President Barack Obama told to the law enforcement community that he fully supports them and promised, "We have your backs" in the wake of deadly attacks on cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge. The comments came in a letter penned to the "brave members of our law enforcement community," posted Monday on the...
The man identified as the killer of three US police officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining at police treatment of African Americans and urging them to "fight back". One of Gavin Long's videos stresses he is not linked to any group but is "affiliated with justice". The ex-Marine, 29, was...
President Obama has called for restraint after three police officers were shot dead in the city of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. The gunman, Gavin Long, an African-American who had served for five years in the Marines, was also killed. He had posted videos on the internet complaining about police treatment of African-Americans....
Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said. Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's...
Baton Rouge police are hunting for the fourth suspect in a burglary at a pawn shop that's believed to be part of a wider plot to kill law enforcement in the Louisiana capital. Eight handguns and an airsoft BB gun were stolen from Cash America Pawn on Saturday before 2 a.m., police said. Of the four suspects who were...