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2 Florida police officers charged with kidnapping, beating handcuffed homeless man, Jose Ortega Gutierrez

(FLORIDA) -- Two former south Florida police officers handcuffed a homeless man last month and drove him to an isolated area where they beat him unconscious, prosecutors alleged Thursday. According to Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Hialeah city officers Rafael Otano and Lorenzo Ofila, who have since been fired, were... Read More.

Tyre Nichols live updates: Video of confrontation released

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Tyre Nichols died at the age of 29 on Jan. 10, three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop arrest in Memphis, Tennessee. The five Memphis Police Department officers involved in his arrest -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr.... Read More.

What is the SCORPION unit, the Memphis police task force at the center of Tyre Nichols’ death?

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- The Memphis Police Department unit at the center of Tyre Nichols' death earlier this month has now come under scrutiny from critics over its approach to fighting crime. The SCORPION unit, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods, was announced in October... Read More.

Jan. 6 rioter who maced Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to nearly 7 years

(WASHINGTON) -- The Jan. 6 rioter who attacked fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray was sentenced Friday to 6 years and 8 months in prison. Julian Khater, 33, of Somerset, New Jersey, pleaded guilty last year to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon. According to court records, Khater... Read More.

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DOJ charges 3 in ‘murder for hire’ plot against Iranian journalist

(NEW YORK) -- Six months after a man with a loaded AK-47-style rifle was caught outside the Brooklyn, New York, home of a prominent Iranian dissident journalist, federal prosecutors on Friday announced new arrests in what they've called a murder-for-hire plot by Iran. On Friday, the Justice Department announced criminal... Read More.

Who was Tyre Nichols, the man allegedly murdered by 5 Memphis police officers?

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Tyre Nichols, the man who died this month after an alleged beating by five police officers, was "damn near perfect," his mother RowVaughn Wells said at a press conference on Monday. The 29-year-old Nichols had been living in Memphis, Tennessee, with his parents since the pandemic, according... Read More.

2 escaped inmates, including convicted murderer, found after multistate manhunt

(ABINGDON, Va.) -- Two inmates, including a convicted murderer, who escaped from a Virginia jail have been apprehended in Tennessee, authorities said, more than 24 hours after announcing a fugitive manhunt. The inmates -- identified by the Washington County Virginia Sheriff's Office as Johnny Shane Brown, 51, of Rogersville, Tennessee,... Read More.

Tyre Nichols live updates: ‘This kidnapping charge — it is terrorism,’ attorney says

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Tyre Nichols died at the age of 29 on Jan. 10, three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop arrest in Memphis, Tennessee. The five Memphis Police Department officers involved in his arrest -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr.... Read More.