Category: Police

Reports of a Lioness Near Berlin Prompt a Sprawling Search

People were encouraged to stay home after the police received calls and a video of a wild cat believed to be a lioness in a town along the German capital’s southwest boundary.
Las Vegas Police Search Home in Investigation of Tupac Shakur’s Murder

Nearly three decades after the rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting after leaving a boxing match, the police said that they had searched a home in Henderson, Nev.
Bain Consulting Firm Is Latest Target of Chinese Crackdown

Bain & Company employees were questioned less than a month after Chinese police officials raided the Beijing offices of another U.S. advisory firm.
Police Relied on Hidden Technology and Put the Wrong Person in Jail

The New York Times – Business:
Randal Reid spent nearly a week in confinement, falsely accused of stealing purses in a state he said he had never even visited.
A.I., Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech

The New York Times – Business:
In the Middle East, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies have become part of everyday policing.
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Talks Free Agency, Activism and Kanye West

The New York Times – Sports:
The star Celtics guard talks about his career year in the N.B.A., educational inequality and his association with Kanye West.
Do You Have a Civic Duty to Watch the Video of Memphis Police Beating Tyre Nichols?

The New York Times – Movies:
The video of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols challenges public complacency — and complicity. What are our duties as citizens and as human beings?
Phoenix Police Investigate Their Detention of a Wall Street Journal Reporter

The New York Times – Business:
The reporter, Dion Rabouin, who is Black, was handcuffed and placed in a police vehicle after conducting interviews outside a bank in November.
Their Flights Canceled, Southwest Travelers Were Threatened With Arrest

The New York Times – Travel:
A police officer at Nashville International Airport told travelers whose Southwest flights had been canceled that they would be arrested for trespassing if they did not leave a secure area, a video shows.
Detective Sued Over SWAT Raid Based on Wrong Location on the Find My App

The New York Times – Business:
A detective relied on flawed information provided by the Find My app for a warrant that led the police to raid the home of a 77-year-old Denver woman, a lawsuit says.
Suspect Arrested in Killing of Takeoff, the Migos Rapper

The New York Times – Music:
The Houston Police said that Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was being charged with murder, and that Takeoff had been an “innocent bystander.”
How China’s Police Used Phones and Faces to Track Protesters

The New York Times – Business:
After a weekend of protests, the authorities in China are using the country’s all-seeing surveillance apparatus to find those bold enough to defy them.