MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, was sentenced Friday to 22 and a half years in prison, closing a chapter on a case that sparked global outrage and protests. He was granted credit for time served. Prosecutors had asked that Chauvin receive 30 […]
The mother of Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, visited GOP senators Thursday to urge them to support an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the origins of the attack. Gladys Sicknick was joined by her late son’s girlfriend, Sandra Garza, and other police officers on Capitol Hill to make […]
Two sheriff’s deputies in Texas were killed in a shootout in Eden on Monday night over a dog complaint, according to reports. Concho County deputies arrived at a home on the 100 block of Bryan Street in Eden, Texas, to respond to a complaint about a dog around 8:20 p.m. Monday, KSAN/KLST reported, citing an […]
A juror in the Derek Chauvin murder trial may have jeopardized the guilty verdict by attending the March on Washington last summer but declaring on a juror questionnaire that he didn’t, legal experts say. Brandon Mitchell was seen in a social media photo, taken in Washington, D.C., wearing a T-shirt with Martin Luther King’s image […]
A Los Angeles police officer whose open letter to LeBron James following the Ma’Khia Bryant shooting went viral explained in an exclusive interview with Fox News what moved him to post it. “I was LeBron James before I became a police officer,” said Deon Joseph, a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department. “I […]
The jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has reached a verdict on its second day of deliberations. Minnesota remains on edge as jury deliberations continued Tuesday before deciding the fate of Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd. Read live updates at foxnews.com
A motorist hurled a Molotov cocktail at New York City police officers Saturday morning and doused another in the face with a liquid chemical during separate incidents, authorities said. The NYPD told Fox News that officers in Brooklyn attempted to pull over a 2000 Lincoln Town Car being driven by a 44-year-old man just before […]
The officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright did so after mistakenly pulling her gun instead of her Taser on the 20-year-old after police stopped his car, the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police chief said Monday. “It appeared to me, from the video, that the individual was trying to get back into his car to leave,” Police […]
Two Salt Lake County deputies are in the hospital Saturday after being shot on the lawn of the Salt Lake County Metro Jail. The suspect involved in the shooting was shot and killed during the violent bullet exchange, the Salt Lake Sheriff County’s office told Fox News. One officer is believed to have returned fire. […]
A Louisiana police officer providing security at a high school basketball game in New Orleans was shot and killed following a mask-related dispute, authorities said, and a suspect was immediately taken into custody. Tulane University Police Officer Martinus Mitchum was shot Friday while working at George Washington Carver High School in the 3000 block of […]
A video posted to Instagram on Saturday evening by user ‘standwithseattlepd’ shows a snow barrier built by protesters outside of the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct. In the video, a police vehicle is seen rolling backwards after attempting to drive over the barrier. “Antifa goons blocked the exit of the East Precinct with a pile […]
A Dallas police officer was struck by an allegedly drunk driver and killed early Saturday morning as he stood blocking the scene of a prior accident on the freeway, the Dallas Police Department said. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce that this morning at approximately 0125 [1:25 a.m.] a @DallasPD officer, working […]