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County Judge Lina Hidalgo talks to commissioners Jack Cagle, and Tom Ramsey during a break during Harris County Commissioners Court Tuesday, July 20, 2021 in Houston. Budget proposals from the two Republican Harris County commissioners would result in more than 1,000 employees losing their jobs to free up funds to hire a similar number of new employees, mostly in law enforcement, according to...

Law students get rare opportunity to practice in front of state supreme court  KLKN

It wasn't the first time that someone found a disparity in the number of older Black youth who end up in adult court for trial on criminal charges, compared with their proportion to Virginia's population. But the "racial and ethnic impact statement" attached to a Senate bill that would shift many of those cases into juvenile courts was a first under a new state law. It requires the legislatur...

A window inside Breonna Taylor's apartment shows bullet holes that occurred during the no-knock raid March 13, 2020, by Louisville Metro police officers. SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Following the death of Amir Locke in Minneapolis, KSLA News 12 looked into the local policies for no-knock warrants. The agencies we talked to follow similar procedures. A “no-knock warrant” is a warrant issued by a ...

--> Sorry, we're having issues playing this video. In the meantime, try watching one of the videos below. HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – Right now, criminals are working to send drugs through the postal service. It’s been an ongoing problem that law enforcement are trying to combat. Federal court documents state that in December 2020, the investigative team comprised of Homeland Security Investiga...

Illinois law bans hair discrimination in schools, how it aims to encourage black hair empowerment  WREX-TV

Legislative defendants and the N.C. Department of Justice are defending North Carolina’s voter ID law before the N.C. Court of Appeals. Two separate briefs supporting the 2018 law arrived Monday at the Appeals Court. Meanwhile, ID critics continue to push to have the case moved to the N.C. Supreme Court. A split three-judge Superior Court panel ruled against the ID law in September 2021. Two ...

L-R: Timothy Allen Sarver, Tobias Wayne Carr, Johnny Shane Brown (Sullivan County, TN Sheriff's Office) WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Two of three men who Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) said escaped from a Tennessee jail last week were confirmed deceased in the Cape Fear Region on Monday. According to a tweet from the SSCO in Tennessee, Tobias Carr and Timothy Sarver “have been confirmed...

Democrats divided, police dissatisfied over Biden’s law enforcement messaging  The Center Square

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina saw a dramatic increase in murders statewide over the past five years, most of which can be attributed to gang activity. Officials with the Charleston Police Department said gang-related crimes are a growing problem and something they’re working with agencies across the Lowcountry to address. “We have several detectives that are investigating gang viol...