Funding for the $17 million project was provided by the city of Akron via the American Rescue Plan Act, the John S. and James ...
Police say the victim sideswiped the suspect's car before the suspect allegedly fired "multiple shots" and fled the scene ...
the man shot and killed by Akron police officers more than two years ago, has reached a tentative agreement to settle its federal lawsuit against the city. In a Tuesday filing in the U.S. District ...
The city of Akron will pay the family of Jayland Walker $4.85 million as part of a settlement in the federal lawsuit that sought $45 million in damages for Walker's death. The city issued a joint ...
AKRON — A family is settling a wrongful death lawsuit against Ohio police who fired 94 bullets at a Black man during a chase two years ago. Jayland Walker’s family and the city of Akron ...
(CNN) — The family of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man fatally shot by police in Akron, Ohio, in June 2022, has reached a $4.85 million settlement with the city of Akron in a federal ...
In a joint statement released Monday, city officials and the family announced a settlement for $4,850,000 to be paid in four installments over the next four years. “We all agree: Akron should be ...
Some Akron activists are doubling down on their criticism of the city’s police chief and are now demanding he be fired. “Chief Brian Harding has demonstrated an inability to hold his officers ...
Akron City Councilman Eric Garrett also called for Harding’s removal. In his rejection of the findings, Harding found the arresting officer’s use of force was “objectively reasonable ...