Footage of a traffic stop that has seen five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder shows them kicking and punching a motorist for several minutes as he cries out for his mother. Officers are seen beating Tyre Nichols, 29, in the videos from the 7 January arrest, with no signs of him resisting.

A gunman opened fire, killing 10 and wounding 10 Saturday, in the midst of Lunar New Year celebrations in Southern California’s Asian American enclave of Monterey Park, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. It was not clear what the motive was behind the massacre, and the suspect remained at large, Capt. Andrew Meyer from the department’s homicide division said at a news conference early Sunday.

A French newspaper reports that doctors amputated the testicle of a young man who got clubbed in the groin by a police officer during a huge Paris demonstration

The San Francisco art gallery owner caught on video spraying a homeless woman with a hose was arrested Wednesday for the sickly act ... as the District Attorney called his actions "completely unacceptable." Collier Gwin was taken into police custody Wednesday on an arrest warrant and charged with misdemeanor battery in connection with the despicable Jan. 9 incident outside his Foster Gwin Gallery.

Billie Eilish has requested a restraining order against a man who allegedly broke into her house earlier this month. The global megastar said the incident, as well as others prior to it, had caused her “substantial anxiety, fear, and emotional distress” over her safety and that of her family.

A 32-year-old Iranian man has been detained in Germany following a tip from U.S. security officials that he could be planning an attack with deadly chemicals, officials said Sunday. Police and prosecutors said the man and another person were detained overnight in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, northwest of Dortmund.

An illegal rave lasting six days brought 5,000 people to a small village in Spain over the New Year period. Lasting from December 30 to January 4, tents, stalls, caravans and seven stages popped up out of nowhere reportedly less than a mile from the centre of the village of La Peza, The Guardian reports. The village has a population of 1,200, which quintupled in size when the rave was taking place. “By Saturday we were 6,000,” said Fernando Álvarez, the mayor of La Peza’s municipality.

When police infiltrated the EncroChat phone system in 2020, they hit an intelligence gold mine. But subsequent legal challenges have spread across Europe.

Animal Rebellion is urging the public to take action after it rescued beagle puppies from an MBR Acres animal testing breeding facility in Cambridgeshire in the UK. It freed 18 in total, but two more – named Love and Libby – were seized by the police. The group has set up an online petition calling for the animals to be released to a sanctuary.

In one of its final acts of the year, the House passed bipartisan legislation late Wednesday that would empower law enforcement agencies across the country to adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues as part of an effort to reduce the number of officer-involved fatalities.

Kirshnik Khari Ball, known professionally as Takeoff, was shot and killed on Nov. 1 outside a Houston bowling alley. He was 28.

City’s board of supervisors to consider proposal involving remote-controlled devices

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that online police investigations targeting adults looking to have sex with children do not constitute police entrapment.

On Wednesday a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer observed a black Jeep Cherokee driving erratically. The man behind the wheel was determined to be a probable drunk driver after failing a roadside breath test. The incident occurred in Langford, British Columbia in Canada. The situation ended in what could be considered a stereotypically Canadian way.

A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after burying his wife alive and breaking her Apple Watch with a hammer after she used it to call police. Chae An, a 53-year-old man living in Lacey, Washington, has now pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree domestic violence kidnapping, and first-degree domestic violence assault. He allegedly committed all of these acts against his estranged wife, Young An.

A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California was arrested before dawn Saturday as he drove through the streets of Stockton, armed with a handgun and possibly searching for another victim, police said.

A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault by a peace officer for shooting and gravely wounding a teen eating a hamburger in his car in a parking lot.

Authorities have seized around 300 dogs from a property in Nevada in what officials have described as a "large-scale" animal cruelty situation. Detectives from Nye County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) obtained a search warrant for a property in Amargosa Valley following an investigation and visited the location on Tuesday.

Iranian authorities have denied reports security forces killed a 16-year-old girl during protests ignited by the death of a woman in police custody, Iranian media reported on Friday, saying she committed suicide by falling off a roof.

The Uvalde, Texas, school district, announced the suspension of the entire district police force on Friday.