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News Articles: Police

A man is arrested by police in Ottawa on Thursday as demonstrators and supporters gather in a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest.

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  • World

Canadian police arrest 2 leaders of protesting truckers

The police action took place in Ottawa, the protest movement's last stronghold, after weeks of demonstrations and blockades that shut down border crossings into the U.S.

February 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People help a protester after he was shot with a rubber bullet in Austin, Texas, in May 2020 while protesting the death of George Floyd. The Austin City Council on Thursday approved paying a combined $10 million to two people injured when officers fired beanbag rounds into crowds during the protests, including a college student who suffered brain damage.

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  • Law

19 Austin police officers indicted from investigation into 2020 protests, sources say

Aggravated assault charges are among the most on a single police department over tactics used during the widespread protests over George Floyd's death.

February 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Police secure the scene of a shooting at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Va., on Tuesday.

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  • National

2 officers killed at Bridgewater College in Virginia; a suspect is in custody

A police spokeswoman said officers responded to reports of a suspicious man on campus and after a brief interaction, the man opened fire on the officers and fled on foot.

February 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Text messages obtained by The Associated Press show Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, seen here at a new conference in June 2021, was informed within hours of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.

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  • National

Governor knew the circumstances around a deadly arrest, but kept quiet, records show

What Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards knew, when he knew it and what he did are questions in a civil rights investigation into a deadly arrest and whether police brass obstructed justice.

January 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A Better Glynn group shot

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  • Race

‘It seemed like our lives didn’t matter.’ Glynn County residents speak — and act — on Arbery's death

Ahmaud Arbery’s death sparked a small group of acquaintances to band together to try to force Glynn County to confront the many failures of its law enforcement and other elected officials. Their group, A Better Glynn, wields a powerful combination of local roots, national experience and professional know-how.

November 30, 2021
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  • Margaret Coker
Police officer

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  • Mental Health

Small towns, cops and mental health patients

Every couple of weeks, police in Americus, a small city in Southwest Georgia, respond to trouble at the home of the same young man. The man goes through psychotic episodes, sometimes violent ones. He’s on the autism spectrum and has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

November 04, 2021
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  • Katja Ridderbusch
Clayton Officer Antonio Kendrick and K-9 Homer after inspecting luggage at the conference.

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  • News

Making good police dogs better: Hartsfield-Jackson Airport hosts interagency K-9 training

Law enforcement officers and their partner dogs traveled to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from across the state recently for the first annual K-9 training conference.

October 26, 2021
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  • Amanda Andrews
Ahmaud Arbery's father, Marcus Arbery (center), heads into the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., with his attorney Benjamin Crump on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021.

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  • News

Georgia Today: Arbery murder trial shines spotlight on troubled Glynn County law enforcement

Jury selection is underway in the Brunswick trial for three white men accused in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, who was Black. It’s also a reminder for some residents of a long-broken trust with a police department and other county law enforcement agencies that took almost three months to open an investigation into the 25-year-old's death. This week's Georgia Today podcast delves into the troubled history of Glynn County policing and how the trial may expose the department to even greater national scrutiny.  

 

October 22, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Attorney and civil rights activist Francys Johnson, right, talks with Helen Gilbert, the sister of Eurie Martin, during a break in the closing arguments in the murder trial of the three former Washington County Sheriff's Deputies in whose custody Martin died in 2017.

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  • Law

Jury deliberation begins Friday in Eurie Martin murder trial

Closing arguments have been made in the murder trial of three white former Washington County sheriff’s deputies connected to the death of Eurie Martin, a Black man, in 2017. 

October 21, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Rhett Scott, left, lifts Eurie Martin's shirt in order to get skin only taser contact as Henry Lee Copeland, center right, and Michael Howell talk to Martin during the 2017 encounter where Martin died.

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  • Law

Testimony ends in trial of officers charged with murder of Eurie Martin

Testimony is expected to wrap up today in the murder trial of three white former Georgia sheriff’s deputies in the 2017 stun gun death of Eurie Martin, a Black man.

October 21, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
A frame from dashboard video recorded by Washington County Sheriff's Deputies moments before they electrocuted Eurie Lee Martin, center, to death in 2017.

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  • Law

State rests its case against the three deputies charged with murder of Eurie Martin

On Monday, the state rested its felony murder case against three former Washington County Sheriff’s deputies in connection to the 2017 stun-gun death of Eurie Martin. 

October 19, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Christina Nance was found dead by police after being in a van for five days after she was reported missing by her family. Now, her family is calling for an investigation into her death.

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  • National

A missing Alabama woman's body is found in a parked, unoccupied police van

Christina Nance had been missing since Sept. 25, her family says. Video footage from that day shows her entering the van, which was in a police parking lot. Her body was found 12 days later.

October 19, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Community members and a police officer conversing at China Grove Baptist Church in Brookhaven.

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  • News

Faith, food, fun: Police enjoy an unconventional weekend with the community in Georgia

The second annual National Faith & Blue Weekend saw more than 200 outreach events in cities across the state of Georgia. Local churches across the state hosted a variety of events, including Halloween costume drives, litter clean-ups and community-building bike rides alongside local police officers.

October 14, 2021
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  • Allexa Ceballos
A Lowrider rides on three-wheels on Sunset Blvd., in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in July.

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  • Pop Culture

40 years ago, San Francisco lowriders organized to fight police harassment — and won

"At one point it was bumper to bumper for 20 blocks. It was like a parade every Friday and Saturday night," Roberto Hernandez said. "It was something that the police just weren't able to manage."

October 14, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Law enforcement and community members touch elbows at a 2020 National Faith & Blue Weekend event in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Law enforcement and faith leaders will participate in community outreach weekend

The second annual National Faith & Blue Weekend is happening this weekend in cities across the state of Georgia and the nation.

October 08, 2021
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  • Allexa Ceballos
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