Police Shooting

Kevin White, Security Guard, Killed By Police In Norwood Palace Sports Bar Brawl Police

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Police say officers breaking up a brawl at a New York City bar shot one armed man dead and wounded another. They say Kevin White was...

Don Payne, Jericho Fire Chief, Shot By Cop In Arkansas Court Over Tickets

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


JERICHO, Ark. — It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don ...

Obama Might Need to Show ID in More Places than East Harlem

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The wishful thought was that Obama's election buried once and for all negative racial typecasting and the perennial threat it posed to the safety and well-being of black males. It did no such thing.

Police Shoot Panhandler Wielding Screwdriver (VIDEO)

Fox 5 News, New York | MyFox New York | Posted 05.31.2009 | Home


MYFOXNY.COM - Dozens of police officers responded to Crown Heights where a cop shot a man on a subway platform Thursday afternoon, according to report...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.19.2009 | Home


Arianna Huffington

Why has the idea of sensible gun control legislation become so politically radioactive? Not even a recent run of deadly gun rampages (including the shooting deaths of four police officers in Oakland, the gunning down of three policemen in Pittsburgh, and the massacre of 13 people in Binghamton, New York), the second anniversary of Virginia Tech (the worst mass shooting in U.S. history), and the president of Mexico all but pleading for Barack Obama to do something about the tidal wave of bought-in-America assault weapons wreaking bloody havoc on his country have been able to create the political will to reinstate the assault weapons ban. Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Columbine; what better moment for the president to forget how difficult it would be to take on the NRA, and remember his campaign promise to push for a ban on these killing machines?

Pittsburgh Police Shooting Had Origins In Urinating Dog

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 05.06.2009 | Home


PITTSBURGH — A 911 call that brought two police officers to a home where they were ambushed, and where a third was also later killed during a fo...

RICHARD POPLAWSKI, Pittsburgh Gunman, Kills 3 Police Officers

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and DAN NEPHIN | Posted 05.05.2009 | Home


PITTSBURGH — A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday,...

Cop Shot Wednesday Dies

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago


A 23-year-veteran of the Chicago Police Department died early Thursday after being shot during an apparent robbery attempt Wednesday in the West Side'...

Welcome to my neighborhood: Indianapolis cop gets shot

Bil Browning | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living


Bil Browning

I've been blogging repeatedly about the overwhelming crime problem plaguing my neighborhood. When our car was stolen or when the windows were smashed...

The Sean Bell Trial Put Bell Community on Defense and Left Unanswered Questions About Police Conduct

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics


Tonya Plank

After sitting through 28 days of testimony in the Sean Bell trial, I knew far more about Mr. Bell's friends' prior convictions than why the officers acted as they did.