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue after LAPD officers fatally shot a man there in July. In several recent incidents, officers opened fire after confronting people who were allegedly threatening officers and others, including their own family members, with knives and firearms, police officials said. California Fatal shootings by the LAPD are down, …

LAPD shootings up compared with recent years, including two occurring Monday
3 years, 5 months ago

LAPD shootings up compared with recent years, including two occurring Monday

LA Times  

The scene of a fatal shooting by an officer Sunday in the Sawtelle area near West Los Angeles that left one man dead. Two separate Los Angeles police shootings Monday of men who officers alleged were armed with knives pushed the total number of LAPD shootings this year to 23, according to LAPD data. Though above levels in recent years, …

LAPD shootings remained near historic low in 2020, but are up in 2021
3 years, 7 months ago

LAPD shootings remained near historic low in 2020, but are up in 2021

LA Times  

LAPD tape blocks off the scene in January where officers shot and wounded a man who they alleged was armed and had threatened his wife. LAPD officers opened fire 27 times last year, killing seven people, according to the department’s annual use of force report, published Tuesday. In the 27 shootings in 2020, officers fired 156 rounds, which was a …

Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case
4 years ago

Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department says it will not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to conclusively establish what had happened. “The Rice family has been cheated of a fair process yet again.” In this case, …

LAPD shootings hit 30-year low in 2019; less-lethal force has increased
4 years, 7 months ago

LAPD shootings hit 30-year low in 2019; less-lethal force has increased

LA Times  

Officials attributed the decline in L.A. police shootings to new policies that emphasize the preservation of life and require officers to use de-escalation tactics whenever possible. Shootings by Los Angeles police officers reached a 30-year low in 2019, with fatal shootings declining for the fourth year in a row, according to a new report on police use of force. Los …

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