Jury Awards $98.65 Million to Family of Man Killed by Former Dallas Police Officer

A jury in federal court concluded that a white police officer used excessive force and violated the constitutional rights of Botham Shem Jean, a Black man, in 2018.

Top stories - The New York Times - 13 hours ago

Jury awards $98 million to family of Dallas man shot in his home by ex-police officer

A jury ordered former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to pay $98 million after it found that she used excessive force in the fatal shooting of Botham Jean in his home six years ago.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger ordered to pay nearly $100 million in civil trial

Guyger was convicted six years ago of shooting and killing Jean in his apartment, which she said she thought was her own.

Police officers killed during bogus 999 call among first to get new award

The first batch of Elizabeth Emblems will be given to relatives by King Charles later this year.

U.S. Jury Awards $42 Million to Iraqi Men Abused at Abu Ghraib

A Virginia-based military contractor that supplied interrogators to the Army at a notorious prison was found liable for the abuse of three men there.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 12

Jury convicts ex-Kentucky officer of using excessive force in Breonna Taylor raid

The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor's neighbors.

Family of man shot by soldier awarded 'significant' sum

William McGreanery died on 15 September 1971, a week after a soldier opened fire from an Army observation post.

Former Capitol police officers campaigning for Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris is getting help on the campaign trail from former Capitol police officers who defended Congress from the Jan. 6 insurrection. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott ...

Jury awards a family $5M and says football coach's actions caused their son's suicide

A jury in Rhode Island has awarded more than $5 million to the family of a teenager who died by suicide

Health - ABC News - October 25

Michigan jury awards millions to a woman fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine

A jury has awarded more than $12 million to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination

Health - ABC News - November 8

Apology issued to family of man killed in train crash

A friend of Mr Evans accused the British Transport Police of failing to support the family.

Philadelphia jury awards $11m to man whose Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself

Model sold to police departments and civilians does not have external safety to prevent unintended discharges. A Philadelphia jury awarded $11m on Wednesday to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer ...

World - The Guardian - 23 hours ago

Former Capitol police officers emerge as busy Harris campaign surrogates

Former law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot have been helping the campaigns of Kamala Harris and other Democrats this fall.

Former Ohio police officer found guilty of murder in Andre Hill shooting

Adam Coy, a white former police officer who killed Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man, four years ago in Columbus, Ohio, was found guilty of murder.

Police name man killed in Edinburgh bus incident

Michael Leneghan, 74, died after being hit by a bus in the Cowgate on Saturday evening.

16 gunmen killed, car bomb wounds 3 police officers in Mexico

Multiple clashes left at least 16 people dead on the same day that a car bomb left outside a police station in western Mexico wounded three officers.

Attack on an Iranian police convoy kills at least 10 officers

The attack on an Iranian police convoy in the country's restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan killed at least 10 officers, authorities said.

Attack on a police convoy in a restive southeastern province of Iran kills 10 officers

An attack in Iran’s restive southeast killed 10 members of the country’s national police force

World - ABC News - October 26

Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers

Pakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead

Health - ABC News - October 29

Attack on health center used in anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills police officer

Pakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead

World - ABC News - October 29

Gunmen storm hospital, kill patient and 2 police officers

The attackers shot a man recovering from a gunshot wound more than 10 times, then killed officers who tried to stop them, officials said.

3 police officers, 4 cartel suspects killed near U.S. border

Drug cartel gunmen also attacked a funeral convoy of cars accompanying the body of one of the victims in the first attack, officials said.

2 Police Officers Charged With Reckless Manslaughter in Canton, Ohio Man’s Death

The two police officers, who are white, held down the man, who was Black, for seven minutes as he told them he could not breathe.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 4

Man pulled from sunroof after driving into swimming pool

The man told officers he "accidentally stepped on the gas too hard" driving the vehicle into a pool.

'We begged him not to go': Family's tribute to British man killed in Ukraine

Callum Tindal-Draper's mother and father said they are very proud of their son.

Teenager stabs police officers in a police station in Bosnia, killing 1 and wounding another

Bosnian police say a minor broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia on Thursday and killed one officer with a knife and injured another

World - ABC News - October 24

Police say a minor broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia, killed one officer and wounded another

World - ABC News - October 24

'I thought I was going to die': Former police officer testifies at murder trial

In court on Monday, former police officer Adam Coy described the shooting, and killing, of Andre Hill in 2020.

Spain arrests top police officer after over $21 million found in home

Spanish police arrested Oscar Sanchez Gil along with 15 other people as part of a probe into the country's largest-ever cocaine bust.

Brazil police arrest 5 officers over alleged coup plot, plans to kill President Lula

Brazil's federal police have arrested five officers accused of plotting a coup that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill then-President-elect Luiz Inácio ...

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Brazil arrests five military and police officers over alleged plot to kill Lula

Federal police say group had eyed killings of then president-elect along with his deputy and a supreme court judge

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

NYPD officer and bystander shot in Queens, police say; armed robbery suspect killed

An NYPD officer and another woman were shot in Queens by an armed robbery suspect who was believed to be responsible for multiple robberies.

Shootouts in northern Mexico kill 3 police officers and 4 drug cartel suspects

Three state police officers and four drug cartel suspects are dead following a running series of shootouts in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas, across the border from Texas

World - ABC News - Yesterday

New York family grieves living woman for 36 hours after police wrongly told them she was killed

A Staten Island, New York, family has experienced a whirlwind of emotions after police incorrectly told them that their loved one had been killed in a car crash.

Black man fatally shot by police in Ohio in 2020 complied with orders, prosecutors say

An unarmed Black man who was fatally shot four years ago by a now-fired Ohio police officer complied with commands and was wrongly killed as he walked out of a garage, prosecutors said Thursday.

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