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Metro board seeks new members for police oversight panel 03/31/2024 02:58pm • The Metro Board of Directors first approved its Investigations Review Panel in June 2020 in the wake of protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd, increased complaints of excessive force and selective enforcement concerns. Now, the group that made multiple recommendations to the Metro Tran He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead 03/29/2024 06:10am • PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. He was having a mental breakdown — and needed help. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 2019, Lowery pulled out his cellphone and b Today in History: March 29, US combat troops leave Vietnam 03/29/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, March 29, the 89th day of 2024. There are 277 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 29, 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. On this date: In 18 Key findings from AP's investigation into police force that isn't supposed to be lethal 03/28/2024 11:34pm • Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death. Over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blo Minnesota teen gets 4 years as accomplice in fatal robbery that led to police shooting of Amir Locke 03/28/2024 12:24pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A teenager has been sentenced to four years for his role in a St. Paul killing that prompted police in Minneapolis to execute a search warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Amir Locke by a police officer in a case that focused scrutiny on the use of no-knock warrants. Fe Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill? 03/28/2024 11:23am • Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and aspiring college This is how reporters documented 1,000 deaths after police force that isn't supposed to be fatal 03/28/2024 06:05am • After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcement used not firearms but other kinds of force that is not supposed to be fatal. The U.S. government is sup Judge dismisses murder charges ex-Houston officer had faced over 2019 drug raid 03/27/2024 04:35pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer who led a 2019 deadly drug raid that prompted a probe which revealed systemic corruption problems within the police department’s narcotics unit and resulted in nearly two dozen convictions being overturned has won a legal victory after a judge dismi Youngkin considers budget proposal to redirect diversity office funds 03/23/2024 08:12pm • After top Democrats and community leaders called for the firing of the state’s diversity chief last spring over his “DEI is dead” comments, the General Assembly included language in its budget to redirect funding from the Office of Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion to a loan program to help Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner say lack of police reform is frustrating 03/22/2024 06:17pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner — three Black men killed in violent confrontations with police officers — expressed frustration Friday with politicians who have failed to pass police reform legislation or have worked to invalidate laws intended to With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened to find more cadets 03/22/2024 12:08am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Faced with gaping vacancies in its police force and concerns about public safety, the Philadelphia Police Department had to think creatively about how to get more candidates in the door. The answer? Fewer pushups. The city’s move to lower requirements for the entry physica Family of teen killed by US Park Police presses for answers on the anniversary of his death 03/20/2024 10:35am • One year after 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police, his family and their attorneys called on the Department of Justice for answers in the investigation into the D.C. teen's death. On the morning of March 18, 2023, Martin was found sleeping in a stolen car in a North North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place 03/19/2024 06:49pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that local leaders who refused calls to remove a Confederate monument from outside a county courthouse acted in a constitutional manner and kept in place the statue at its longtime location in accordance with state law. The three-ju Yeezy shoe sales lead Adidas to plan to donate $150 million to anti-hate groups 03/13/2024 09:41pm • LONDON (AP) — Adidas said Wednesday that it's donated or is planning to give away more than $150 million to groups fighting antisemitism and other forms of hate from the sales of Yeezy shoes last year after it severed ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. The German sportswear bra The 49ers add help on the defensive line with a 2-year deal for Jordan Elliott, AP source says 03/12/2024 06:21pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have added more help on the defensive line, agreeing to a two-year, $10 million deal with free agent defensive tackle Jordan Elliott. A person familiar with the deal said the sides came to agreement on Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated P