Genetic genealogy services are rapidly becoming a key source of forensic evidence, but do we really want the police to have access to everyone’s DNA? Joseph DeAngelo is awaiting trial on murder chargesPaul Kitagaki Jr./Sacramento Bee/TNS via Getty Images By Chelsea Whyte THE Golden State Killer terrorised California with a spree of murders, rapes and […]
Spread the love Tweet Kirkersville, OH — Illustrating just how large of a grip the opioid epidemic currently has on the United States, the police chief of an Ohio police department has overdosed on fentanyl that he stole from the department’s evidence locker. Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes Jr., 35, was found unresponsive […]
A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday near the site where 37-year-old Harith Augustus was shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend, following three consecutive days of protests after the shooting on Saturday. The vigil comes a day after a judge announced the trial date for the former policeman who shot and killed African-American teenager Laquan McDonald four years […]
Last week, Erica Walker, then manager of an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee (she was subsequently fired), became the latest white person to gain notoriety for calling police on a black person—in this case because the man wore socks into the complex’s pool, in apparent violation of a property rule requiring proper swimming attire. The […]
Spread the love Tweet Aurora, MO – Initial reports claimed that a young mother was shot and killed after she attempted to run over a police officer, but her family is now speaking out and claiming that she was actually attempting to help police, and was tragically killed in an operation gone wrong. […]
Manchester police let a teenage boy stay in the house of a suspected paedophile and gangster for two hours in order to “protect an undercover investigation.” During the 2011 ‘Nixon’ operation that was carried out to monitor suspect Dominic Noonan, police officers reportedly witnessed a 13-year-old boy walking into the paedophile’s house, but were told […]
Spread the love Tweet Kansas City, MO – Last week, three people were shot and killed by officers with the Kansas City Police Department within the span of just two hours, sparking outrage in the community and forcing the department to reassess their policy in regards to use of lethal force. The first […]
Russian Defense ministry has revealed plans to set up dedicated navy police that would replace marines in maintaining order on ships and coast facilities and preventing provocations in foreign ports. Unnamed sources in the Main Command of the Russian Navy told popular Russian daily Izvestia that the first navy police unit will start its service […]
A black activist who has accused police in California of destroying evidence after he was stabbed when caught in the middle of a clash between white nationalists and anti-fascists, has spoken to RT about his experience. Cedric O’Bannon has been covering violent events as an anti-racism activist and independent journalist. In 2016, he was present […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Members of one family were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in Indonesia’s second city of Surabaya, police say. At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks. A mother blew herself and two children up at one church, while the father and […]