A Florida police officer who found a man dead during a welfare check in 2022 is accused of taking possession of the man’s home and impersonating him for years while fixing up the place, authorities said. The officer said he took possession of the property weeks after discovering the homeowner’s body to “prevent squatters from
Mississippi police used “justified” force when they shot at a car during a shoplifting investigation, killing a one-year-old boy inside, the state’s attorney general has ruled. Kohen Wiley was killed in June while sitting on his mother’s lap in the passenger seat of a car that police say was being driven at officers in the
Outside the cafe in the park, when the gas has cleared, 27-year-old activist Sidorela Vatnikaj, a masters student, describes her typical day. In a movement without leaders she is one of the more experienced, with eight years in the forefront of anti-government protests behind her. “In the morning, you try to co-ordinate with all the
Now, former Savannah police officer Amber Harpe was fired in August following a department investigation that found she had shared her Flock login information with her husband, Tyler Harpe, an ICE agent. SPD does not share its Flock data with ICE and said sharing access to the system violated the department’s security protocols. While he
The latest protests have seriously tarnished Rama’s carefully cultivated image as a charming leader, steering his country towards prosperity. Parallel to the protests, a series of investigations by the special prosecution service also threaten his rule. Set up under EU and US pressure in 2019, the prosecutors recently arrested the powerful secret service chief Vlora
JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms in a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics. The settlement comes after a scathing 2024 DOJ report said the Lexington Police Department routinely violated
