Ernesto Londono

2 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Ernesto Londono

For the first time in generations, a major overhaul of federal drug policy appeared imminent. During his final year in office, former President Joe Biden moved to downgrade marijuana from the government’s most restrictive class of drugs. kAm%96 492?86 H@F=5 ?@E =682=:K6 C64C62E:@?2= 42??23:D F?56C 7656C2= =2H[ 3FE H@F=5 C6>@G6 :E 7C@> 2 42E68@CJ E92E :?4=F56D 96C@:? 2?5 >2<6 :E 62D:6C 7@C D4:6?E:DED E@ DEF5J >2C:;F2?2’D E96C2A6FE:4 FD6D]k^AmkAms@?2=5 %CF>A[ E96?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ernesto Londono

A former Grand Rapids, Mich., police officer, Christopher Schurr, will not face a new murder trial in the 2022 killing of Patrick Lyoya after a jury failed to reach a verdict this month. Prosecutors in Grand Rapids, Mich., announced on Thursday that they would not retry a former police officer whose murder trial ended in a hung jury this month. The former officer, Christopher Schurr, testified that he fatally shot Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in 2022.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |John Eligon |Ernesto Londono

By Image The two victims were aides at the Israeli Embassy. Credit... Allison Robbert for The New York Times John Eligon is the Johannesburg bureau chief for The Times, covering a wide range of events and trends that influence and shape the lives of ordinary people across southern Africa. Ernesto Londoño is a Times reporter based in Minnesota, covering news in the Midwest and drug use and counternarcotics policy.

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Shaila Dewan |Devlin Barrett |Ernesto Londono |Jacey Fortin

The Trump administration Wednesday backed away from federal efforts to investigate or oversee nearly two dozen police departments accused of civil rights violations, abandoning an effort designed to reform local law enforcement agencies in the wake of high-profile police killings.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ernesto Londono

The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's killing. The Trump administration's announcement on Wednesday that it was withdrawing from federal oversight plans for the Minneapolis Police Department came as the city was preparing to mark the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's killing at the hands of the police.