LAPD chief discusses violent rally clash
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A journalist emotionally recalled Friday how a Los Angeles police officer beat her with a baton until she collapsed and lost consciousness when police used force to disperse an immigration rally last month.
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Police are not fully cooperating with a federal monitor appointed in the wake of riots in 2001 triggered by an officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, the monitor said in a report released Monday.
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A protest by hundreds of youth activists turned violent Sunday, with protesters setting fire to cars and smashing shop windows, police said.
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Hezbollah's leader called Sunday for a massive rally in Beirut's bombed out southern suburbs to mark the militant group's "victory" over Israel during the monthlong fighting this summer.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama warned on Tuesday a &quot;quiet riot&quot; was building among African-Americans, comparable to that which boiled over in violence in Los Angeles in 1992.
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The FBI anticipates violent protests at the upcoming Republican National Convention in New York but does not have enough evidence to move against any group or person, the bureau's top terrorism official said Wednesday.
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Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O&#39;Toole said officials chose not to hold a rally for the Red Sox on City Hall Plaza because of fears that it could create a &quot;dangerous situation.
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The LA police chief has built a solid record of reform. But another episode of  police violence has thrown a new term into doubt
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Activists and police are preparing for a tense standoff and possible violence on New York streets when hundreds of thousands gather to decry the Iraq war and Bush administration polices during the Republican convention.
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The police chief and sheriff of Los Angeles could be candidates to become the next secretary of homeland security, outgoing secretary Tom Ridge says.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The incoming mayor of this city is proposing a comprehensive plan of aggressive police tactics, including limiting the movement of people in high-crime neighborhoods and directing officers to increase searches of people on the street for illegal weapons, all in a desperate effort to...
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Rodney King says he doesn't want to be remembered as the person who started the Los Angeles riots in 1992. King's videotaped beating by police shocked the nation. He uttered his famous plea, "Can we all get along?" as the riots raged after four white police officers were acquitted of his beating. The riots left 55 people dead and &#36;1 billion in property damage in Los Angeles.
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Police Chief William Bratton on Tuesday faulted his department for using poor communication and planning at a May Day immigration rally where officers fired rubber bullets and swung batons to disperse a crowd of demonstrators and journalists.
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The top two Democratic presidential contenders fought Sunday for the support of African-American voters in a place infamous for a bloody clash between voting rights protesters and police.
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Police clashed with rock-throwing protesters Friday as world leaders gathered for a weekend summit of 21 Pacific Rim economies to discuss trade and security and network with one another.
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ATHENS - Thousands of anti-war demonstrators clashed with Greek riot police in Athens&#39; main tourist district Friday after a rally to protest US Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s upcoming visit to the Olympics degenerated into a rock-throwing melee.
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The city's embattled police chief, acknowledging that police alone cannot quell a run of deadly violence, has called on 10,000 black men to patrol the streets to reduce crime.