In a press conference, Chief Joseph Chacon rebuked a grand jury decision to charge 19 officers over conduct related to civil unrest in 2020

“To those who feel a longer prison sentence is appropriate, please try to empathize with Ms. Potter’s situation,” said Judge Regina Chu

The video shows the gunman luring the officer toward the door of a home where a woman reportedly had been shot

2/18/22 RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Despite suggestions to the contrary from the Kremlin, Ukraine remains surrounded by Russian troops, both along its long border with Russia and from within occupied Crimea. The Russian Federation has deployed land, air and naval forces that give the Kremlin a range of possibilities should it Read More >

2/18/22 RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments One of the many unsettling questions raised by the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is what an armed conflict in Eastern Europe would do to the energy supply of the countries of the European Union, which have become increasingly reliant on Russian natural gas Read More >

2/18/22 ARGUMENT: POST-INVASION UKRAINE Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The United States has obtained intelligence that Russia may target prominent political opponents, anti-corruption activists, and Belarusian and Russian dissidents living in exile should it move forward with plans to invade Ukraine. read more

2/18/22 DETERRENCE Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The U.S.-Russia strategic stability paradigm rests on the shared confidence that one side’s preemptive counterforce strike would fail to disarm the other side. Both sides are mutually vulnerable to retaliation, and thus have no incentive to strike first. Yet the United States has developed significant prompt counterforce Read More >

AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) and Austin Police Association called on Travis County District Attorney José Garza to cease the grandstanding with any announcements regarding cases involving the prosecution Austin Police Department officers until after the Democratic primary and runoffs, KXAN reported. This comes as APA said Read More >

The leader of a small town credit union brazenly stole more than $2 million from the bank, causing the demise of the institution founded by her own grandparents decades ago.

Kim Potter is set to be sentenced Friday for a fatal shooting in which police say she confused her handgun for a TASER