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Unraveling the strategy and impact of protesters using “sleeping dragons,” and the nuanced law enforcement approaches to safely manage these challenges
When policing in a crowd, employ tactics that are well-trained, effective and consistently present you in a positive light
By now every officer should be trained in crowd control so that a group of them can form anytime to address a violent crowd in the early stages of its development
The protests drew a 230-day response that involved 178 agencies, resulted in 761 arrests and required a four-day cleanup of the camp and 600 bins to remove 9.8 million pounds of trash
The agreement set up a four-tiered response plan, which specifies benchmarks that must be reached before certain policing actions can take place
The overhaul limited NYPD’s ability to use “kettling” tactics and implemented a four-tiered strategy dictating when officers can take enforcement during protests
“There is an effort underway by a very small group of individuals — anarchists that want to impact the safety of Atlanta, Georgia,” Chief Schierbaum said, calling it a tactic of “violence, fear and intimidation”
“When you use violence to advance your agenda, the Department of Justice will make every effort to put you in prison,” U.S. Attorney Jonathan D. Ross said
Officers Jonathan Horlock and Nathaniel Schauwecker were aquitted of several charges in the arrest of two George Floyd protestors
“These announcements will allow police officers, whose lives were upended by the indictments, to return to their services to our community,” said Austin Mayor Kirk Watson
The Georgia Attorney General’s Office is seeking to introduce the diary as evidence in the RICO case against a large group of protestors
“It’s a big victory for our city, but also for the residents of the Third Precinct, who have been calling out for safety,” Mayor Jacob Frey said after the vote
The lawsuit alleged that carrying guns for self-defense was still necessary in these areas and that restrictions should only apply to areas with special government functions
District Attorney George Christian said the troopers’ use of deadly force was “objectively reasonable”
“I’ve stood over too many bodies to ignore how our community is being harmed, not only by violence, but by its response to that violence,” Sheriff T.K. Waters said
In one video, an officer can be heard telling demonstrators, “This is a state route,” and “Everybody will be arrested” if they don’t disperse and get off the road
East St. Louis officers estimate there is about $1.2 million owed to about 40 current and retired officers
“Do not reach for that gun,” says one Fort Worth officer in the video, which shows the clash between officers and protestors with firearms and body armor
The agreement will remain in effect for two weeks; the injunction says officers can use pepper spray if protests turn violent
Manuel Paez Terán spoke with officers, refused to leave and then fired multiple shots from inside his tent, police said
The family of Manuel Paez Terán filed a lawsuit to force Atlanta police to release more evidence in the Atlanta training center site shooting
Some 35 people had been detained as other police agencies stepped in to assist the city’s officers
Henry E. Parker had bragged to a co-worker about how he “emptied a whole clip” on officers because his sister had been hit with a rubber bullet
At least 19 people are facing the serious charge, and a few are linked to the ‘defend the forest’ movement
Deputy Chief Timothy Peek said the redeployment will have “extreme minimal” impact to emergency responses in the rest of the city
The footage is from police officers who were clearing the area nearby the site of the police training facility
Mayor Andre Dickens said the city has pledged to enact certain environmental protections after consulting with a “community advisory committee”
Police arrested six people last weekend for domestic terrorism and said unspecified “explosives” were recovered during a protest
Protesters threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation