In a “60 Minutes” interview this week, the vice president shared the kind of gun she owns. Its associations with law enforcement and pop culture make it a potent symbol.
Category: Police
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Ohio Officer Is Charged With Murder in Shooting of Pregnant Black Woman
Connor Grubb, 29, of the Blendon Township Police Department faces multiple charges in the fatal shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, 21, who was shot in her car outside a Kroger last year after being accused of theft.
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Tech Outage Hits 911 Lines in Alaska and Arizona
Emergency call lines were operating in most major cities, but the authorities in Oregon, Alaska and Arizona said some of their systems had been hit by the outage.
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Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes.
The Detroit Police Department arrested three people after bad facial recognition matches, a national record. But it’s adopting new policies that even the A.C.L.U. endorses.
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Yance Ford’s “Power” Documentary Argues That Policing and Politics Are Inextricable
Though Yance Ford’s new Netflix documentary takes on a much-explored topic, its mix of personal and polemic makes for a strong argument.
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Parents Outraged After Willy Wonka Event in Glasgow
Families traveled to Glasgow for an event that claimed to channel the magic of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” They got a couple of jelly beans.
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Confiscated Motorbikes Pile Up as Vietnam Goes After Drunken Driving
Some drivers are abandoning the vehicles, the country’s dominant mode of transportation, because the fines exceed their value.
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Killer Mike Calls His Grammys Arrest a ‘Speed Bump’
The artist was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge after winning awards for best rap album, best rap performance and best rap song.
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Ring to Stop Allowing Police to Request Videos From Security Cameras
Ring, a maker of internet-connected cameras that is owned by Amazon, said the police could no longer ask people to share video recordings using the company’s app, Neighbors.
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Newspapers Stolen After Reporting on Rape Investigation at Police Chief’s Home
More than 200 copies of The Ouray County Plaindealer, a weekly newspaper in Colorado, were stolen after it published a front-page article about the investigation.
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The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.
Communities across the U.S. are fueling a secondary arms market by giving seized and surrendered guns to disposal services that destroy one part and resell the rest.
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White House Delays a Decision on Banning Menthol Cigarettes
The proposal has elicited mounting opposition from tobacco companies, Black activists worried about police enforcement and small businesses, as President Biden moves into an election year.