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Prosecutor Reduces Charges Against L.A.P.D. Whistle-Blower After Uproar

19 août 2026 à 14:04
A Los Angeles officer faced prison for secretly recording colleagues making offensive remarks. The county prosecutor is reducing those charges after critics said they would discourage whistle-blowers.

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Nathan Hochman, the district attorney, said that the original charges “sent the wrong message.”

Killings Plunge in a City Once Known for Violence

17 août 2026 à 10:51
After decades of notoriously high murder totals, Baltimore and the people whose work entails dealing with the city’s most violent crimes are adjusting to a new reality.

ICE Agent Who Pushed Activist to the Ground Near Chicago Pleads Guilty

12 août 2026 à 22:28
The agent, Adam Saracco, was charged with misdemeanor after the altercation at a gas station near Chicago last year during the Trump administration’s crackdown there.

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Federal agents outside the immigrant detention center in Broadview, Ill., last year amid protests over President Trump’s enforcement actions near Chicago.

3 Ex-Georgia Deputies Used Flock Cameras to Stalk People, Sheriff Says

12 août 2026 à 16:27
The former Bibb County deputies were arrested this week amid a growing national debate over Flock cameras, which can be found on roads in every state but Alaska.

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About 7,000 law enforcement agencies, or 40 percent of all departments in the United States, have contracts with Flock.

ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks

12 août 2026 à 15:19
The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics said they could encourage agents to use more force.

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The government could spend up to $20 million to equip immigration officers with the gloves.

A Driver’s Fatal Spiral After a Police Officer’s Typo

12 août 2026 à 13:51
Police thought they had caught a car thief in San Francisco. Instead, they had mistyped his license plate number, a watchdog agency said, then arrested him with excessive force.
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