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Police should reconsider reselling their used guns, the ATF said, pushing back against a policy linked to over 1,000 deaths between 2019 and 2023.
Law enforcement members patrol near a Lisbon school, following a deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, U.S. October 26, 2023.
The NAACP sued Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves after he signed legislation that allows state authorities to exert more control over law enforcement in Jackson, including by expanding the Capitol ...
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The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act authorized the United States Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to bring civil ("pattern or practice") suits against local law enforcement agencies, to rein in abuses and hold agencies accountable. [25]
Many law enforcement agencies stepped up the use of unlawful practices. Police officers were commonly bribed so that bootlegging and speakeasies could continue, in addition to the flourishing organized crime underworlds of cities such as Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia. [ 41 ]
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman announced looting charges Monday, and also said one man was charged with arson for starting a blaze in an Azusa park.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African-American man, was murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis.A video of the incident depicting Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for an extended period, attracted widespread outrage leading to local, national, and international protests and demonstrations against police brutality and racism in policing.