A Cleveland state senator who proposed a bill calling for appointment of a special prosecutor in lethal shootings by police officers encountering unarmed suspects during the last legislative session is now sponsoring a measure that would require the state attorney general to do the work. Sen. Sandra Williams, a Democrat, introduced last week Senate Bill [...]
The happiest of seasons is also among the deadliest: Unintentional shootings spike during the holidays, and are more likely to occur than any other time of the year, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and the USA TODAY Network. In all, 32 people were killed nationwide and 59 injured over the past two [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — He suddenly felt as if a hot wire had torn through his chest. It hurt to breathe. Jonathan Annicks wasn’t sure he’d been shot. It was after midnight when he’d dashed outside his family’s house to retrieve a phone charger from the car. Now, slumped over in anguish, he frantically punched his [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Back-to-back attacks on police in Texas and Louisiana by former military men have touched a nerve among veterans who traditionally share a close bond with law enforcement. Veterans and active-duty troops started posting messages on social media almost immediately after the news broke last weekend that a masked ex-Marine had ambushed [...]