Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A spokesman for the Minneapolis mayor says the U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to review how the city responded to demonstrations after a black man was fatally shot by police last year. The Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services won't release details until Thursday. But Mayor Betsy Hodges' […]
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Appeals court to hear arguments in Freddie Gray case
Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland's highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether an officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray can be compelled to testify against his colleagues after his trial ended in a hung jury in November. Officer William Porter is awaiting retrial in the case focused on Gray, a 25-year-old […]
K-9 killer indicted for shootout with Ohio police
Associated Press CANTON, Ohio — A man accused of shooting and fatally wounding an Ohio police dog after robbing a grocery store has been indicted by a grand jury. Twenty-two-year-old Kelontre Barefield is charged with six counts, including aggravated robbery, assaulting a police dog and shooting at police. No attorney is listed for him in […]