The city and the FOP: A decades-old drama boils over
Mayor Ginther and the police union are bargaining over a new contract on the heels of a revived racial justice movement and high-profile shootings of Black men by law enforcement.
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Mayor Ginther and the police union are bargaining over a new contract on the heels of a revived racial justice movement and high-profile shootings of Black men by law enforcement.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)– On Friday morning there will be new leadership at the Columbus Division of Police. The day will mark Chief Elaine Bryant’s first official day on the job. The capital city has has an interim chief since January after Chief Quinlan agreed to stop down. Community members are hoping to the new chief […]
Columbus Grapples With Police Shootings That Have Taken Black Lives With four killings in the past four months, many residents in Ohio’s capital feel victimized by their Police Department, which has received a litany of misconduct complaints. A mourner on Thursday laid a wreath at a memorial for Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old girl who was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio.Credit...Amr Alfiky/The New York Times By Will Wright, Lucia Walinchus and Kevin Williams April 22, 2021Updated 9:25 p.m. ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bullet hole in a garage near her sister’s house marks ...
Fired Ohio police officer charged with murder in shooting of Black man holding cellphone Hannah Knowles, Meryl Kornfield © Andrew Welsh-Huggins/AP FILE — Andre Hill, fatally shot by Columbus police on Dec. 22, is memorialized on a shirt worn by his daughter, Karissa Hill, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. A white Ohio police officer was indicted Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 on murder charges in the December shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill. Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on Wednesday following an investigation...
C entral Ohio faith leaders and activists calling for the Division of Police's Tom Quinlan be fired delivered a letter with 300 signatures Monday to Mayor