Tag: Force

Hamilton County Attorney Joe Deters' self-described "war" on illegal weapons is waged in the courtroom, where Deters and his assistant prosecutors no longer plan to offer bargains to people charged with gun crimes.Lt. Eric Vogelpohl is fighting on another front: the streets of Cincinnati. Vogelpohl heads the...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - More than a dozen people filed a lawsuit on Friday in which Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and several police officers and sheriff MPs were charged with excessive violence and illegally arrested during George Floyd's protests in downtown Cleveland last year and were imprisoned.One woman said police officers...

A new innovative tool could help police officers navigate tense encounters without deadly violence. The question is why are more departments not taking advantage of this. WLWT spoke to local law enforcement agencies about BolaWrap.Wrap Technologies, which is selling the device, and touting it as a tool...

A federal judge has ordered police in Columbus, Ohio to stop using violence, including tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets, against non-violent protesters. He ruled that officials were running amok during protests against George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis last summer. Judge Algenon Marbley of the Southern...

A federal judge on Friday issued an injunction against Columbus police preventing them from using force against nonviolent protesters, and wrote that officials "ran amok" during protests in the city last year.Algenon Marbley, Chief Justice of the Southern Ohio District, began his 88-page statement with a quote from Martin...