Aurora police department

Protests, rioting, and looting in Minneapolis broke out earlier this week, after a Minneapolis police officer was captured on video kneeling on Floyd, who was facedown on the ground. Floyd, in the video, yelled that he could not breathe. … [Read more...] about Rioters Breach, Set Fire to Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct

“It’s hard to understand why the course of action was taken by the officers. It’s not approved in the state of Minnesota nor anywhere that I can imagine. It looks as though his knee is applying pressure to the carotid artery,” McGinness said. … [Read more...] about Amid Protests, Local Police Departments Denounce Minnesota Officers’ Actions

In December 2011, officers deployed a canine to bite an unarmed 14-year-old African-American boy who was waiting in an abandoned house for his friends. Four officers, including a canine officer, responded to the house mid-morning after a caller reported that people had gone inside. Officers arrested one boy on the ground level. Describing the offense as a burglary in progress even though the facts showed that the only plausible offense was trespassing, the canine officer’s report stated that the dog located a second boy hiding in a storage closet under the stairs in the basement. The officer peeked into the space and saw the boy, who was 5’5” and 140 pounds, curled up in a ball, hiding. According to the officer, the boy would not show his hands despite being warned that the officer would use the dog. The officer then deployed the dog, which bit the boy’s arm, causing puncture wounds. … [Read more...] about DOJ Report on Ferguson Police Department Lists Many, Many Possible Civil-Rights Violations

The Cummings $20 Million Grant Program supports Massachusetts nonprofits that are based in and primarily serve Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties. Through this place-based initiative, Cummings Foundation aims to give back in the area where it owns commercial buildings, all of which are managed, at no cost to the foundation, by its affiliate, Cummings Properties. … [Read more...] about Wilmington Police Department Receives $300K Grant

As the unsurprisingly negative response to his comments grew, Zoll called CBS affiliate KMOX News to claim that the Post had “misquoted and misunderstood him.” But by Saturday night, the Ferguson authorities had released a statement saying, in part, “Upon being confronted with the results of the Ferguson Police Department’s investigation regarding the remarks that were attributed to the Public Information Officer, the officer admitted to Department investigators that he did in fact make the remarks attributed to him, and that he misled his superiors when asked about the contents of the interview.” … [Read more...] about Ferguson Police Department Spokesman Suspended After Calling Mike Brown Memorial ‘a Pile of Trash’