Results for: Police Accountability

Prosecutors in Colorado are seeking a murder conviction for former sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen, who shot and killed Christian Glass, a 22-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis, in 2022. The prosecution argues that Buen escalated the confrontation unnecessarily and lacked legal justification for using deadly force. The defense maintains that Buen fired to protect another officer from Glass’s knife. The case has highlighted the need for police reforms focused on crisis intervention and has raised questions about the appropriate use of force by law enforcement.

Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly seeking to replace Arva Rice, the interim chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), with a new appointment. Rice has been critical of the NYPD’s handling of the 2019 police shooting of Kawaski Trawick and has advocated for increased funding for the CCRB, which has been affected by budget cuts.

Three Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers in British Columbia will not face charges in the 2021 death of Jared Lowndes, a 38-year-old Indigenous man. The B.C. Prosecution Service informed Lowndes’ mother, Laura Holland, of their decision on Tuesday. Lowndes was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons in Campbell River, B.C., by at least one officer on July 8, 2021. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. found reasonable grounds to charge the officers but the B.C. Prosecution Service declined to proceed with charges. Holland vowed to continue her fight for accountability, saying, “My fight to hold police accountable for my son’s death won’t stop today.”