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Body camera video recorded the arrest of Karen Garner on June 26, 2020, in Loveland, Colo. Garner, then 73, has dementia and sensory aphasia.

The Violent Arrest Of A Woman With Dementia Highlights The Lack Of Police Training

Advocates say the case puts a spotlight on how ill-prepared police are when encountering someone with a mental disability.

A body camera video recorded the arrest of Karen Garner on June 26, 2020, in Loveland, Colo. Garner, 73 at the time, has dementia and sensory aphasia.

The Violent Arrest Of A Woman With Dementia Highlights The Lack Of Police Training

Advocates say the case puts a spotlight on how ill-prepared police are when encountering someone with a mental disability.

US On MASTERPIECE

Encore Sundays, Feb. 13 and 20, 2022 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Tom Hollander, Saskia Reeves, and Tom Taylor star in an adaptation of David Nicholls' bittersweet, bestselling novel about a family giving their relationship one last shot.

Protestors face police, on June 6 in Minneapolis, as they demand justice for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., who was fatally shot by members of a U.S. Marshal Task Force. A woman at another Smith protest on June 13 was killed after a man plowed into demonstrators.

1 Woman Is Dead, Others Injured In Minneapolis After A Driver Plows Into Protesters

Demonstrators were gathered to protest the June 3 shooting death of Winston Boogie Smith Jr., a Black man, by U.S. marshals in Minneapolis when a man plowed into a crowd Sunday night.

Restaurant workers in Old Town San Diego wear facial coverings due to COVID-19 restrictions in this undated photo.

Shop Owner's Plea As California Reopens: 'I Need Customers'

California is just days away from reopening its economy but business owners who have struggled in the past year still face an uncertain future.

Still from a cell phone video showing a San Diego Police officer rough arrest of a homeless man in La Jolla, May 12, 2021.

City Attorney Declines To Charge Homeless Black Man Beaten By Cops In La Jolla

The San Diego City Attorney's Office announced Friday that it will not pursue criminal charges against a homeless Black man who was tackled, repeatedly punched and arrested by San Diego police officers in La Jolla last month after he was accused of public urination.

Asha Gond, 21, with her skateboard. She tried the sport when a skatepark was set up in her rural village and is now one of India's top female skateboarders.

Skateboarding Gives Freedom To Rural Indian Teen In Netflix Film — And In Real Life

A new Netflix movie called Skater Girl chronicles the journey of an Indian teenage girl who discovers a life-changing passion for skateboarding. It's also the story of Asha Gond.

Margarita Servin Ruelas being wrongfully arrested by San Diego Sheriffs after an altercation between Black Lives Matter protesters and Sheriffs near the Imperial Beach Pier on June 6, 2021.

Mexican-American Woman Says She Was Wrongfully Arrested After Protest Clash

San Diego County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Black Lives Matter protester in Imperial Beach on Sunday. She says she was mistaken for another woman and deputies used unnecessary force.

A fire at a Luma Energy substation in San Juan knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents in Puerto Rico Thursday.

A Fire And Cyberattack Cause Major Blackouts Across Puerto Rico

At the height of the blackout, nearly 800,000 customers were without power, according to Luma Energy. The company took over as the island's power authority just 10 days ago.

Ivan Medvesek stands in front of one of 21 dioramas in his Froggyland museum. On display is the work of Ferenc Mere, a Hungarian taxidermist who created these exhibits more than a century ago. Medvesek's parents purchased the displays after they were left behind in an attic in what is now Serbia in 1970. After losing revenue in the pandemic, Medvesek says he's selling Froggyland to U.S. investors.

Welcome To Froggyland, The Croatian Taxidermy Museum That May Soon Come To The U.S.

The museum features the work of a Hungarian taxidermist who created anthropomorphized exhibits. It had 50,000 visitors in 2019, but numbers fell during the pandemic and the owner now plans to sell.

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