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Police probe motive in attack on officers near Times Square

Authorities in New York City are investigating whether a man who attacked three police officers with a machete at a New Year’s Eve celebration, striking two of them, was inspired by radical Islamic extremism NEW YORK -- Authorities in New York City are investigating whether a man who attacked three police officers with a machete at a New Year’s Eve celebration, striking two of them, was inspired by radical Islamic extremism, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter. The attack happened a little after 10 p.m. about eight blocks from Times Square, just outside the high-security zone where revelers are screened for weapons. Two of the officers were struck with the machete before an officer shot the man in the shoulder. The two officers were hospitalized, one with a fractured skull and the other with a bad cut, and were expected to recover. Police did not publicly identify the 19-year-old suspect, but the law enforcement official identified him to The Associ...

5 Louisiana officers charged after deadly arrest of unarmed Black man in 2019

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Ronald Greene died after a struggle with Louisiana State Police officers. More than three years after her son Ronald Greene, an unarmed Black man, died in police custody, Mona Hardin said she still struggles to talk about him in the past tense. But now her family is one step closer to getting justice after a grand jury charged five law enforcement office rs Thursday for Greene’s death. “Ronnie has been with us. I felt my son, I felt his presence. I felt him today,” Hardin said in an interview with ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV after the indictments were announced. MORE: Ronald Greene's mother calls for 'accountability' as grand jury convenes in son's deadly arrest Those implicated in the grand jury decision are Troopers John Clary, Dakota Demoss and Kory York; Union Parish Deputy Chris Harpin; and former Troop F Commander John Pet ers. York faces one charge of negligent homicide and 10 counts of malfeasance. Harpin faces three counts of malfeasance while Clary faces one co...