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It's amazing what a little paint can do - but when a license plate is your canvas, it becomes DIY registration fraud.Last month, deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department cited a driver who took some creative liberties with renewing their vehicle registration.

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California has agreed to pay $24 million to the family of a man who died after yelling "I can't breathe" as officers pinned him to the ground and tried to draw his blood following a traffic stop, attorneys for the family said Wednesday.The deadly encounter in March 2020 came just months before the police killing of George Floyd, who uttered the same phrase to Minneapolis officers more than 20 times.

A Tennessee commission is recommending that three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers involved in the death of Tyre Nichols be decertified from working in law enforcement in the state.The Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission, which is responsible for training and enforcing standards for all local police departments in the state, on Friday approved and stamped the recommendation of decertification Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith.

A day after the Chicago Police Board fired the sergeant who oversaw the botched raid on her home, Anjanette Young said the board's decision was "only a small piece of the Justice for which I have been waiting."At its monthly meeting Thursday night, the board voted 5 - 3 to fire Sgt.Alex Wolinski, the highest ranking officer on scene during the February 21, 2019 raid at Young's Near West Side home.

The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire a CPD sergeant for his role in the botched 2019 raid at the home of social worker Anjanette Young.During its monthly meeting at CPD headquarters, the board voted 5 - 3 to fire CPD Sgt.Alex Wolinski.Acting on bad information, 13 CPD tactical officers used a no-knock warrant to enter Young's Near West Side home on Feb.

A suspected drunken driver shot and killed a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop before running into some nearby woods and killing himself, authorities said Sunday.During a conversation about field sobriety tests, Jeremiah Johnson was "evasive," drew a handgun and shot St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising in Glenwood, about 60 miles east of Minneapolis, the state Department of Justice said.

The man charged in the shooting of an unarmed Black man last month has resigned from the Shreveport, Louisiana, police department.Former Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, resigned from the force late last week, according to Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux.Tyler had been on administrative leave since being charged with negligent homicide after the February 3 shooting death of Alonzo Bagley.

A man was shot and killed by Oxnard police this month after he charged them with a 5-foot metal pole and screamed, "I hate pigs," according to body camera footage released by the department.Adam Barcenas, 60, was killed March 12 while three police officers were speaking to a person during a DUI traffic stop, police said Friday when they released the body cam footage.

A lieutenant in the Memphis Police Department has now been identified as being at the scene after the arrest of Tyre Nichols, and according to police files obtained by CNN, chose to retire earlier this month prior to a disciplinary hearing on the case where he would have been fired.In a letter from February 28, notarized by the agency's Human Resources department, Lt. Dewayne Smith wrote, It has been an honor to serve the city that I call my home for the past 25 years.

Google Wallet on Android is finally getting ready for your digital driver's license and other US state IDs.Google says the feature is rolling out this month, and it will slowly start bringing states online this year.Of course, your state has to be one of the few that actually supports digital IDs.Google says Maryland residents can use the feature right now and that "in the coming months, residents of Arizona, Colorado and Georgia will join them."

Crime The man first argued with an employee before spitting on him.A New Hampshire man was arrested Sunday evening after he allegedly threatened workers at a McDonald's in Manchester with an ax.Eric Mayville, of Webster, has been charged with criminal threatening and simple assault.Manchester police said in a news release Monday that on Sunday around 10 p.m., they responded to the McDonald's at 907 Hanover St. for a report that a man was causing trouble at the drive-thru.

Two people, including a California Highway Patrol officer, were injured in a crash Tuesday afternoon on the eastbound 10 Freeway in West Covina.The officer was conducting a traffic stop around 1:53 p.m. on the right shoulder of the freeway west of Barranca Street when two vehicles crashed behind the patrol vehicle, said Officer Joseph Davila of the department's Baldwin Park office.

Authorities have identified the man shot and killed with his own gun two weeks ago following a confrontation with Los Angeles police officers, but many of the details remain unknown, and the LAPD has not yet released video of the incident.Anton Hayes Byrd, 40, died May 12 after being pulled over by a Los Angeles police patrol car near the corner of 74th Street and South Central Avenue in Southeast Los Angeles, east of the 110 Freeway.

A 26-year-old Riverside County sheriff's deputy has died after he was critically injured in a car crash last week while on duty, authorities said.Deputy Brett Harris was responding to a call for backup at 2:16 a.m.Friday when he collided with a Nissan Maxima sedan and hit a light pole in San Jacinto.

A 17-year-old Glenbard West High School student was arrested Wednesday evening following a bomb threat made at the Glen Ellyn school earlier in the day.Glen Ellyn police said it was the second bomb threat in less than two weeks.At around 11 a.m.Wednesday, a voicemail was left for administrators at Glenbard West stating, "West you have 10 minutes to get out or a bomb will go off on the first, second and third floor," according to DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin.

An investigation is underway after a police pursuit ended in a fatal multi-vehicle collision that killed a woman in Long Beach on Tuesday.A 39-year-old driver wanted by federal authorities on a weapons violation charge led police on a short pursuit Tuesday night before crashing into multiple vehicles in Long Beach and killing a woman in another car, authorities said.

A 19-year-old Cal State Northridge student was killed early Thursday when the car he was driving was struck by robbery suspects who were being pursued by police, authorities said.It was the second fatal collision during an LAPD pursuit in recent weeks.About 12:30 a.m. at White Oak Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard in Northridge, officers attempted a traffic stop of a vehicle that was wanted in connection with a suspected robbery, according to Officer Drake Madison, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.

(CNN)Prosecutors in Memphis, Tennessee, will review all cases that involved the five officers charged in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop, the district attorney's office said, as newly released documents show a sixth officer involved in the encounter lied in his statements to investigators.

A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tenn.Nichols was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7. Adrian Sainz/AP Nearly three months after the beating death of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers in January, a California skatepark will officially be renamed in his honor.

A Dallas County Sheriff's Department deputy, Francisco Castillo, was briefly suspended after livestreaming a traffic stop, allegedly just to gain TikTok clout, in 2021.Now, the Texas motorist that he pulled over, Torry Osby, is suing, saying that the deputy exposed Osby to risks of identity theft and break-ins at his home by flashing Osby's driver's license and sharing his personal information to more than 100 followers tuned into Castillo's livestream.

Just hours after a Los Angeles police pursuit ended in a fatal crash that killed a 19-year-old bystander Thursday, there was another LAPD pursuit and a serious crash.Three people were transported to a hospital Thursday evening after the pursuit ended in South Los Angeles, police officials said.As of Friday afternoon, one of them - a female bystander - remained in critical condition.

After over 18 months of negotiation, the City of Portland and police union are unable to agree on whether officers should be able to review footage from body cameras before writing an incident report.After declaring an impasse earlier this week, the city and the Portland Police Association (PPA), the union representing rank-and-file officers, will now rely on a third-party arbitrator to make a final policy decision.

(CNN)A man shot and killed after a police pursuit was a suspect in a drive-by shooting that injured 11 people last month in Lakeland, Florida, the Polk County sheriff said.Twenty-one-year-old Alex Greene was under surveillance by detectives in the Eagle Lake area of Polk County on Monday, Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference.

Crowds of police officers, officials, family and friends gathered Thursday morning at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel to mourn Chicago Police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, who was shot and killed on March 1 while responding to a domestic 911 call.Thousands of Chicago police officers and other first-responders were outside the church, many donning the dark blue jacket and white gloves of their formal uniform as they stood in ranks.

Stoneham police arrested three Woburn teens after they allegedly stole a vehicle and prompted a car chase Friday, police said Saturday in a release.The 18-year-old and two 16-year-old males are charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle.The driver - one of the 16-year-old teens - will face seven other charges, including failure to stop for police and speeding.

AUSTIN, Texas Austin police say they've arrested six people responsible for nine aggravated robberies in the Austin area, all under the age of 18.The robberies began on Saturday, March 4 at 8:30 p.m., and two hours later, they had moved from southeast Austin to Central East Austin.There were more robberies the next night.

Two Shelby County sheriff's deputies who were at the scene of Tyre Nichols' deadly arrest in Tennessee last month violated department regulations and have been suspended for five days each without pay, according to a news release from the sheriff's office obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ.The suspensions of both Shelby County deputies who were at the scene of Nichols' beating by Memphis police became effective on Wednesday, the release reads.

Sixteen Tesla crashes are the focus of a federal investigation into incidents in which a car using Autopilot ran into a stationary emergency vehicle on a highway.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary evaluation in August 2021 and upgraded it to an engineering analysis in June 2022.

The president of the firefighters union in Memphis, Tennessee is defending the actions of EMTs involved in the Tyre Nichols case.In a letter to the Memphis City Council, Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, said his members were not given adequate information upon dispatch or upon arrival on the scene where Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, had been repeatedly punched and kicked by police after a traffic stop on January 7. Quite frankly, there was information withheld by those already on the scene which caused our members to handle things differently than they should have, Malone suggested.

A man who is facing weapons charges and other felonies in connection with the on-duty killing of Chicago police Officer Ella French in August 2021 is asking a judge to release him on bail while he awaits trial, arguing that ordering him held without bond is "excessive" in light of his charges.

An Oak Lawn police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct for his allegedly striking a then 17-year-old Bridgeview teen more than 10 times in the face and head as he was laying face down in the street during an arrest captured on video last July.

A candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols in Memphis is held in January.Scott Olson/Getty Images A judge in Tennessee has blocked the release of some 20 hours of additional video and audio recordings of the beating death of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers in January.Those recordings, along with other reports and personnel files related to an administrative investigation by Memphis city officials, had been slated to be released Wednesday.

"We have experienced this same kind of violence over and over and over again in our communities," says Amber Sherman.Image Credit: Courtesy of Elizabeth Cabradilla Amid nationwide protests, prosecutors have charged five former Memphis police officers with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, who died January 10 of kidney failure and cardiac arrest after a vicious beating three days earlier during a traffic stop.

State police arrested a 31-year-old Boston man Monday after finding unlicensed weapons, including an AR-15-style assault rifle, in his vehicle during a traffic stop at Blue Hill Avenue, according to a release from the Massachusetts State Police.Michael Williams, who was pulled over around 3 a.m.Monday morning for allegedly running through a stop light and speeding, fled the scene when a trooper attempted to place him under arrest for operating a motor vehicle without a license, police said.

Two men from Massachusetts were charged with DUIs early Sunday morning after they were caught allegedly driving over 100 miles per hour in New Hampshire.New Hampshire State Police said in a news release that a trooper registered a man driving over 100 miles per hour on I-93 in Concord, New Hampshire.