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Salt Lake City police shot and killed Palacios-Carbajal one year ago. The shooting was ruled justified.

When Freddie and Karina Palacios arrived at their brother’s grave, they swept away old flowers and placed fresh roses and daisies. Then, they looked at the things others left behind. They’ve found skateboards. Bags of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Soccer and golf balls. A rubber toy snake, similar to his pet python that still lives in a tank in Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal’s room at his mom’s house. When the family gets to the gravesite, others are often there paying respects. But on this Wednesday night, it was just them. It had already been a long day, with multiple interviews about what hap...

SLC officials say a partnership with the feds has resulted in nearly 100 arrests and stopped an uptick in crime Jessica Miller © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown speaks during a news conference at City Hall on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Salt Lake City police officials announced Thursday that they believe they have helped stop an uptick of violent crime and property crimes in Utah’s capital city through a partnership with federal law enforcement aimed at putting repeat offenders in federal prison. The goal, they say, is to ar...

Almost 45% of Utah’s population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

How George Floyd’s death affected Utah Jessica Miller © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather at the murals of people killed by police in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, following the guilty verdict on all three counts in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Did anything change? And where do we go from here? A year ago, the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked protests and outrage across the nation. In Utah, protesters marched against r...