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Officer who shot unarmed ex-con Allan Feliz will retain position, says commissioner

Officer who shot unarmed ex-con Allan Feliz will retain position, says commissioner

An officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed ex-con during a 2019 traffic stop was cleared of wrongdoing by NYPD leadership on Thursday after an internal investigation into the incident. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tish assessed that Lt. Col. Jonathan Rivera acted within his rights to fatally shoot Alan Ferris, citing protection of his […]

VA Gov. Youngkin Grants Clemency to Ex-Cop Convicted in Unarmed Man’s Death

Virginia's Republican governor granted leniency on Sunday to a former police officer sentenced to prison in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in 2023. Gov. Glenn Youngkin's decision comes two days after 36-year-old Wesley Shiflett was sentenced three years after Barr, Fox News It has been reported on tuesday. Shiflett was found […]

Youngkin grants clemency to fired police sergeant convicted of killing unarmed man

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin admitted to being fired police sergeant days after police were sentenced to prison in connection with the murder of an unarmed man accused of stealing his sunglasses. Wesley Shiflett, 36, was sentenced to three years on Friday after being convicted of recklessly treating a firearm on February 22, 2023, killing […]

US military launches unarmed nuclear missile in Southern California

The military successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in Southern California to test and demonstrate the US nuclear capabilities. The Minuteman III missile lit up the late night sky after it was released at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, about 150 miles from Los Angeles, around 1am on Wednesday. The “routine” test is […]

GA men seek to overturn their hate crime convictions in murder of unarmed man

Lawyers representing three men are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to vacate hate crime convictions related to the pursuit and killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. Lawyers have argued that evidence of past racist comments by the men does not prove a racially motivated intent to harm Arbery. Greg and Travis McMichael, along with […]

NAACP calls for federal probe into police shooting of unarmed Black man in Pittsburgh

The NAACP is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, a 54-year-old Black man who died in an October 2021 incident with a Pittsburgh police officer. Mr Rogers died a day after police officer Keith Edmonds shocked him repeatedly with a Taser. “Jim Rogers deserves better, and black Americans deserve […]

Georgia officer who fatally shot unarmed, naked man has convictions overturned

An appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former Georgia state trooper who shot and killed an unarmed, naked man. Robert “Chip” Olsen responded to a call of a naked man acting erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015 and found Anthony Hill, a 26-year-old Black Air Force veteran who had been […]