The president of the Akron Police Union is furious over recent comments from a councilman saying the city lawmaker called an ...

Mapping Police Violence, a non-profit research group, has documented a steady increase in police killings in the United ...

Akron should turn to the Department of Justice (DOJ), not private consultants, for police reform. The proposed review of Akron Police Department’s use-of-force policies by Paul, Weiss, and 21 CP ...

The Jazmir Tucker case is indeed a tragic one. A gun was zippered into this jacket pocket. There was no reason to fire upon an apparently unarmed person. However, there is another side to the ...

In this image taken from police body camera video released by the Akron, Ohio, Police Department, officers display their weapons late Nov. 28, 2024, as they confront 15-year-old boy Jazmir Tucker ...

A bill passed by Ohio lawmakers could allow police to charge up to $75 an hour for copies of body camera and dashcam footage.

before dying as a result of injuries he sustained after being shot by the Akron police officer who also shot and killed Jazmir Tucker. The officer's personnel file with the Akron Police Department ...

The Akron police officer who fatally shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker, Davon Fields, was previously involved in a fatal police shooting in 2022, according to Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation ...

The Akron police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker on Thanksgiving night was involved in previous deadly use-of-force incidents. The city of Akron released the personnel and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A gun carried by Jazmir Tucker, who was fatally shot by an Akron police officer, had been fired shortly before the encounter, authorities said Tuesday. Two shell casings ...

Tension filled the air inside and outside of Akron City Council's weekly meeting Monday as the fatal police shooting of Jazmir Tucker continued to dominate the public conversation. The 15-year-old ...