Minneapolis MN June 8 2020 Student activists across the country are calling for their schools to cut ties with police departments and remove officers from campuses in response to a national uprising against police brutality. And school leaders in Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., have already taken that step. While debates over the role of police […]
CHARLOTTE NC June 8 2020 — The Carolina Panthers are ending their relationship with CPI security after controversial comments by the company’s CEO. The decision comes after the nonprofit Queen City Unity called for a boycott of CPI. Queen City Unity’s executive director said he sent a letter to city leaders calling for change when it […]
Virginia June 8 2020 The U.S. Marine Corp has banned any and all depictions of Confederate battle flags from Marine installations. The ban follows nationwide protests against institutional racism and police violence. The ban, outlined in a Marine administrative message (MARADMIN), explicitly prohibits clothing, bumper stickers and more. Confederate flags are exempt from the ban only […]
Philadelphia PA June 8 2020 As the nation reels from recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless Black individuals — prompting days of protests and law enforcement clashes — thousands of students and faculty are now demanding the University end its deep-rooted ties with militarized police forces. More than 9,600 people have […]
Madison WI June 8 2020 Madison’s teachers union is shifting its stance on school-based police officers and is now advocating they be taken out of the city’s main high schools — but only if 33 additional support staff are hired. In a statement Sunday, Madison Teachers Inc. said it backs the removal of school resource […]
BEN LOMOND CA June 7 2020 — Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office was fatally shot Saturday in Ben Lomond as deputies were ambushed with gunfire and improvised explosives during an investigation. A second deputy and a California Highway Patrol officer were injured, according to Sheriff Jim Hart. Gutzwiller was killed in […]
TULSA, Okla. June 7 2020– Tulsa police declared a fatal shooting Saturday afternoon as a homicide. According to police, a man was shot and killed by a security guard at the Knight’s Inn on the 1000 block of South Garnett Road. The security guard, identified as 53-year-old Christopher Straight, had been involved in an altercation with […]
Sacramento CA June 7 2020 Should police officers continue to be in schools? Some major cities across the U.S. are grappling with that question. Schools in several major cities have cut or are considered cutting school resource officer positions and ending their relationships with local police departments, local news outlets report. A school resource officer […]
Washington DC June 7 2020 Merchants are protecting their stores against looting by hiring armed security, putting up barbed wire fences and boarding up windows to deter violence. Security personnel companies have received requests from department stores, groceries, drug store chains and small business associations relying on security to discourage theft and damage done to […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio June 7 2020 Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said five people were arrested on Friday morning after they attempted to break into Progressive Field. The police chief said security guards at Progressive Field noticed the individuals sometime after 3 a.m. on Friday and noted that they looked suspicious because a curfew was still in […]