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A Texas man, Garret Miller, was sentenced to 38 months in prison for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Miller, 36, of Richardson, Texas, was convicted of multiple charges, including assaulting a police officer, interstate threat to injure or kidnap, and interfering
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On January 6, 2021, Garret Miller, 36, of Richardson, Texas, traveled to Washington, D.C. to stop Congress' certification of the 2020 presidential election. He was at the forefront of every barrier overturned, police line overrun, and entryway breached within his proximity that day. Miller was sentenced to 38
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A 29-year-old Black man, Tyre Nichols, was killed in a police beating in Memphis, Tennessee, with five officers, all Black, charged with second-degree murder. The investigation found excessive force and failure to render aid. Protests against police brutality occurred in several US cities, but remained largely peaceful. Key Takeaways: * The
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Prof Zainab-Duke Abiola, the widow of MKO Abiola, has filed a lawsuit against the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Inspector-General of Police Alkali Baba, and Teju Moses alleging defamation and framing her up for assaulting a policewoman. According to Prof. Abiola, the police used Teju Moses to frame her up on
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A 31-page federal civil rights lawsuit, filed by Osamah Alsaidi, accuses Paterson Police Department of negligence in combating misconduct and for failing to provide its officers with proper training and supervision. The lawsuit came after Alsaidi was struck by two officers, Kevin Patino and Kendry Tineo-Restituyo, in an unprovoked attack,
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Pc Charlie Thompson, a 31-year-old Essex Police officer, took the stand in his own trial, claiming that he feared for his safety after a traffic stop on January 19. Thompson testified that when he arrived at the scene, his colleagues appeared "shell-shocked" and he believed the driver, Zeki
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During the national week of action to tackle knife crime, South Yorkshire Police were called to Greengate Lane, High Green, after an altercation outside the Go Local shop at around 5:30 pm on Tuesday, November 14. The incident involved three men in a grey Volkswagen Golf approaching another group
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A Maryland man, Michael Patschak, has been found guilty by a jury of assaulting two police officers during a demonstration in downtown Washington in December 2020. Patschak, 31, of Frederick, Maryland, was found guilty of two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of robbery. He is to
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The San Antonio Police Department has charged former police officer James Brennand with two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant in connection with the shooting of 17-year-old Erik Cantu in a McDonald's parking lot on October 2, 2022. The charges come after the family of Cantu
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Federal prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of approximately four years for Alan Byerly, a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to assaulting an Associated Press photographer and using a stun gun against police officers during a mob's attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Byerly'
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Police have confirmed that three people have been stabbed following an incident in Central London, with the City of London Police and the London Ambulance Service (LAS) quickly attending the scene in Bishopsgate, near Liverpool Street Station. The incident is being treated as a suspected robbery, with the police stating
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Two Metropolitan Police officers, Sgt Emily Joshi and Pc Ozan Yelken, have been found not guilty of assaulting Emmanuel Ugborokefe, a father who was mistakenly identified as a robbery suspect due to a case of mistaken identity. The incident occurred on December 28, when the officers were on patrol in
