#police misconduct

#police misconduct

Isaiah Jamon Andrews, 20, of Kern, Washington, is suspected of fatally shooting a 20-year-old man at a hotel in Seattle on October 15.

In 2023, a report from the Police Executive Research Forum called for police to put the brakes on car chases unless a violent crime has been committed and the suspect poses an imminent threat. The report noted a spike in fatalities and an increase in pursuits by some departments, including in Houston and New York City.

Since the recent shooting death of a Minnesota woman, Renee Good, by an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, there has been a flood of high-profile political and social responses, from the early conclusions by federal officials to the growing number of protests-and even more recently, to the mass resignation of prosecutors. The news has been emotionally overwhelming to many and doesn't seem to be subsiding.

Yet while "Abolish ICE" serves as a unifying chant in the streets, Democrats are once again seeking to temper and co-opt people's demands into a narrow version of reform. The demands outlined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer could not be more toothless: requiring ICE agents to unmask, wear body cameras, and to follow a code of conduct modeled on other law enforcement agencies.

Oakland's Community Police Review Agency - a civilian-run bureau that investigates allegations of police misconduct - has appointed a new executive director. Antonio Lawson, who most recently served as the agency's interim executive director, officially assumed the role on Feb. 17, Police Commission Chair Ricardo Garcia-Acosta announced in a press release Thursday. The Community Police Review Agency, widely known as CPRA (pronounced "sip-ruh"), is the investigative arm of the Police Commission, a civilian and volunteer body tasked with overseeing the Oakland Police Department.

The DOJ's final report, based on an exhaustive FBI investigation, concluded that Wilson had acted reasonably and that his "actions do not constitute prosecutable violations" of federal law. The Justice Department found that Brown had reached into a police SUV and punched and grabbed Wilson. When Wilson drew his gun, Brown "grabbed the weapon and struggled with Wilson to gain control of it."

Hennepin county prosecutor Mary Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration's decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role in the investigation into Ms Good's killing. She also said the officer who shot Ms Good in the head does not have complete legal immunity, as US vice president JD Vance declared. "We do have jurisdiction to make this decision with what happened in this case," Ms Moriarty said at a news conference. "It does not matter that it was a federal law enforcement agent."