Lexington County SC June 7 2020 The sheriff’s department has announced that another man has been charged after a security officer was tied up and two pallets of crab legs worth thousands of dollars were stolen, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Willie Devontae McKinnon, 27, is charged with armed robbery, second-degree burglary and kidnapping, […]
HAWTHORNE NJ June 7 2020 — A school security guard has been suspended from duty for allegedly posting derogatory remarks about the Black Lives Matter crusade and its supporters to his personal Facebook page. Scott Verrone, 55, a retired police officer, was removed from his $25-per-hour post at the high school after declaring the movement “nothing […]
TULSA, Okla. June 7 2020 Police are investigating a shooting by a security officer that has left one man dead. Tulsa Police responded to the fatal shooting near 11th and Garnett. According to police spokesperson, a man was shot and killed by a security officer at the Nights Stay Hotel after an altercation. Police sad […]
Chicago IL June 7 2020 City officials announced Saturday that they were prepared to spend as much as $1.2 million to hire 100 private security guards to patrol the South and West sides to protect businesses from a second weekend of looting and damage. Mayor Lori Lightfoot awarded emergency, no-bid contracts to Illinois Security Professionals, […]
Portland ME June 7 2020 The owner of an Old Port building said he regrets hiring two armed guards who stood outside the building during an anti-racism protest this week. Two men holding rifles stood outside of 193 Middle St. Tuesday, alarming some protesters who gathered to march against racism and police brutality. The landlord […]
Chicago IL June 7 2020 Mustafa Cadet Azeem, called Stan by many, was a lifelong Evanstonian known by family and friends as a man who devoted much of his life to mentoring youth. Azeem died May 18 from complications arising from a heart attack and diabetes, according to his brother Ernst Cadet. He was 44. […]
New York NY June 7 2020 As protests across the country force a reckoning over police violence and city police crack down on local demonstrators, advocates are ratcheting up calls for New York City schools to sever ties with the police department. The New York Police Department stations thousands of safety officers in city schools, […]
New York City NY June 7 2020 Hundreds of educrats in the city Department of Education’s central office have signed a letter to Chancellor Richard Carranza urging schools to cut ties with the NYPD. The letter urges the removal of unarmed school safety agents who guard students and staff from NYPD control, and retraining them as […]
Denver CO June 6 2020 Two members of the Denver school board on Friday called for the removal of police officers from the city’s public schools by 2021, saying law enforcement personnel not only are unnecessary on campuses, but detrimental to students of color. The push by Denver Board of Education vice president Jennifer Bacon and […]
Portland OR June 6 2020 The seventh night of protests in Portland ended relatively peacefully but in previous nights, six security officers report being assaulted and injured. “I know you’re frustrated, I know you’re angry,” Deputy Chief Chris Davis said in an afternoon briefing Thursday. “I know you’re tired. But despite all of this, you’ve […]