(NBC News) Compromise on police reform appears to be taking shape on Capitol Hill. Republicans are aiming to release their police reform plan Friday. Some think there’s a chance it will include steps already proposed by Democrats, who want to ban chokeholds and create a national database of police misconduct. Meanwhile, President Trump travels to Dallas Thursday, where he’ll talk…
(KFOR/NBC News) Oklahoma City Police have released body camera footage from a 2019 in-custody death in response to one of several demands from Black Lives Matter OKC. The footage shows the May 2019 death of Derrick Scott. All officers involved were eventually cleared of any wrongdoing. The events that ended in Scott’s death began when police received a call about…
(NBC News) As lawmakers search for a national strategy on police reform the public outcry over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police became deeply personal on Capitol Hill Wednesday. “I can’t tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch something like that — when you watch your big brother, who you looked…
(NBC News) — Philonise Floyd will appear on Capitol Hill Wednesday to testify about police brutality, one day after burying his brother, George Floyd. “I want justice for my brother. My big brother,” Philonise said Tuesday at George’s funeral. George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers sparked a nationwide movement against police brutality, but lawmakers remain split…
(KARE) The Minnesota Department of Health is urging people that recently took part in protests, vigils and clean-ups to get tested for COVID-19. There was an overwhelming response at free testing sites Tuesday. “Don’t need symptoms if you were out last week we encourage folks to get tested,” said Kou Thao with the Minnesota Department of Health. Jeff Carlson says…
(WFMJ/NBC News) A large crowd gathered outside of a New Castle, Ohio home Wednesday evening, demanding the property be searched as part of an investigation into the disappearance of missing teen Amari Wise. Wise was reported missing on June 6th. Hundreds eventually gathered at the scene. “Initially we did not have enough probable cause for the house, we tried. We…
(NBC News) Philonise Floyd will appear on Capitol Hill Wednesday to testify about police brutality, one day after burying his brother, George Floyd. “I want justice for my brother. My big brother,” Philonise said Tuesday at George’s funeral. George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers sparked a nationwide movement against police brutality, but lawmakers remain split on…
(NBC News) Idaho investigators announced Tuesday that unidentified human remains have been found in the search for two missing children. Chad Daybell, the stepfather of 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, was taken into custody after police executed a search warrant at his home in Rexburgh, Idaho. Neither Vallow nor Ryan has been seen since September. Daybell has been…
(NBC News) — Hundreds of people gathered at Washington’s Bothell United Methodist Church Saturday ready for a run in support of Black Lives Matter. “Everyone should have the opportunity to wake up and go on a run and not be worried about their lives,” said Molly Hill, who came to participate in the run. The idea came to be when…
(NBC News) — Gaining weight during the coronavirus pandemic? If you have put on a few pounds, you are not alone. It’s called the “quarantine 15”. Packing on the pounds during the pandemic, health experts say there are understandable reasons why it’s happening. Limited exercise, working from home within steps of the snack cabinet, boredom, stress and anxiety are all…
