Category: police killing

Lawyers for Family of Virginia Man Killed in Police Custody Want DOJ to Step In

Lawyers for the family of a Virginia man who died in police custody say the Department of Justice should be involved in the case. Ten people, including seven Henrico County sheriff’s deputies, have been charged with second-degree murder for the March 6 death of 28-year-old Irvo Noel Otieno. “You’ve got those two jurisdictions, and it’s…


Australian Minister Urges Caution in Speculating on Police Killers’ Motives

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neill is calling for caution around speculation related to the motives of three individuals who ambushed and killed two young police officers amid ongoing conjecture that the trio were engaged in online radicalisation. On Dec. 12, six individuals were killed in an incident that Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has called…


Ambushed Police Thankful to Survive Attack

A pair of junior Queensland police officers who survived a shooting ambush that claimed the lives of two fellow constables are grateful to be alive as investigators probe motives for the attack. Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, along with 58-year-old resident Alan Dare, were killed in a hail of bullets at a rural property at…