Brett Hankison faces a maximum sentence of life in prison after being convicted of using excessive force.
Electing Harris would be the culmination of decades of work by leaders like Richards, the former Planned Parenthood president and longtime abortion rights advocate.
In what was billed as her “closing argument,” the vice president spoke to the largest crowd the campaign has drawn to date.
Missouri has long relied on direct democracy to circumvent its conservative legislators. The state's abortion ballot measure is the most recent — and consequential — instance.
Trump wanted a splashy, triumphant return to his hometown. Instead, speakers’ gendered insults on Vice President Kamala Harris and racist attacks on Latinx and Puerto Rican people set the tone.
In the final days of a historic presidential election, the vice president is underscoring the power of casting a ballot — with a boost from former first lady Michelle Obama.
"A vote for him is a vote against us,” the former first lady said in Kalamazoo, Michigan, making the case to women and the men who care about them.
Officials in Republican states have waged legal battles and other efforts to thwart abortion ballot measures or to influence their language. Florida stands out.
Harris and former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney spoke in three swing states in a bipartisan show of unity as Trump demonizes his opponents in increasingly stark terms.
New campaign finance reports show that the vice president had more money headed into the final weeks of the campaign, as well.