By Marnie Eisenstadtsyracuse.comSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Lateef Johnson-Kinsey thought the first text Sunday night was a mistake: a Syracuse police officer down in Liverpool.It didn’t make sense, but he started to put his shoes on anyway. Someone was hurt and their families would be worried.Then a...
Associated PressST. LOUIS — A St. Louis judge on Monday awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who was beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest.Luther Hall was badly injured in the 2017 attack during one of several protests that followed...
“If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” — Johnnie CochranProsecutors had a mountain of evidence including blood at multiple crime scenes, a missing alibi, a bloody shoe print and the now infamous bloody gloves. All evidence pointed toward one suspect: O.J. Simpson. Yet, the...
The death of Nicole Brown Simpson’s husband, O.J. Simpson, brings back a lot of memories.Nicole Brown Simpson was found brutally murdered (nearly decapitated) on June 12, 1994, along with Ron Goldman, a young waiter who had been assigned by his restaurant manager to return some...
By Police1 StaffWINCHESTER, Ky. — A sergeant with the Winchester Police Department died following a line-of-duty related incident, WLEX 18 reports.Sergeant William Marty Jackson II died on April 14 after he was involved in a struggle with a suspect, according to Winchester police.Jackson served in...
By Tony MarreroTampa Bay TimesTAMPA, Fla. — A Hillsborough deputy was injured Sunday when a man fired shots in a Carrollwood park, hitting his shoulder mic, authorities said.Deputy Kerr Craige, 33, was treated at a local hospital for a minor injury and released later that...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1SPARKS, Nev. — Body camera video released by the Sparks Police Department captures the intense chaos that resulted in multiple officers being injured and a fatal officer-involved shooting.The incident started when an officer conducted a traffic stop during the afternoon of March 29,...
Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to go forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who led a protest in Louisiana in which a police officer was injured. The justices rejected an appeal from DeRay Mckesson in a case that...
By Skyler SwisherOrlando SentinelORLANDO, Fla. — Trumpeting his support of law enforcement, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills on Friday that will limit the authority of police civilian review boards and restrict bystanders from getting too close to officers during investigations.HB 601 bars citizen review boards...
By Jon Moss, Rylee Kirk, Marnie Eisenstadt, Tim Knauss, Darian Stevensonsyracuse.comSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two police officers were killed Sunday night in a shootout on a suburban street in Salina.A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy were both killed when they went to...
