GREENSBORO, N.C. — On a warm October day in 2018, George and Mary Smith drove to police headquarters, where they had a 2 p.m. appointment to watch video of the death of their son Marcus. Nearly ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation into law Tuesday afternoon that bans police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of ...

MINNEAPOLIS — At the end of March, the Minneapolis Police Department updated its policy manual to ban restraint tactics. According to the Minneapolis Police Department Policy and Procedure Manual, the ...

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department continues to allow deputies to connect detainees’ handcuffs to leg restraints behind their backs – also known as hogtying and maximum restraint – despite the ...

Washington state lawmakers are expected to consider a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his ...

Pierce County deserves a law enforcement agency that shares the community’s values — one that’s a leader, not a follower, and one that’s consistently working to eliminate abuses of authority while ...