A Utah police officer has been fired after he was caught on camera in July forcibly arresting a nurse who refused to let him draw blood from an unconscious patient. CNN reported that Detective Jeff Payne was terminated. According to Payne’s lawyer, Greg Skorda, his client was notified of the department’s decision in a letter …
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Authorities apprehended a 19-year-old student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station. University officials issued an alert saying the suspect was taken into custody Monday night and that the campus lockdown order had been lifted. In an earlier statement, the university identified the …
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has released footage from Sunday night’s shooting that left 59 dead. KPNX reported that the police department released the footage on Wednesday. The three-minute video, which can be viewed below, shows officers dodging bullets and getting concertgoers to safety as Stephen Paddock sprays bullets from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay …
The gunman who killed 59 people at a country music concert Sunday night might have originally targeted another Las Vegas festival a week earlier. A law enforcement source told the Daily Beast that they’re investigating whether Stephen Paddock rented several condos at The Odgen. The 21-story tower’s north side overlooked this year’s “Life Is Beautiful” …
A border patrol agent in Florida was critically injured when he was ambushed and shot several times outside of an Oakleaf supermarket, but he received some much-needed aid at the scene thanks in part to a brave bystander. When Shelby Floyd-Berrios heard gunshots from the salon where she was working, she told WTLV that she …
Officers allegedly shot and killed a deaf man, despite neighbors begging them not to fire, as reported by KFOR. Oklahoma City Police Captain Bo Mathews says that Magdiel Sanchez, 35, ignored officers’ orders and advanced toward them while holding a metal pipe before one officer Tasered him and the other shot him Tuesday night, according to …
A California restaurant server lost his job he reportedly left an anti-police message on a Torrance police officer’s receipt on Thursday. NBC10 reports that the server worked the lunch shift on Thursday at Pieology off of Pacific Coast Highway in Torrance when the incident occurred. As the officer and his partner order their meal at the …
An Ohio firefighter was suspended indefinitely after allegedly posting a Facebook comment saying he would rescue a dog from a burning building before a black person, according to FOX 8. WHIO reports that Franklin Township’s fire chief suspended Tyler Roysdon, 20, Tuesday after being alerted to the racially-charged statements. Township Administrator Traci Stivers said it’s unclear how …
Investigators report the student was carrying a small knife and ignored multiple verbal commands by officers to stop moving toward them.
The police officer who lost his job after a violent altercation with a hospital nurse has a history of sexual harassment allegations against him. Salt Lake City Police Detective Jeff Payne is currently under investigation after video footage emerged of a tense encounter with nurse Alex Wubbels at the University of Utah hospital in July. …
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, and hundreds of demonstrators streamed into the streets of downtown St. Louis to protest the verdict that had stirred fears of civil unrest …
On Thursday, the NYPD released body-cam footage showing a man being shot and killed during a standoff in his Bronx apartment. DNAinfo reports that Miguel Richards, 31, is the man seen in the footage holding a knife and toy gun in the corner of a room on September 6. A landlord reportedly called police after not hearing from the …
