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A Florida deputy and a resident are both "lucky to be alive" after they were sucked into a drainage pipe by flood water, according to the Escambia County Sheriff. A Florida deputy and a resident are both " lucky to be alive" after they were sucked into a drainage pipe by flood water during a torrential downpour, according to Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons. Escambia County Deputy William Hollingsworth was on patrol Friday when he spotted a motorist who was stranded after getting caught in rising water, the sheriff said. "At one point, Deputy Hollingsworth exited his patrol car to approach a citizen who was trapped in these rising waters," the sheriff said. "As he approached, Deputy Hollingsworth witnessed the citizen go underwater and rushed to his aid without regard for his own safety." MORE: Hundreds of thousands without power in Oklahoma as severe thunderstorms continue throughout US The motorist and Hollingsworth were "sucked in...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a June 24 incident in Lancaster, California, where a sheriff’s deputy slammed a Black woman to the ground. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a June 24 incident outside a WinCo Foods grocery store in Lancaster, California, where a sheriff’s deputy slammed a woman to the ground during a confrontation about an alleged robbery in progress. The LASD said in a statement on Monday that they are releasing the body camera footage of the incident “in the interest of transparency” with the community. “The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has opened an investigation into this incident. While the Department does not make statements related to ongoing investigations, Sheriff Luna has made it clear that he expects Department personnel to treat all members of the public with dignity and respect, and that personnel who do not uphold our training standards will be held accountable,” the statement said. Accordi...

A Georgia sheriff has released video of a violent struggle between a deputy and a Black man he pulled over that shows the driver forcing the deputy's head backward with his hands before the deputy shoots him at point-blank range WOODBINE, Ga. -- A Georgia deputy fatally shot a Black man at point-blank range during a traffic stop after the man, who had been wrongfully imprisoned years ago, grabbed the officer by the neck and was forcing his head backward, according to video released by a sheriff Wednesday. The family of Leonard Cure, 53, viewed the dash and body camera video before Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor's office posted it online. Relatives said they suspect Cure resisted being arrested because of psychological trauma from spending 16 years imprisoned in Florida for an armed robbery he didn't commit. “I believe there were possibly some issues going on, some mental issues with my brother,” Michael Cure said of his slain brother. “I know him quite well. The office...

A Georgia deputy fatally shot an exonerated man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years. A man who was wrongfully convicted and spent 16 years in jail was fatally shot by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop in Georgia on Monday. Leonard Allan Cure, who was 53, was wrongfully convicted in 2003 of armed robbery, according to the criminal justice organization Innocence Project. Cure was a client of the organization and was exonerated in December 2020 due to a collaborative reinvestigation by the organization and the Conviction Review Unit of the Broward County State Attorney's Office in Florida. At about 7:30 a.m. on Monday, a deputy stopped Cure, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. A spokesman for the Camden County Sheriff's Office told The New York Times that Cure was pulled over for speeding. Cure reportedly got out of the car at the deputy's request and complied with the officer's commands until he learned he was under arrest, authorit...

A 30-year-old sheriff's deputy in California has been shot and killed in the line of duty, just weeks after another deputy in his department was killed. A sheriff's deputy in Riverside County, California, has been gunned down in the line of duty, leaving behind his pregnant wife, just weeks after another deputy in his department was killed. Deputy Darnell Calhoun, 30, was shot Friday afternoon while responding to a domestic violence and child custody call in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a news conference. "Dispatch received a call of an unknown trouble -- there was voices heard in the background. Sounded like there could possibly be a struggle and deputies responded to the scene," the sheriff said. "Deputy Calhoun was the first to arrive. At this point, we are not completely sure of the circumstances surrounding the initial contact. The second deputy arriving found our deputy wounded in the street, and a gunfight between the s...