A white police officer in South Carolina was placed under arrest and charged with murder on Tuesday for the shooting death of an unarmed black man after video of the shooting showed the victim being shot in the back multiple times as he attempted to flee the scene of an altercation. In the just over…
The French Interior Ministry said Sunday evening that today’s Paris rally for unity against extremism is the largest demonstration in France’s history. Calling the rally “unprecedented,” the ministry says the demonstrators are so numerous they spread beyond the official march route, making them impossible to count. French media are estimating that up to 3 million…
I very strongly feel that at the root of everything that is happening, there is a young man — a young man with hopes, fears, dreams, accomplishments and demons — a young man no different from you or me. He was unarmed, and was shot six times. At least two of those times as he…
A man has been extradited from Cook County, Illinois to the St. Joseph County Jail on murder charges. Erique D. Raggs was taken into custody in Chicago on October 21, 2014. The prosecutor’s office says that he peacefully surrendered to US Marshals and Chicago Police. Raggs was wanted in connection to the September 14 murder…
The convicted killer involved in a Purdue shooting has died in state prison. Cody Cousins was charged with murder and found guilty in the shooting death of 21 year old senior Andrew Boldt. The shooting occurred in January on the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. Cousins was an engineering student at the university. Cousins…
Two people have been confirmed dead in a series of shootings that rocked the Canadian capital of Ottawa this morning. Ottawa police have said that the shootings took place at the National War Memorial and on Parliament Hill. A Canadian soldier was killed while guarding Canada’s War Memorial. Police say that a “male suspect has…
