Suspect in officer deaths has history of racial provocations
A white man with a history of racial provocations and confrontations with police ambushed and fatally shot two white officers Wednesday in separate attacks as they sat in their patrol cars, authorities said.
Ricky Ball Shooting: Officers respond to Ball lawsuit
An attorney representing two former Columbus police officers and an officer still on the force is denying a federal lawsuit’s claims against his clients.
Police: 2 Iowa officers killed in 2 ambush-style attacks
Authorities apprehended a man Wednesday suspected in the early morning killings of two Des Moines area police officers who were shot to death while sitting in their patrol cars in what authorities described as separate ambush-style attacks.
Nov. 8 hearing for ex-officer accused in daughter’s death
A fired Long Beach police officer accused in her 3-year-old daughter’s hot-car death has a preliminary hearing in the case Nov. 8.
Perkins demands more info on Starkville hires
Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. Perkins wants the mayor and his fellow aldermen to have more information about potential city hires and says department heads will be held accountable if they do not provide full reports to the board in the future.
Judge: Shumpert civil suit against Tupelo can move forward
TUPELO — A civil lawsuit filed in the June 18 shooting death of Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert will move forward. The Shumpert family filed the wrongful
Ricky Ball Shooting: Ricky Ball’s father sues Columbus for wrongful death
The city of Columbus now faces a second wrongful death lawsuit in federal court related to the Ricky Ball shooting.
Ricky Ball Shooting: Residents march for anniversary of Ball’s death
Dozens of area residents, mostly African Americans, marched down 14th Avenue North in Columbus Saturday on their way to Union Cemetery.
Justice Dept.: No timetable for end of Alton Sterling shooting probe
The Justice Department doesn’t have a timetable for completing its investigation of a black man’s fatal shooting by police during an altercation with two white officers outside a Baton Rouge convenience store more than three months ago, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.
Father: Suspect in officers’ slaying wanted to shoot police
The young officer had just returned to the police force after maternity leave. The older one was two months short of retirement.
Officers on paid leave after child left in patrol car dies
Two police officers in Mississippi are on paid leave after a 3-year-old daughter of one of the officers died unattended in a patrol car.
Ricky Ball Shooting: Ball family sues city, CPD officers
Ricky Ball’s family has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Columbus and several Columbus Police Department officers.
Charlotte ends curfew imposed after black man shot by police
Charlotte lifted its midnight curfew, signaling movement toward normalcy after a state of emergency was imposed following the shooting death of a black man by police last week that brought National Guard troops and armored vehicles to downtown streets.
Experts: May be hard convicting Tulsa officer of manslaughter
Prosecutors moved quickly to charge a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man whose vehicle broke down in the middle of a street.
Video shows deadly encounter between police, black man
Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun.
NC congressman says Charlotte protesters ‘hate white people’
A Republican congressman who represents the Charlotte area said Thursday that people are protesting in the city because they “hate white people.”
Ricky Ball Shooting: Boykin’s lawyers seek change of venue
Former Columbus police officer Canyon Boykin’s attorneys have filed a motion to move his manslaughter trial out of Lowndes County.
Tulsa police officer charged in man’s death
Prosecutors charged a white Oklahoma police officer with first-degree manslaughter Thursday, less than a week after she killed an unarmed black man on a city street and just days after police released graphic videos, saying in court documents the officer “reacted unreasonably.”
Charlotte stays largely peaceful during 3rd night of protest
A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets early Friday after the city’s mayor enacted a curfew and rifle-toting members of the National Guard arrived to guard the city’s business district.
Clinton, Trump decry latest police shootings of black men
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton decried a fresh round of police-involved shootings on Wednesday, with the Republican nominee saying he was “very troubled” by the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Oklahoma.