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On Thursday, June 5, 1969, there was an alleged fight between two men that Indianapolis police officers were called to break up. [3] [1] When the police officers arrived, "a group of twenty people attacked the officers". [3] The officers were slightly injured, and in the conflict, one of their revolvers and badges were stolen. [3]
On June 24, 1969, Vivian Strong, a 14-year-old Black American girl, was killed in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, when a white police officer shot her in the back of the head without warning. The white police officer, and his Black partner, had been dispatched to the location because there were "juveniles breaking in." When they arrived at the ...
The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York, along with other law enforcement unions, sued the city over the law's rules about putting pressure on a person's torso, arguing that it ...
In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining and subduing people — not simply once or ...
On Tuesday 30 December 1969, a gang of three robbers attacked a Clydesdale Bank branch in Bridge Street, Linwood. The leader of the gang was Howard Wilson, a former police officer who had resigned, disillusioned at his lack of promotion and now in debt. The others were John Sim, a policeman-turned-salesman, and Ian Donaldson, a car mechanic.
The fire department didn't get there for an hour." The crowd was "humongous," he wrote, and it was the security team's job to "get the house out. We were commended for handling the situation ...
The 1969 People's Park protest, also known as Bloody Thursday, took place at People's Park on May 15, 1969. The Berkeley Police Department and other officers clashed with protestors over the site of the park, using deadly force. Ronald Reagan, then-governor of California, eventually sent in the state National Guard to quell the protests.
Springfield Police Officer Gino Maldonado removes the BolaWrap Remote Restraint Device wrapped around the legs of Springfield Police Sgt. Jarod Maddox that fired a Kevlar cord, designed to wrap ...