BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s Police Accountability Board members on Monday questioned how a Baltimore Police captain was promoted to major in November despite a pending Internal Affairs investigation and District Court criminal charges sworn out days earlier. The board’s chair, Joshua Harris, acknowledged that the board doesn’t know what the investigation will yield, but described some […]
FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark. – Conway police confirm two people have been arrested in response to a fight that broke out at an entertainment center between a group of adults and teens at Maly’s Saturday night. Video of the aftermath has been circulating online, with adults shouting racial slurs outside the building. As a result, some […]
The Boise police officer who shot a 25-year-old man in 2022 was justified and “responded commendably,” according to a report from the city’s newest Office of Police Accountability director. Jonathan Manee, of Boise, pulled a handgun on Boise Police Cpl. Cody Evans after he tried to persuade Manee, who was stalling traffic on busy Fairview […]
A city agency tapped to review police misconduct complaints failed to complete an investigation into a high-ranking Chicago cop several years ago and has declined to finish it now, according to documents obtained by the Tribune. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability assigned an investigator in 2017 to determine whether Lt. Glenn Evans lied about […]
In the spirit of the season, how about a glass-half-full view of our parlous politics as 2023 ends? Whatever else it’s been, 2023 was a year of finally holding scofflaws, outlaws and godawful politicians accountable, thanks to decisions from courts, prosecutors and, yes, voters — events that broke records, made history and affirmed justice. This […]
Tracy Wells apologized to her pastor. Yet it was the pastor, the Rev. Ian Sears at Grace Presbyterian Church who spoke to Wells inappropriately, rubbed her feet and kissed her forehead. Still, it was Wells who church leaders considered equally culpable. As part of a disciplinary inquiry led by the Nashville Presbytery — the regional […]