New Bedford Mayor Forms Commission on Police Use of Force
Jon Mitchell said he has signed on to the Obama Foundation's 'Mayor's Pledge' to review and reform police use of force policies in the city.
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Criminal Charges Filed
Preliminary charges have now been filed in a police-involved shooting in Dartmouth.
The District Attorney's office says 23 year old Ryan Kuphal was shot Sunday by Dartmouth Police during a confrontation on Bush St. He is undergoing treatment at Rhode Island Hospital for a single gunshot wound, and his condition is improving...
Ferguson Officials Call For Calm
Attorney General Eric Holder's trip to Ferguson, Missouri, Wednesday brings the full weight of the U.S. government to its investigation of the police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Holder is uniquely suited to the task of reassuring protesters that the case will be handled fairly...