Video shows 2 Baltimore cops hurling objects back at mob
At least two Baltimore cops charged with bringing riots under control have instead been caught throwing items at the angry mobs.Violence and arson engulfed the city Monday night in the wake of a black...
View ArticleNAACP president on Baltimore riots: 'Burning businesses and homes and...
The head of the NAACP is calling on rioters to stop burning Baltimore to the ground.Cornell William Brooks, president of the civil rights group, told “CBS This Morning” that people rioting across...
View Article11 instances of people being awesome amid the Baltimore riots
Riots raging in Baltimore on Monday dominated the national news, but the violent actors numbered only in the hundreds, officials said late Monday night.More people tried to help put out fires, keep...
View ArticleBaltimore gangs call for peace after riots
Two major street gangs have apparently joined forces with the Nation of Islam to take part in peaceful demonstrations and even try to discourage violence, a stark contrast to officials' grim...
View ArticleA former Baltimore police commissioner blasted the decision to impose a...
Ed Norris, the city’s top cop from 2000 to 2002, said during a CNN interview Tuesday night that he would have tried to talk the mayor out of the curfew because it backs law enforcement into a corner if...
View ArticleBaltimore neighborhood at the center of riots was a ticking time bomb
Tensions between Baltimore police and the neighborhood at the center of Monday’s violent protests have long been simmering.More Sandtown-Winchester residents are held in state prison than in any other...
View ArticleREPORT: A prisoner in the police van with Freddie Gray claims 'he was trying...
The continued unrest surrounding the death of Freddie Gray – a black man who was arrested during a police confrontation in Baltimore and later died in custody– has been focused on the actions of the...
View ArticleNorth Carolina wants to resume executions after a 9-year break
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina lawmakers approved a measure on Wednesday aimed at resuming executions in the state after a nine-year break by removing the requirement that a doctor be present...
View ArticleThe Freddie Gray case exposed a major problem with Baltimore police
Like many big cities in the US, Baltimore has a police force that doesn't come close to representing the racial composition of the general population, according to the Center for Public Integrity...
View ArticlePolicies Hillary Clinton now denounces helped her husband capture the White...
With the exception of gay rights, no public-policy debate has shifted more dramatically in my adult lifetime than the debate over crime. In 1992, when Bill Clinton flew back to Arkansas to oversee the...
View ArticleNew York City police officer shot in the head, one person arrested
NEW YORK (AP) -- A plainclothes New York City police officer was shot in the head and critically injured while in an unmarked police car Saturday as he and his partner attempted to stop and question a...
View ArticleChina is building an international team to catch fugitives abroad
Beijing is building a team of experts on international law to help repatriate fugitives abroad and tackle its territorial disputes with neighbouring countries.The foreign ministry established an...
View ArticleSome guy in Washington State took a tractor for a joyride, ransacked a home...
A string of robberies in Olalla, Washington resulted in at least three homes being burglarized. The thief broke into the first house and took a tractor for a joyride before moving onto the neighboring...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman's fresh start keeps getting interrupted
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman had moved out of Florida recently, hoping for a fresh start.In the two years since his acquittal in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, the one-time neighborhood...
View ArticleChina catches 150 fugitives from 32 countries in economic crime crackdown
The Chinese police have brought back 150 graft suspects from 32 countries as the government's crackdown on economic crimes intensifies, the China Daily newspaper reported.Eight of the suspects had been...
View ArticleFormer Los Angeles sheriff's officials charged in federal jail investigation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case of the vanishing inmate at the Los Angeles County jail nearly went all the way to the top.The former second-in-command of the nation's largest sheriff's department and a...
View ArticleHere's a surprising look at the average serial killer
When people think "serial killer," a face like Ted Bundy comes to mind — a relatively young, white male who's charming and intelligent.But according to the Serial Killer Information Center, started by...
View ArticleForget 'CSI' — this short about forensic photography reveals how real-life...
With advancements in technology and budget cuts, forensic photography is quickly becoming a dying craft. "The Forensic Photographer" follows 20-year photography veteran Nick Marsh who gives insight...
View ArticleFeds probe case of inmate locked in a shower 'torture chamber' and scalded to...
The Justice Department is investigating the death of a Florida inmate who allegedly burned and suffocated to death in a scalding hot shower chamber from which he could not escape, reported the Miami...
View ArticleWhite police officer shoots two unarmed black men suspected of stealing beer
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Two stepbrothers suspected of trying to steal beer from a grocery store were not armed with guns when they were shot Thursday by a police officer who confronted them in Washington...
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