News of the day from across the nation, May 21
Body camera video shows Georgia sheriff’s deputies using stun guns multiple times on a handcuffed man in the back of a vehicle who died shortly after the struggle on an interstate highway.
The video obtained Friday by the Associated Press from the family’s attorney shows Coweta County sheriff’s deputies struggling to subdue Chase Sherman, 32, of Destin, Fla., in the back of a sport utility vehicle Nov. 20.
State investigators say five people found dead in a south Georgia house fire were actually shot and the blaze was set to cover up the crimes.
Harbor patrol boats attacked the flames with water cannons while firefighters directed streams from hoses on the pier.
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday vetoed legislation that would make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion, a measure that would have effectively outlawed the procedure in the state.
The bill’s sponsor, GOP state Sen. Nathan Dahm, said the measure was aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
5 White House shooting: A uniformed Secret Service officer shot an armed person Friday on a street outside the White House in Washington, D.C., a U.S. law enforcement official said.