The city’s release of the video last month, following a judicial order, touched off nationwide protests against unjustified police shootings and revealed how much official accounts of the circumstances that led to McDonald’s death differed from actual events.
Thomson ReutersTonya Couch, mother of the Texas teenager derided for his “affluenza” defense in a deadly drunken-driving case, appears in court for her extradition hearing in Los AngelesThe mother of a Texas teenager derided for his “affluenza” defense in...
While chatting with Jimmy Kimmel last night, Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer briefly discussed shooting in Belfast and Spain, but also touched on how she gets to still enjoy the show despite being a member of the cast.
Also on Monday, city attorney Jordan Marsh resigned after U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang ruled that Marsh had withheld evidence in a trial over a fatal police shooting and then lied about it, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Officers Raoul Mosqueda and Gildardo Sierra testified during the trial that they pulled Pinex over, who was driving an Oldsmobile, because the auto matched the description of a vehicle that was wanted in connection to another shooting. Pinex was fatally shot during a traffic stop...
The officers said they stopped Pinex because his Oldsmobile Aurora fit the description of a auto that other officers attempted to stop a few hours earlier after a shooting, an incident the officers said they heard about on police radio.
“And like all of us, they are human and they make mistakes”, he said. Chicago officials released hundreds of emails Thursday Dec. 31, 2015 related to the video that wasn’t released until more than a year after the shooting.
Mexican authorities worked with American agents to find and detain Couch, and he has been handed to immigration officials for deportation to the United States. The change would extend his time on probation.