The #NYPD on Sunday suspended an officer after video emerged showing police using an apparent chokehold to make an arrest on a Queens boardwalk. Anthony Beckford, a city council candidate, put the video on Twitter claiming the officers were “performing an Illegal modern day lynching chokehold on a Black Man until he was unconscious. “Accountability in policing is essential. After a swift investigation by the Internal Affairs Bureau, a police officer involved in a disturbing apparent chokehold incident in Queens has been suspended without pay,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a statement, without naming the officer or specifying his role in the arrest. “While a full investigation is still underway, there is no question in my mind that this immediate action is necessary.”
Major cities in the U.S. reported bloody weekends amid increased calls to defund and disband police departments in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody. Chicago recorded at least 11 killed and 67 wounded during an outbreak of violence, according to Fox 32. Eight of those shot were children and teens, four of them died, CBS Chicago reported. Investigators in Seattle are looking into a deadly shooting at CHOP, the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old male. The New York Post reported that there was one shooting in the city per hour on Saturday and cited a police chief who told the paper that defendants arrested for gun possession have been allowed to skip jail during the coronavirus pandemic. Reports that 24 people were shot citywide on Saturday alone. Minneapolis, the city at the center of the national outrage over Floyd’s death, recorded one death and 11 injured in the uptown section of the city early Sunday morning.
⚠️ #WANTED! For ROBBERY inside 3401 Avenue H, BROOKLYN @NYPD67Pct on 6/9/20, 5:55 PM. Reward up to $2500. Seen him? Know who he is? Call 1-800-577-TIPS or DM us! Calls are CONFIDENTIAL! #NYPD have released surveillance video showing a yapping small dog helping to foil a stick-up at a New York City mom-and-pop pharmacy. The three holdup men fled empty-handed after being confronted by the owner and the frantic dog.The video shows one of the robbers, who has a gun, climbing over the counter. He also had on a white mask and surgical gloves. Seconds later the thief is seen tumbling back over the counter and scrambling to his feet before running off with one of his accomplices.
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Report: Ex-officer who killed Rayshard Brooks also involved in 2015 shooting of black man.
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Two people were killed and seven others were wounded in a shooting in North Carolina's largest city, police said, while five others were hit by vehicles afterward. The shooting happened around midnight at an “impromptu block party" that was a continuation of Juneteenth celebrations, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Johnny Jennings told reporters early Monday. Police responding to a call about a pedestrian hit found hundreds of people in the streets, Jennings said. After emergency services arrived, several shots were fired, scattering the crowd. The five people were hit by vehicles while running away, Jennings said. Jennings said there was evidence of multiple shooters, but no one was in custody as of Monday morning. The shooting took place on Beatties Ford Road in northern Charlotte.
Confederate flags were displayed outside Talladega Motor Speedway on Sunday. Cars and pickup trucks drove along nearby roads flying the Confederate flag and paraded past the entrance in Lincoln, Alabama, located in the heart of the South. A small plane flew overhead was captured carrying a banner with the flag and the words “Defund NASCAR.” Roughly 5,000 fans were allowed in to watch the race at Talladega that was postponed until Monday. There weren't any reports of Confederate flags being confiscated or taken down at the track, and NASCAR hasn't said exactly how it plans to stop the display on track property. #LOL
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#LVMPD Assistant Sheriff Chris Jones provided details on the June 1, 2020 incident that occurred on Las Vegas Boulevard in Downtown Las Vegas. The heavily armed subject, Jorge Gomez, ignored officer warnings to disperse following the conclusion of a protest -- his threatening posture prompted an LVMPD officer to fire beanbag rounds at the subject, whereupon he ran and later raised one of his weapons at additional responding officers. (This incident is unrelated to the #shooting that took place moments earlier several miles away in which a protestor shot and critically wounded an LVMPD officer,) (Read the Full Story.)
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Massachusetts — Video from a Hingham Police Department dashcam shows the fiery wreckage of two motorcycles that crashed after one of them was cut off by a car on Route 3A in front of the bathing beach. The Hingham Firefighters Union said that the road was closed for several hours. After the crash, one of the motorcycles caught on fire. One rider had serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The other rider involved in that crash had minor injuries and was not transported to the hospital. A witness said a car cut in front of one motorcycle before the crash without making contact. In the dash cam clip, the burning motorcycles sit in the middle of the road. The cruiser pulls behind the crash and two officers run toward the scene before a fire truck pulls into view.