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Two women are dead and a child is injured after a carjacking suspect fleeing police crashed into a vehicle at a busy north Minneapolis intersection on Thursday morning, according to police. Chief Brian O’Hara said in a news conference his department was alerted to reports of a person with a gun on East Lake Street and Fourth Avenue South just …

Idaho officials said Wednesday that they will not file charges against four Pocatello police officers who fatally shot an autistic teenager after he approached them with a knife. Attorney General Raúl Labrador said prosecutors could not find enough evidence to prove that deadly force was not justified. “We will thus not file criminal charges against the officers,” the attorney general’s …

The last time the US dramatically expanded its force of immigration officers, major problems arose. Some border agents recruited in the 2000s turned out to be cartel members. One kidnapped and raped three women in his custody. Two others were convicted of off-duty murders. Now, as Donald Trump vows to build “the largest deportation operation” in history and kicks off …

AI is ummasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it?  Politico Border czar: ‘I don’t particularly like masks, but the agents need the mask’  The Hill Santa Barbara County Declares Support for Laws on ICE Masks, Identification  The Santa Barbara Independent Top Trump official offers odd excuse to defend polarizing ICE tactic  yahoo.com Masked and Unidentifiable: The Risks of Federal Law Enforcement Operating …

A judge ordered a new trial for three former police officers who were convicted on federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man whose death prompted intense scrutiny of Memphis police, nationwide protests and renewed calls for police reform. The decision came after defense lawyers argued that another judge who had presided over the officers’ …

A federal judge in Tennessee has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted on charges related to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023. Judge Sheryl Lipman cited concerns of bias after the judge presiding over the original federal trial allegedly suggested one of the defendants was a gang member. Nichols, 29, was …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased in his belief that at least one of the men was in a gang. U.S. District …

Inside ICE, Trump’s migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers  Reuters Masked agents and public arrests: A closer look at ICE’s increasingly aggressive tactics  CNN The David Frum Show: How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army  The Atlantic Immigration enforcement used for political intimidation, officials and experts warn  Boyle Heights Beat ICE, a standing army inside America, defies the genius and history of America, …

Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after reportedly attacking officers  The Washington Post Lil Nas X facing four felony counts after allegedly charging at cops while fully naked  Los Angeles Times Lil Nas X Released from Jail After Pleading Not Guilty to 4 Felony Charges  People.com Rapper Lil Nas X charged with attacking police in Los Angeles  Fox News Rapper Lil Nas X …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lil Nas X was charged Monday with four felonies after police say he charged at them when they confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street last week. Prosecutors charged the musician, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count …