police shootings

The windshield of a car whose driver was hit by a rock and moderately injured in the West Bank, Friday, September 20, 2019 (Rescue services)

September 20, 2019, 5:02 pm

IDF officer hit by rock while driving in West Bank, moderately hurt

Projectile smashes through windshield of vehicle east of Nablus; the 23-year-old man, on leave, was with his father at the time

By TOI staff

In this Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2019 photo, Israeli police deploy at Qalandiya checkpoint after a knife-wielding Palestinian woman was shot and killed by private security guards, near Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

September 20, 2019, 1:00 am

Israel defends fatal shooting of knife-wielding woman as video raises concern

Human rights group charges the unidentified Palestinian could have been disarmed; police say guards at checkpoint faced a ‘life-threatening situation’

By AP and TOI staff

Family members and supporters attend a ceremony in memory of 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli, Solomon Tekah who was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer on in Kiryat Haim, July 10, 2019. Photo by Flash90

July 11, 2019, 5:08 am

DNA of Ethiopian-Israeli killed by cop said found on rock at scene

Finding appears to bolster claim of officer that he feared for life after stones were thrown at him; victim’s father bewails effort to exonerate shooter

By TOI staff

Israeli police officers at a protest following the death of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah, an Ethiopian-Israeli who was shot and killed a few days before in Kiryat Haim by an off-duty police officer, in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2019. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

July 3, 2019, 1:12 pm

As protests rage, PM to convene ministerial committee on integrating Ethiopians

Scope of committee unclear; demonstrations expected to resume mid-afternoon nationwide; Rivlin issues call for calm

By TOI staff

A member of the Ethiopian community of Israel is arrested by the police during clashes in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on July 2, 2019, during a protest against the killing of Solomon Tekah, a young man of Ethiopian origin, who was killed by an off-duty police officer. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

July 3, 2019, 10:48 am

136 held, 83 hurt in protests against Ethiopian Israeli teen’s slaying by cop

47 police officers, 26 protesters, 9 passersby and one firefighter treated by MDA; Erdan: No repeat of Tuesday’s violence; roads across country to be blocked from 3:30 p.m.

By TOI staff

Israeli police officers at a protest following the death of 19-year-old Ethiopian, Solomon Tekah who was shot and killed on June 30 in Haifa by an off-duty police officer, in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2019. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

July 3, 2019, 2:50 am

Erdan vows to stop ‘anarchy’ as police disperse Ethiopian Israeli protests

Officers use stun grenades to clear main intersection in Tel Aviv after protesters set vehicles ablaze; dozens injured after a day of often-violent protests over killing of teen

By TOI staff

Ethiopian Israelis and supporters protest following the death of 19-year-old Ethiopian, Solomon Tekah who was shot and killed June 30 in Haifa by an off-duty police officer, in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

July 2, 2019, 11:55 pm

Netanyahu, Rivlin call for restraint as Ethiopian protests descend into violence

‘We are a nation of laws; we will not tolerate the blocking of roads,’ PM tells demonstrators, amid riots over police killing of unarmed teen

By TOI staff

A car was set on fire after being attacked by rioters during a protest following the death of 19-year-old Ethiopian, Solomon Tekah who was shot and killed few days ago in Kiryat Haim by an off-duty police officer, in Tel Aviv, July 2, 2019.( Flash90)

July 2, 2019, 10:59 pm

Dozens of police hurt, 60 arrested as Ethiopian Israeli protests turn violent

Demonstrator moderately injured in hit-and-run; some 50,000 commuters remain stuck in traffic as thousands block highways nationwide; car set on fire in Tel Aviv

By TOI staff

Ethiopian Israelis protest following the shooting death of 19-year-old Ethiopian, Solomon Tekah, in Kiryat Haim by an off-duty police officer, outside Kiryat Ata, July 1, 2019. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

July 2, 2019, 7:28 pm

Ethiopian-Israeli protesters block junctions across country over police killing

Ayalon Highway closed, 16 arrested in Kiryat Atta as demonstrators clash with cops after funeral for Solomon Tekah, 19, who was shot dead by an off-duty officer

By TOI staff

Worka Tekah (R), the father of Solomon Tekah, 19, who was shot dead by a police officer, at his son's funeral in Kiryat Haim as a woman comforts his daughter (L), July 2 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 2, 2019, 2:32 pm

Ethiopian-Israeli teen shot by cop laid to rest amid cries for justice

Hundreds attend funeral of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah; activists call for protesters to gather in Tel Aviv at 5 p.m; police warn major traffic arteries may be blocked around country

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers set up a security checkpoint in the northern West Bank after a terror attack on January 9, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

March 10, 2019, 6:57 am

Suspected Palestinian burglar shot dead trying to run checkpoint

Police said to find burglary tools, stolen goods in vehicle in Jordan Valley north of Jericho; two passengers leap from vehicle and escape

By TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross

Ethiopian-Israeli protesters trash a sidewalk cafe on Ibn Gabriol Boulevard in Tel Aviv, January 30, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

January 31, 2019, 5:07 pm

Judge orders release of detainees held after Ethiopian-Israeli rally

Magistrate says offenses minor and in context of mostly peaceful demonstration against police brutality; authorities had asked to keep them in custody for six more days

By TOI staff

Ethiopian-Israelis protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against police violence toward their community, January 30, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

January 30, 2019, 11:03 pm

Clashes as thousands of Ethiopian-Israelis rally against police brutality

Demonstration by community and its supporters follows deadly shooting by police of Yehuda Biadga, 24, in Bat Yam; after riot, 6 officers injured, 11 arrested

By Luke Tress and TOI staff

Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, left, is taken into custody after jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald, Oct. 5, 2018, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

October 6, 2018, 5:51 pm

Chicago police officer convicted of murder in slaying of black teen

Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times in 2014, was the first officer in the city to be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting in about 50 years

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK

Authorities direct traffic on Hoffmeyer Road near the Vintage Place neighborhood where several law enforcement officers were shot, one fatally, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

October 4, 2018, 1:55 am

Officer killed, 6 others shot in South Carolina; suspect in custody

Police fired on by a suspect who held children hostage in a home; two-hour standoff ends with gunman taken into custody

By AP