Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A police officer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man near the Venice boardwalk last year violated departmental policy, the Police Commission ruled Tuesday. The civilian panel concluded that Officer Clifford Proctor wasn't justified in shooting Brendon Glenn twice in the back as Glenn, 29, was on the ground […]

Associated Press NEW YORK — New York City police officials have reassigned another high-ranking officer amid a federal probe into whether officers accepted gifts from businessmen with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio. On Wednesday, the New York Police Department said Deputy Chief Andrew Capul was moved to an administrative position pending further review. He […]

By Jeremy Gorner, Deanese Williams-Harris and Alexis Myers Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Karen Winters knows how easily boys are drawn to a life of violence in the Homan Square neighborhood. But she still can't understand how her 16-year-old nephew ended up shot to death after allegedly threatening a Chicago police officer with a gun during […]