SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs was passed by the Oregon Legislature on Friday, undoing a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law as governments struggle to respond to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history. The state Senate approved House Bill 4002 in a […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state House overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern because of the risk of suffocation. “This practice is dehumanizing, and it’s dangerous,” said Democratic Rep. Sharlett Mena during the vote. “And yet hog-tying is still authorized by a […]
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two California women who say they went to Mexico to see a dentist are in federal custody for allegedly trying to drive back with 72 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in their vehicle. Mireya Rodarte and Yumili Flores drove up to an inspection booth at the San Ysidro Port of […]
On Tuesday, police officers in Palmetto will release more information about a Florida man who died after he was taken into custody in November.
On Tuesday, police officers in Palmetto will release more information about a Florida man who died after he was taken into custody in November.
DENVER (AP) — Members of a mental health response team sent to help a Florida man who was having a “psychotic breakdown” instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Florida man’s family. The lawsuit over the 2022 death of Kevin Dizmang in Colorado Springs was […]
DENVER (AP) — Members of a mental health response team sent to help a Florida man who was having a “psychotic breakdown” instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Florida man’s family. The lawsuit over the 2022 death of Kevin Dizmang in Colorado Springs was […]
The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner released an initial report revealing Bobbie Jean Carter’s cause of death.
“I just saw a couple of bags, pulled it out, and then that’s when I knew what it was,” the child is heard telling police.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rapper Quando Rondo has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence and reckless driving in Georgia, where he was already facing felony charges in state and federal courts. The 24-year-old rapper, whose real name is Tyquian Bowman, was arrested by police on the two misdemeanor charges Tuesday in his […]