HOUSTON — A federal prosecutor says tests on “a white crystal-like substance” found inside the van of a man shot to death by immigration officers in Houston last month showed the material was not methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz confirmed the tests were negative for meth in a statement to The Texas Tribune, the news
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves, an emerging technology already being deployed by police in public schools in Omaha, Nebraska. ICE will equip officers with high-tech gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, according to documents published this week by the Department of Homeland
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks faced criticism Wednesday from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who called it unnecessary and cruel. ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to outfit officers and agents with “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices,” according to a
DETROIT — A jury will decide whether a Michigan police officer violated the civil rights of a Black man when he shot him in the back of the head, a judge said Thursday, clearing the path for a trial or settlement years after the fatal encounter was recorded on video. A second-degree murder charge against
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indian capital, Delhi, as part of anti-cockroach protests, calling for educational reforms and the resignation of a government minister. BBC Verify has been analyzing videos from across the capital, showing security officers firing so-called pellet guns at protesters. The Central Reserve Police did not respond
Four Nigerian police officers, accused of setting up an illegal checkpoint to extort drivers, messed with the wrong man: the head of one of the country’s anti-corruption agencies. Musa Aliyu, who heads the Independent Commission on Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences, has alleged that he was stopped while driving in the capital Abuja on
