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Kansas Judge Dismisses Murder Charge Against Sheriff’s Deputy

The judge said prosecutors had failed to meet their burden in the case against a deputy charged in the 2025 jailhouse death of an inmate.

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A photo of Charles Adair at a news conference held by his family after he died last year.
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Judge Sides With Texas Over Minnesota on Extradition of ICE Agent

The two states have waged an unusual court battle over the agent facing charges over a shooting in Minneapolis. The agent could be released from jail on Thursday.

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Federal agents near the scene of a shooting during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in January.
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Sean Grayson, Ex-Illinois Deputy Who Murdered Sonya Massey, Dies in Prison

Sean Grayson, 32, was serving a 20-year sentence for the 2024 murder of Sonya Massey, who was holding a pot of hot water when she was shot at her home.

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Sean Grayson, right, speaking to Sonya Massey in July 2024 in an image from another deputy’s body camera footage.
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Two Phoenix Police Officers Fired and Arrested After Violent Traffic Stop

The officers are accused of beating a couple and shocking them with a stun gun during an unreported traffic stop this month.

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The Phoenix police department said that two of its officers had been fired and arrested, after they approached a couple in a police S.U.V. and allegedly attacked them.
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Police Chief in Mississippi Regularly Used Racist Slurs, Private Text Messages Reveal

Text exchanges obtained by reporters show troubling messages sent by the chief of a Mississippi police department facing an uproar over the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in June.

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A memorial for Kohen Wiley at the Walmart in Senatobia, Miss., in June.
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Zambia’s Democratic Facade Fractures in Post-Election Crackdown

While the government says it is preventing an insurrection, activists and international observers have raised fears about arbitrary arrests and electoral fraud.

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Zambian police officers watched as supporters of President-elect Hakainde Hichilema celebrated his victory in the street in the capital, Lusaka, on Tuesday.
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Phoenix Police Investigate 2 Officers Accused of Violent Traffic Stop

The department opened a criminal investigation after a couple said they were shocked with a stun gun and beaten during the Aug. 5 encounter.

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Police Headquarters in Phoenix.
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Prosecutor Reduces Charges Against L.A.P.D. Whistle-Blower After Uproar

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.”
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Killings Plunge in a City Once Known for Violence

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

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

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.
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ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks

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

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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