Mississippi’s capital city has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by survivors of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for a murder suspect. The Jackson City Council on Tuesday approved payment of $17,786 to settle the lawsuit filed by relatives of George Robinson in October 2019. The 62-year-old Robinson was recovering from a stroke before the January 2019 encounter. He died days later. Documents say the settlement is not an admission of liability by the city of Jackson or the three officers named in the lawsuit. The payment will go to to the relatives, including Robinson’s sister, Bettersten Wade.
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Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit
The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The 81-page federal complaint filed Wednesday alleges the officers violated multiple laws and police department policies during the March 21 stop that killed 26-year-old Dexter Reed. It also alleges that officers did not have cause to stop Reed, used aggressive tactics and unnecessarily escalated the situation. A police oversight agency has said Reed fired first. Officers then fired 96 shots over 41 seconds. Reed’s family is seeking a jury trial and unspecified monetary damages. Chicago police have declined comment.
Oklahoma is poised to become the latest Republican-led state to impose criminal penalties for those who reside in the state illegally. The Oklahoma Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would make illegal immigration a crime. The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. He is expected to sign it. Oklahoma is one of several Republican-led states jockeying to push deeper into immigration enforcement. A Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally is on hold while a court considers it. Similar proposals have been passed or considered in Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa and Tennessee.
Police in the U.K. say a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a student and two teachers at a secondary school in Wales. Local police said Wednesday that the victims were taken to a hospital for treatment of stab wounds after the attack at Amman Valley School in Ammanford in Carmarthenshire. Police didn't disclose details of what happened, the extent of the injuries or provide further information about the suspect. The school was locked down. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Wales First Minister Vaughan Gething said they were shocked to learn of the attack.
Police at the scene at Amman Valley school after three people were injured, in Ammanford, Wales, Wednesday April 24, 2024. Welsh police say a suspect has been arrested after three people were injured in a “major incident” at a school in Wales. Dyfed-Powys Police said Wednesday that the victims were being treated for injuries at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Police did not disclose what happened, the nature of the injuries or why the alleged suspect was arrested. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
FILE - Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's mother, Nicole Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, April 9, 2024. The family of the Chicago man killed during a traffic stop where plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, April 24, 2024 accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP, file)
Columbia University says that it is making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and that the university extended a deadline to clear out. The university said early Wednesday that student protesters “have committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents." A smaller encampment remained on campus Wednesday morning. The university says that there was “constructive dialogue” and that it will continue conversations for 48 hours. The protest is one of many at schools across the U.S. against Israel's war with Hamas. Many have been arrested.
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London police say they have contained two horses that were seen running around loose without riders in the heart of the capital. City of London police said officers were waiting for a horse box from the British Army to collect the animals and take them to a veterinarian on Wednesday. One of the horses was covered in red. It wasn’t immediately clear if it was blood or red dye or who the horses belonged to. They were seen running in the road in between London’s historic financial center and the West End, the hub of the capital’s entertainment industry. Police officers contained the horses about 4 miles or 6 kilometers east of central London.
A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe has been sent to pre-trial detention after appearing before a court in central Moscow. Timur Ivanov, 48, is one of Russia’s 12 deputy defense ministers. He was arrested Tuesday evening, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. They gave no further information, apart from specifying that Ivanov is suspected of taking an especially large bribe. That is a criminal offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Investigators told Moscow’s Basmany court Wednesday that Ivanov had conspired with third parties relating to the award of building contracts.
Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
Australian police say they have arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids around Sydney to protect the community from a potential attack. They say the seven arrested Wednesday are part of a network that includes a 16-year-old boy who is accused of the stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church last week. Five other teenagers were still being questioned late Wednesday by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team. Officials say more than 400 police officers executed 13 search warrants at properties across southwest Sydney on Wednesday because the teens were considered an immediate threat. They say investigators found no evidence of specific targets for any intended “violent act.”
