Jennifer Ciaccia responded to a list of questions asked Wednesday by saying that the incident was “under investigation.

Officers returned fire, launching tear gas canisters and grenades into the crowd.Department spokeswoman Sgt. The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. But enough is enough," she said. Instead, the industry is left to regulate itself.After federal agents largely withdrew from the area around the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., that had been the epicenter of nightly clashes, things calmed in that part of the city.Demonstrators, meanwhile, have said that Portland police — who have long had a troubled relationship with minority communities — Police said there were two different events in Portland on Wednesday. “I stood here.

He was talking to someone offline and it was repeated,” Biden said of Dodd’s comments.The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning.The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning.National reporter covering law enforcement and criminal justiceReporter covering the practice and culture of scienceReporter covering immigration enforcement and the Department of Homeland SecurityThe killing of George Floyd sparked protests nationwide and calls for police reformWith the United States confronting a persistent reckoning spurred by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Seattle’s City Council moved to cut some police funding and reduce the number of officers.A move to disband the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s killing faced an uncertain future after a commission blocked the City Council from putting a necessary initiative on the November ballot.Share your feedback by emailing the author.

Surveillance video shows that Long broke free from the restraints and raced after Anderson, ultimately aiming the gun into the crowded street.Anderson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, the report said.Officials said that Long, who remains at large, may have fled the state after the shooting.

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"Rice, a former George W. Bush administration official and an Alabama native, also shared her views on statues being torn down or threatened with removal across the country.“I actually don’t know why anybody wants to defend the Confederacy and Confederate monuments,” she said.Rice said she believes America “had a birth defect, slavery was a birth defect.”But the former national security adviser does not want a colorblind society.“I don’t really care for colorblind, but I would like to get to the place when you see somebody who is Black, you don’t have preconceived notions of what they’re capable of, who they are,” she said.Tear gas has commonly been used as a defensive tool by law enforcement to disperse rioters.But during the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have sometimes used it offensively, including against peaceful protesters, children and pregnant women, without providing an escape route or by releasing excessive amounts of gas, witnesses and human rights advocates say.Law enforcement officials say tear gas, if used properly, is an effective tool for crowd control.But interviews by the Associated Press with medical researchers; federal regulatory agencies; and a review of U.S. government-funded scientific studies raise questions about the safety of the gas, especially about its use on individuals in confined spaces, in excessive quantities and when it’s fired directly at protesters.Medical professionals interviewed by the AP said the use of tear gas is particularly concerning during the coronavirus pandemic.

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The man was also charged with two counts of unlawfully possessing firearms.Shephard Hoehn, of Lawrence, Ind., began to harass his Black neighbor in June, according to court documents. SEATTLE — Twelve officers were injured, businesses and police precincts were damaged and two arrests were made during a protest that turned destructive in Seattle … “Instead of speaking-out in pursuit of the ideal of justice, these defendants acted-out in denigration of it, and as such, they have been appropriately charged in federal court.”Tindal’s arrest brings the total number of those charged with protest-related violence in Buffalo and Rochester to 13, the report stated.

His bail was set at $2 million and he is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 19.“The defendant’s willingness to fire his weapon around crowds of people, in his effort to kill Lorenzo, demonstrates the severe danger to the community and the risk of harm to others,” documents state. I stood there, talking to you. "A 50-year-old man in Indiana has been charged with a hate crime for threatening “to intimidate and interfere” with his Black neighbor, the Justice Department said Thursday.

"He also shared an excerpt that his apartment complex, Packard Building Apartments, owned by Equity Residential, shared with residents on June 30. He blamed city and state officials for cutting off cooperation with the Trump administration, including a Portland City Council resolution that directed local police to sever ties with federal authorities.“DHS law enforcement officers received almost no assistance from state and local law enforcement in Portland,” he said. "As Chief Best made clear throughout the process, there is a fundamental distinction between discussion of substantive issues -- including addressing distrust of law enforcement by many in the African-American community -- and violent defiance of the law," he said in a statement.The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) had a crew of 35-40 people removing traffic control, concrete barriers and changing the traffic pattern back to the original version Wednesday, Sam Zimbabwe, the director of the department, said.The SDOT is also working with CHOP artists to secure artwork and take it offsite. The AP also found that there is no government oversight of the manufacture and use of tear gas. Have a question about our comment policies?