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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
Ben Deri, center, a Border Police officer accused of shooting to death a Palestinian man during clashes in Betunia in the West Bank, seen during a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on December 30, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 19, 2018, 12:48 pm
Supreme Court doubles sentence of Israeli cop who killed Palestinian teen
In 2-1 decision, judges rule that 9 months behind bars given to border guard Ben Deri did not adequately reflect the seriousness of his actions
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Swedish police stand by police cars outside a house in Boliden in northeastern Sweden on November 19, 2015. (AFP/TT News Agency/Robert Granstrom)
August 5, 2018, 7:31 am
Swedish police probed for killing Down Syndrome man with toy gun
Eric Torell, 20, shot dead by patrol in upscale Vasastan neighborhood, was ‘the most peaceful teddy bear in the world,’ his family says
By AFP
John Filo’s Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway, kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after he was fatally shot by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. (Via JTA)
May 29, 2018, 2:51 am
Elaine Holstein, last surviving parent of Kent State victims, dies at 96
The photo of Jeffrey Miller at the 1970 Ohio university protest became an iconic anti-war symbol. For ‘typical Jewish mother’ Holstein, it depicted the cruel death of her son
By Steve North
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, February 19, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 22, 2018, 6:49 pm
Police minister insists 2017 Bedouin car-ramming was terrorism
Gilad Erdan says ‘outrageous’ Justice Ministry-led probe into deadly incident at Umm al-Hiran last year leaked details indicating it was an accident to media
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative image of HaSira Interchange on Route 2, near Herzliya. (Google maps)
January 15, 2018, 8:22 am
Policeman seriously injured by friendly fire in car chase
During pursuit, officer at roadblock opens fire at suspicious vehicle, wounding comrade
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: An Israel Police patrol car. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
July 30, 2017, 12:19 pm
Father of Jaffa chase suspect killed by police says son was innocent
After riots over shooting Saturday, parent suggests cops mistook son for suspect because he was on scooter
By Stuart Winer
FILE: Police officers in the streets of Jaffa, October 6, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 29, 2017, 9:08 am
Police kill suspect fleeing scene of Jaffa shooting
Officers open fire on assailants attempting to escape crime scene on mopeds; one other injured by police gunshots
By TOI staff
French President Francois Hollande (2nd L) meets employess as he attends the inauguration of the new "Sud Europe Atlantique" (South Europe Atlantic) high-speed rail line, linking Tours and Bordeaux, on February 28, 2017, in Villognon, central France. AFP PHOTO / Yohan BONNET
February 28, 2017, 9:10 pm
French police sniper accidentally fires gun during Hollande speech
Two lightly injured from gunfire; president unhurt, continues address
By AFP
In this Oct. 30, 2016, file photo, Hillary Clinton campaign Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri stands off-stage during a rally for the Democratic presidential candidate at The Manor Complex in Wilton Manors, Florida. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 4, 2016, 9:30 am
Clinton aide said in email that FBI chief was ‘bad choice’
Communications director Jennifer Palmieri slammed Comey after spat with Obama administration over police shootings
By Stephen Braun
In this Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama, followed by FBI Director James Comey, arrives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington to brief the public on the nation's homeland security posture heading into the holiday season, following a meeting with his national security team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
October 30, 2016, 5:16 am
Comey disclosure in Clinton case puts him in spotlight again
In three decades of public service, FBI director has sparred with both Bush and Obama, as well as the tech industry
By Hope Yen
A woman holds a banner during a protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in New York on July 09, 2016. (AFP Photo/Kena Betancur)
September 6, 2016, 6:15 am
Poll: Support for Black Lives Matter grows among white youth
Survey suggests majority of white, black, Asian and Hispanic young adults support movement calling for police accountability in deaths of African-Americans
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative: A Police car (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
July 28, 2016, 2:20 am
Tel Aviv man pulls gun on cops, is shot and wounded
Three other men flee the scene with police in pursuit near metropolis’s central bus station; no immediate indication incident is terror-related
By TOI staff
An East Baton Rouge Police officer patrols Airline Hwy after 3 police officers were killed early this morning on July 17, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images/AFP)
July 18, 2016, 2:55 am
Suspect in killing of 3 Baton Rouge officers a former Marine
Shooter identified as 29-year-old Gavin Long of Kansas City, Missouri; two ‘persons of interest’ detained by police
By Agencies and TOI staff
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