The following is a press release from the US Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon. PORTLAND, Ore. – The US Attorney’s Office for Oregon District today released its first annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) program report, US attorney Billy J. Williams announced. The report is the first of its kind produced by a U.S. … Read more
MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) – New London State Prosecutors have released a preliminary report investigating a shooting in Meriden. The shooting took place on Friday February 12th at the Flamingo Inn on North Broad Street. According to police, officers from Meriden helped West Hartford Police Department issue an arrest warrant at 8:50 a.m. against 24-year-old suspect … Read more
A group of attorneys are calling for the release of federal immigration detainees detained in New York and New Jersey, citing a government memorandum from President Joe Biden changing who should be considered a priority for detention and deportation. The letter from the Brooklyn Defender Services, Legal Aid Society and the Bronx Defenders was sent … Read more
Art Brieno Contributed HANFORD – Further details of the resignation of former Hanford City Councilor Art Brieno will be announced. On Thursday evening attorney Rachele Berglund of Mr. Pedersen & Berglund LLP released information in Visalia about an investigation by the Hanford prosecutor into alleged wrongdoing by Brieno against Darlene Mata, director of community development. … Read more
Covington District Attorney Walt Merrell released 2020 annual statistics for his office this week. “I’m a numbers person,” said Merrell. “You can’t influence the numbers politically, so we track a lot of data.” Merrell has published these annual type reports for almost his entire tenure as the district attorney. First and foremost, the data shows … Read more
The House Judiciary Committee recently released its report in support of a second impeachment of Donald Trump. I may be able to say more about this later if time permits For now, I’ll note that the report cites a number of recent impeachment writings on Volokh Conspiracy bloggers, including Jonathan Adler, Keith Whittington, and myself. … Read more
WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) – New video shows the pandemonium and terror on the streets of Waterbury last month during an official shooting. The video released by the prosecutor shows what happened on the afternoon of December 8th. The police were looking for Robert Harrison, a suspect in an armed kidnapping. A man in black can … Read more
Seattle city attorney Pete Holmes doesn’t like putting criminals in jail. (AP File Photo / Elaine Thompson) The Seattle Attorney’s office Pete Holmes released a prolific offender after an arrest without charge. This suspect nearly kicked another man to death a few hours later with kicks that were “so powerful and loud” that a witness … Read more
BOSTON (WHDH) – Suffolk District Attorneys and the Boston Police Department are investigating after a lawyer released body camera footage earlier this year of officials beating protesters during protests. Protesters took to the streets on June 1 to protest the police murder of George Floyd and other black people. Body cameras show an officer lifting … Read more
click to enlarge PHOTO PROVIDED Daniel Prude The attorney general released six edited video clips of Daniel Prude’s fatal encounter with police officers in Rochester on Friday, all from the officers’ body-worn cameras. The attorney general released the videos, along with body and dash camera footage of Troy Hodge’s fatal encounter with police in Lockport, … Read more