The gunman who shot dead two New York City police officers had a history of violence and mental illness, according to a top police official. Ismayyil Brinsley, 28, shot and killed officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos as they sat in their patrol car Saturday in Brooklyn. Brinsley then fled into a nearby subway station […]
Demonstrations continued Sunday in several cities across the U.S., protesting the recent grand jury decisions failing to charge white police officers for killing unarmed black men. Hundreds of demonstrators walked out of Chicago churches and into the streets to protest what they consider the unfair and sometimes deadly treatment of black males by white police […]
A father and son teamed up to apprehend a man suspected of stealing the son’s truck on Holt Road in Fairbanks on Monday afternoon. According to statements, the son, who was woring in his dad’s shop Monday afternoon, was alerted when he heard his vehicle start up and begin driving away. The car theft victim gave […]
FERGUSON, MISSOURI—Police in Ferguson, Missouri clashed briefly with protesters outside their headquarters Wednesday night. At least four protesters were arrested. The incident comes as the St. Louis suburb remains tense ahead of a grand jury decision about whether a white police officer will be charged in the fatal shooting of a black teenager. Somewhere between […]