Leopoldo Lopez Fast Facts

Personal:
Birth date: April 29, 1971

Birth place: Caracas, Venezuela

Birth name: Leopoldo Eduardo López Mendoza

Father: Leopoldo López Gil, a restaurateur and businessman

Mother: Antonieta Mendoza de López, a media executive

Marriage: Lilian Tintori (2007-present)

Children: Manuela and Leopoldo Santiago

Education: Kenyon College, B.A., Sociology, 1993; Harvard University, M.P.P., Public Policy, 1996

Other Facts:
He's the great-great grandson of Venezuela's first president, Cristóbal Mendoza.

Is a descendent of South American liberator Simon Bólívar.

Was re-elected mayor of Chacao with 81% of the vote and ended the term with a 92% approval rating.

Timeline:
1996-1999 - Assistant to the Chief Economist and Economic Adviser for Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.

2000-2001 - Works as a professor of economics at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.

2000-2008 - Serves two four-year terms as mayor of Chacao, a district of Caracas.

2008 - The government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávezbans López from running for public office, accusing him of corruption and misuse of public funds. Chavez's government banned hundreds of other politicians - many of whom were from parties opposed to Chavez.

2009 - Helps launch a new political party called the Voluntad Popular, or the Popular Will. The party mission is to overcome poverty and to secure a democracy where all Venezuelans have rights.

September 16, 2011 - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights announces its ruling that López's rights were violated when he was banned from running for office.

October 17, 2011 - Venezuela's Supreme Court rejects the ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, upholding the ban on López running for office. A day later, López vows to run for president despite the court's ruling.

January 24, 2012 - López withdraws from the presidential election and backs opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski.

February 13, 2014 - After at least three people are killed during an anti-government protest in Caracas, a Venezuelan court issues an arrest warrant for Lopez. Authorities claim he is responsible for the violence. He is charged with conspiracy, murder, and terrorism.

February 18, 2014 - López turns himself in.

February 19-20, 2014 - A hearing to charge López takes place. Prosecutors drop the charges of murder and terrorism.

April 4, 2014 - Venezuela's attorney general announces that López has been formally charged with public incitement, property damage, arson and conspiracy. Activists hold a protest in Caracas to declare López's innocence.

September 10, 2015 - Is convicted and sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison. The conviction sparks protests.

May 3, 2017 - A "proof of life" video is released to dispel rumors that he is in poor health.

July 8, 2017 - Venezuela's Supreme Court orders the release of López to house arrest because of health concerns.

August 1, 2017 - Venezuelan authorities take López from his home after opposing a controversial election that critics say will let President Nicolás Maduro illegitimately consolidate power. Government officials say López violated the terms of his house arrest and was planning to flee. López's attorney denies those accusations.

August 5, 2017 - López returns to house arrest. "They just brought Leopoldo home. We are working with more conviction and more firmly in order to find peace and freedom for Venezuela!," his wife Lilian Tintori tweets.

September 2, 2017 - López's wife, Lilian Tintori, says she was prevented from leaving the country for Europe by immigration officials. Tintori says she was going to Europe to meet with European leaders to talk about the crisis in Venezuela.

September 8, 2017 - López's mother, Antonieta de Lopez, meets with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Tintori's place.

April 30, 2019 - Appears in a video with the leader of Venezuela's opposition, Juan Guaidó, during an address in Caracas. López says he was freed from house arrest by the armed movement.

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Amazon posts its first job listings for HQ2

The company, which announced last year it was opening a second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, has posted five job listings.

The positions are for a few global category managers, a senior financial analyst and a human resource specialist. The company said these employees will "help build the foundation of our workforce and workplace."

The tech giant said it's on pace to create 400 new jobs this year as part of a total of 25,000 over the next decade or so. Previously, Amazon said it expects 50% of the jobs to be tech related and the rest to be corporate support roles in areas including legal, accounting and HR.

While the job listings did not include salary ranges, the company has said that the average annual salary will be $150,000.

The company already has more than 10,000 workers in the Virginia and DC-metro area.

Amazon is leasing temporary office space in Crystal City with some workers starting in June. An additional building is scheduled to open in the fall.

Two vice presidents, Ardine Williams, vice president of workforce development, and Rob Pulciani, vice president of Alexa, are also relocating from Seattle to start building their teams.

Amazon's expansion will make it one of the biggest employers in the region, and finding workers could be a challenge given the tight labor market.

The search for a second location for Amazon headquarters started in 2017 and took more than a year. In November 2018, the company announced the selection of two cities: Arlington and Long Island City, in New York.

However, after facing backlash from city residents, the company canceled its plan to build the Long Island City location.

In a blog post, Amazon said that "a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City."

-CNN's Kaya Yurieff and Lydia DePillis contributed to this report

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William Barr now has to try to defend the indefensible

During his nearly monthlong campaign to pre-emptively distort the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, Barr had a distinct advantage over Congress, the media and the American public: He had seen the report, but virtually nobody else had (except Trump's lawyers, who got a special sneak peek of the redacted version, courtesy of Barr). But now the whole world has seen the redacted version of Mueller's report -- and Barr's got nowhere to hide.

Thus far, Barr has given us a disingenuous and inaccurate spin on Mueller's report. Now it's time for Barr to get called out publicly on his most important misstatements and his overt political pandering. Here are five key questions Congress should ask the attorney general this week:

1) Mueller details multiple "potentially obstructive" acts by Trump." Do you believe that none of these actions violated the law? And that all of Trump's actions cited by Mueller were lawful?

Barr brushes aside Mueller's entire obstruction investigation with one conclusory sentence in his four-page letter. In Barr's view, "the evidence developed during the Special Counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense." However, it is difficult to justify Barr's sweeping no-obstruction conclusion when examined against each of the specific instances of potential obstruction described in detail by Mueller.

For at least four of the "potentially obstructive" acts -- Trump's effort to fire Mueller, Trump's effort to restrict Mueller's investigation, Trump's effort to have then-White House counsel Don McGahn lie about Trump's effort to fire Mueller and Trump's effort to dissuade ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort from cooperating -- Mueller finds "substantial evidence" of all the legal elements required to charge and convict on obstruction. And Mueller explains his decision not to subpoena Trump in part because "based on the significant body of evidence we had already obtained of the President's actions ... we had sufficient evidence to understand relevant events and to make certain assessments without the President's testimony." Meaning: We already had enough evidence of the President's intent to obstruct, so we didn't even need to subpoena him.

In my experience as a prosecutor, I'd have gone to a grand jury without hesitation to indict based on Mueller's evidence. Mueller lays out a simply overwhelming case for obstruction. Barr now must fight an uphill battle to justify his "no obstruction" conclusion against the incriminating facts laid out methodically in Mueller's report.

2) You stated that Mueller's decision not to make a prosecutorial decision on obstruction "leaves it to" you, as attorney general, to decide. Where in the report does Mueller "leave it to" the attorney general? When discussing obstruction, doesn't Mueller repeatedly invoke Congress and its power to bring impeachment proceedings?

Barr likely will respond that, as attorney general, it is his prerogative to decide whether to charge any federal case. That conclusion, however, is at odds with the special counsel regulations, which give the power to make "prosecution or declination decisions" to the special counsel, not the attorney general. And by stepping in and making a decision, Barr contravened the fundamental purpose of the special counsel -- to take sensitive decision-making, potentially affecting the President, out of the hands of an attorney general who was appointed by and works at the pleasure of the very person who is under investigation.

In fact, Mueller stops just short of explicitly calling on Congress to impeach, though he comes mighty close: "(T)he conclusion that Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the President's corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and accords with the principle that no person is above the law."

In the report, Mueller repeatedly cites Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president as a major reason for not reaching a traditional prosecutorial judgment on obstruction (contrary to Barr's statement that Mueller did not rely on the policy). Given that policy, there is only one entity capable of taking action to remedy wrongful conduct by a sitting president: Congress.

3) As the nation's top law enforcement officer, does it raise national security concerns that the Trump campaign knew about, failed to report and expected to benefit from election-related crimes by Russia? What steps have you taken to prevent this from happening again in 2020?

In his four-page letter, Barr quoted Mueller's conclusion that "the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities." But Barr intentionally cut off the first half of that same sentence, finding that (1) the Russian government tried to help Trump win the election, and (2) the Trump campaign "expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts."

This misleading, selective quoting by Barr betrays his underlying political bias toward Trump. It also raises a question about whether Barr truly understands and intends to do anything about the security risk raised by the possibility of another Russian hack in the 2020 election -- particularly given the Trump campaign's demonstrated eagerness to benefit from such criminal conduct in 2016.

4) You stated that "the White House fully cooperated with the special counsel's investigation," yet Mueller wrote that Trump's written answers were "insufficien(t)" and "inadequate" -- and that Trump campaign personnel "deleted relevant communications," leaving Mueller with "identified gaps" in his investigation. Do you stand by your position that Trump fully cooperated?

Barr's got little wiggle room here. He gratuitously praised Trump and the White House for fully cooperating, yet the facts found by Mueller plainly show otherwise. Mueller noted that Trump gave unacceptable answers and that Trump campaign staffers deleted evidence, leaving gaps in the investigation. That's not full cooperation; that's evidence of obstruction.

5) Given that words such as "collusion" and "spying" have no legal significance -- but are loaded political buzzwords routinely invoked by Trump to rally his political base -- why did you, as attorney general, repeatedly use them?

During his press conference shortly before the release of the Mueller report, Barr repeatedly invoked Trump's favorite defensive catchphrase: "no collusion." And during his prior congressional testimony, Barr stated that "I think spying did occur," parroting another favorite Trump theory.

No serious prosecutor would use either of those terms because they have no meaning in criminal law. As Mueller notes in the report: "(C)ollusion is not a specific offense or theory of liability found in the United States Code, nor is it a term of art in federal criminal law." Barr, however, used both of these politically loaded, nonlegal terms repeatedly, exposing his political bias. If there is some legitimate reason why he used such terms, Barr needs to provide it under oath.

Mueller's report is out, and the contrast is apparent between Barr's description and the report itself. Now Barr will have to answer publicly for his campaign to distort Mueller's findings, mislead the public and protect Trump.

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Bolton says senior Venezuelan officials committed to backing Guaido

"We think it's still very important for key figures in the regime who have been talking to the opposition over these last three months to make good on their commitment to achieve the peaceful transfer of power from the Maduro" regime," Bolton told reporters outside the White House on Tuesday as clashes intensified between regime forces and opposition groups in Caracas.

Bolton specifically mentioned Vladimir Padrino, Venezuela's minister of defense, as well as the chief judge of the country's Supreme Court and the commander of presidential guard.

'They committed'

"All agreed Maduro had to go," Bolton said. "They committed to support ousting Maduro and it's time for them now, if the Cubans will let them do it, to fulfill their commitments."

Bolton warned that if opposition forces fail in their efforts to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the country will sink even deeper into a dictatorship.

"If this effort fails, they will sink into a dictatorship from which there are very few alternatives," Bolton said, adding that President Donald Trump "wants to see a peaceful transfer of power."

"It's a very delicate moment," he said.

CNN's Jennifer Hansler and Phil Mattingly contributed to this report

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Starbucks rolls out summer menu with a hot pink Dragon Drink

Despite its name, the drink has nothing to do with "Game of Thrones." Dragon Drink was dreamed up by customers shortly after the company released the Mango Dragonfruit Refresher last year, which combines real fruit juice with sweet mango and dragonfruit flavors.

Customers started asking for coconut milk instead of water, which turned the drink into an Instagram-worthy pink hue. Dragon Drink became a secret menu item, but due to its popularity it's on Starbucks' permanent menu starting April 30.

Also added to the permanent menu are the Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino and the Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino. The frappuccinos make their return alongside the famous S'mores Frappuccino. The drink, which the company says is inspired by the "nostalgic summer experience of roasting s'mores" is back for a limited time in the United States and Canada.

The coffee company also rolled out two new food items: a grilled cheese -- with a three-cheese blend inside sourdough bread -- and a black bean veggie wrap -- with black beans, salsa and mixed veggies. The grilled cheese will be a permanent menu item, but the wrap will be available for a limited time.

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Democrats ramp up Trump financial probe, make new hire

The House Intelligence Committee has hired Patrick Fallon, a 25-year FBI veteran who was chief of the FBI's financial crimes section, according to three sources familiar with the matter, adding to their arsenal of staffers with experience prosecuting financial crimes and cases against Russian organized crime. Fallon started this week, according to a committee source.

The House Intelligence and Financial Services Committees are zeroing in on Deutsche Bank as a key part of their investigations into Trump's finances. Trump, his children and his business on Monday sued both Deutsche Bank and Capital One to block subpoenas that the committees have issued, but House Democrats are likely to fight those in court.

"Deutsche Bank is willing to cooperate, but apparently Mr. Trump and others around him are concerned about what those bank records would show," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told CNN Tuesday. "We're going to have to fight this as vigorously as necessary to make sure that we validate our ability to oversee the administration."

The subpoenas for Deutsche Bank and Capital One are just one element of a broad House Democratic effort to probe Trump's finances — and one that the Trump administration is fighting at every step. The Trump Organization has also sued the House Oversight Committee and his own accounting firm, Mazars USA, after the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena for years' worth of Trump's financial records from the accounting firm.

And the Treasury Department has missed a deadline from House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal to provide Trump's personal and business tax returns, in another dispute that's likely to end up in court.

"I do think that we intend to respond," Neal said.

Schiff has come under fire from congressional Republicans after Mueller's investigation ended, who have accused him of claiming to have evidence of collusion between Trump's team and Russia when Mueller did not establish any criminal conspiracy.

But Schiff has argued that the contacts that were unearthed between Russians and Trump's team are alarming, even if they aren't criminal, and he's also pointed to Trump's finances as an area that's ripe for further investigation beyond Mueller.

"We have to make sure that the President is operating in America's best interest not because he has some financial interest involved," Schiff said Tuesday.

Deutsche Bank and the Trump Organization

"We're not interested in whether he was a good business man or a crooked businessman," Schiff added. "We are interested in whether there is any financial entanglement -- whether that is with the Russians or the Gulf or others that is driving US policy because of the President's financial interest overseas, or his son-in-law's, or anyone else's, and we would be negligent in our oversight if we didn't make sure."

Deutsche Bank has about $300 million in loans extended to the Trump Organization. The German lender is one of the few large banks willing to do business with the real estate developer. The bank has not extended new loans to the company since Trump has taken office.

Trump's attorneys said in a statement Monday that the subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Capital One were "unlawful and illegitimate."

"They seek information going back decades from anyone with even a tangential connection to the President, including children, minors and spouses," Trump's legal team said. "Every citizen should be concerned about this sweeping, lawless, invasion of privacy. We look forward to vindicating our clients' rights in this matter."

But Congress isn't the only entity seeking Deutsche Bank records.

Last week, CNN reported that the bank was complying with a subpoena from New York Attorney General Letitia James for documents related to loans made to Trump and his business.

Hiring experts in financial crimes

The decision to hire Fallon, the FBI veteran who ran the FBI's Financial Crimes Section, is another sign of the Schiff's focus on financial issues his broader investigation into Trump and the Trump administration.

Schiff in March announced he had hired Daniel Goldman as the committee's director of investigations. Goldman was previously deputy chief of the organized crime unit for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted cases against Russian organized crime.

Schiff has also hired aides with experience working for the FBI, the intelligence community and on the National Security Council. The hiring of a former NSC official prompted and angry response from Trump, who tweeted in February that Democrats were "stealing people who work at White House!"

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What the uprising in Venezuela means for oil prices

US oil prices initially rallied on Tuesday as TV images depicted a violent uprising in Venezuela, which was once one of America's leading oil suppliers.

But crude prices have since retreated as observers try to decipher whether US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido will be successful in his bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

"We simply don't know what is happening on the ground," said Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets. "I would be cautious about saying we are in the final chapter."

Croft, a former CIA analyst, said it's unclear if the uprising is supported by senior military officers.

"Junior officer coups tend to be bloody, erratic and the success rates are lower," she said.

The crisis in Venezuela comes at a tricky time in the oil markets. Crude prices have surged in 2019 in response to deep supply cuts by OPEC and the Trump administration's crackdowns on two OPEC nations: Iran and Venezuela.

In the United States, the average gas price has climbed by 63 cents a gallon since the beginning of the year to $2.88, according to AAA.

Venezuela's oil exports plummet

The crisis in Venezuela has led to mass human suffering marked by shortages of food and medicine as well as widespread power outages.

Even though Venezuela has more oil reserves than any nation on the planet, production there has collapsed following years of underinvestment, recent blackouts and US sanctions on PDVSA, the state oil company.

Venezuela's daily oil production plunged from 1.2 million barrels in December 2018 to 750,000 barrels in March 2019, according to field level data from Rystad Energy.

Shipments to the United States, long Venezuela's leading customer, have vanished after the PDVSA sanctions.

Overall, Venezuela exported just 476,000 barrels of oil per day in April, down from 1.24 million in January, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics and cFlow tanker tracking.

Recovery could take years

Venezuela's oil industry may rapidly rebound if Guaido takes over.

The United States reiterated its support for the people of Venezuela and Guaido on Tuesday. In a statement, the Treasury Department said the "path to sanctions relief" for PDVSA and other institutions is to support Guaido and "those who seek to restore democracy."

In other words, Washington could quickly lift the oil sanctions on Venezuela, paving the way for more barrels to reach the market.

"If Maduro is ousted, that would actually be bearish for oil," said Ryan Fitzmaurice, an energy strategist at Rabobank.

But the recovery would likely not be swift.

Even after three or four months, Venezuela's oil output would likely only rebound to about 900,000 barrels, according to Artyom Tchen, Rystad Energy's senior analyst.

"The crisis in Venezuela is multi-decades in the making. That is what people need to understand," said RBC's Croft. "If Juan Guaido comes to power, the road back is going to be arduous."

And even if Maduro is ousted, violence could linger as his supporters fight back.

But it remains unclear if Guaido will be successful. If Maduro prevails, the United States could be forced to impose even tougher sanctions that only push Venezuela's oil production lower. That would be a bullish driver for oil prices.

"Momentum around Guaido was lagging. He had to do something," said Reva Goujon, vice president of global analysis at consulting firm Stratfor.

Goujon said the key thing to watch is whether military forces aligned with Guaido move to secure Venezuela's oil facilities, including the Jose oil export terminal and drilling infrastructure in the Orinoco Belt.

Will OPEC or Texas make up for Venezuela?

Worries about Venezuela's shrinking oil output have been somewhat mitigated by hopes that OPEC could act.

US President Donald Trump has urged OPEC to prevent a price spike by ramping up production.

However, Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih signaled on Tuesday that the kingdom is no rush to pump more oil. He told Russia's RIA news agency that OPEC and its allies could even extend their supply cut agreement to the end of 2019.

America's oil producers are likely to respond to higher prices by increasing output. The shale oil revolution has catapulted the United States beyond Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's leading oil producer.

The gains have been driven by the Permian Basin, the West Texas shale oilfield that is at the heart of a bidding war over control of Anadarko Petroleum (APC).

However, US Gulf Coast refiners can't solely rely on high-quality shale oil, which is very light. To churn out gasoline, jet fuel and diesel, US refineries require a steady dose of the heavy crude — the kind typically found in Venezuela.

"A Permian barrel is not a replacement for a Venezuelan barrel," said Croft.

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Schiff to send criminal referral to Justice Department for Erik Prince

Prince's testimony has come under scrutiny after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, which raised questions about Prince's meeting with a high-ranking Russian official during the Trump transition.

"There's very strong evidence that he willingly misled the committee and made false statements, and later today we are going to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department," Schiff said at a Washington Post Live event.

Congress has the ability to send criminal referrals to the Justice Department, which is in effect a request that the Justice Department investigate whether crimes were committed. Congressional Republicans have also submitted referrals to the Justice Department related to the various congressional Russia investigations, including for ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele and former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Mueller's team also accused Roger Stone of lying to the House Intelligence Committee in its indictment of Stone. Stone has pleaded not guilty.

Matthew Schwartz, a lawyer for Prince, said in a statement there was "no new evidence here."

"Erik Prince's House testimony has been public for months, including at all times that Mr. Prince met with the special counsel's office," Schwartz said. "Mr. Prince cooperated completely with the special counsel's investigation, as its report demonstrates. There is nothing new here for the Department of Justice to consider, nor is there any reason to question the special counsel's decision to credit Mr. Prince and rely on him in drafting its report."

Prince testified before the House Intelligence Committee in 2017 behind closed doors, and a transcript was later released publicly. Schiff said his criminal referral is tied to Prince's statements on his meeting in the Seychelles Islands with Kirill Dmitriev, the chief executive officer of Russia's sovereign wealth fund.

Prince told the committee that the January 2017 meeting was a chance encounter in a bar following a meeting with George Nader, an emissary for the United Arab Emirates. He also said he was not representing Trump in any way.

But the Mueller report poked several holes in that story.

Mueller wrote that the meeting with Dmitriev was established prior to Prince's trip, and Prince told Dmitriev he would relay information back to Trump's then-chief strategist Steve Bannon. Prince and Dmitriev also met twice, first in Nader's villa and then in a restaurant, according to the Mueller report.

Schiff said he was sending the referral to the Justice Department so it will "consider whether it can make a prosecutable case." But he acknowledged that a criminal case could be hard to make because of the circumstances that Prince testified to Mueller.

"You can't lie to Congress ... but if the evidence that his testimony is false was given to the Justice Department by Prince under the condition it not be used against him, then being able to prove the case may be problematic," Schiff said. "But that's something the Justice Department will need to carefully scrutinize."

Schiff declined to say whether he is considering sending any other criminal referrals for other witnesses who have testified before his committee, such as Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Kara Scannell contributed to this report.

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America is running out of Impossible Burgers

Interest in Impossible Foods' plant-based meat alternative is growing so much that the company is struggling to keep up, the company said Tuesday.

The acknowledgment comes just after the company expanded its partnership with Burger King. Earlier this week, the fast food chain shared that it plans to sell the meatless patty as a Whopper at all of its US locations by the end of the year. Restaurant Brands International, which owns Burger King, said a St. Louis test of the Impossible Whopper went "exceedingly well."

That nationwide rollout would essentially double the amount of restaurants that Impossible works with. Burger King had about 7,300 locations nationwide at the close of last year. Right now, Impossible supplies its product to about 7,000 restaurants.

On top of that, demand for Impossible products within those 7,000 locations has more than doubled, Impossible Foods CFO David Lee told CNN Business.

The company also said it's been stretched thin because of growth from "every sales category where Impossible Foods does business," including small restaurants, other chains, like White Castle, and attractions, like theme parks and college campuses.

In a statement, Impossible said that it "recognizes the inconvenience that this shortage is causing and sincerely apologizes to all customers, particularly those who have come to depend on the additional foot traffic and revenue that the Impossible Burger has generated."

Impossible added that it is not facing a shortage of the ingredients it uses to make the plant-based meat. "We are facing short-term ramp-up challenges resulting from demand greatly outstripping supply," it said.

To keep up with demand, Impossible is increasing the number of hours its Oakland, California, plant is open. It's also hiring for a planned third shift. And it is installing a second production line that the company says "should double current capacity."

Lee said he is confident that Impossible will ultimately be able to meet the demand. The company is "not sparing any expense" to keep up, Lee told CNN Business. "We absolutely will continue fundraising."

Until the shortage is resolved, Impossible is encouraging its fans to call ahead to see if their restaurant has the meat in stock.

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Surfing legend Vincent 'Sunny' Garcia hospitalized, surf league says

"With heavy hearts we confirm that Sunny Garcia is in the ICU in the hospital," the WSL said of the 49-year-old surfer and actor in a statement to CNN.

"Sunny has always been a great champion of surfing, both in and out of the water," the WSL said via its verified Twitter account early Tuesday. "Our prayers are with him and his loved ones at this deeply challenging time."

The WSL did not immediately provide details of the location of the hospital or the reason for Garcia's hospitalization. CNN has reached out for more information.

Garcia's friend and fellow pro surfer Kelly Slater took to Instagram on Tuesday morning to offer his best wishes. "Sunny...I love you, brother. I just can't even fathom you not here," Slater posted on his Instagram account. "We've got so much more living to do before we are done."

Garcia, a native of Oahu, Hawaii, learned to surf at 5 years old, turned professional at 16 and went on to win six Triple Crown championships as well as the WSL's world championship in 2000, according to the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame. In recognition of his career achievements, Garcia was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame and the Surfing Walk of Fame.

Garcia has also appeared in more than 75 surf movies, television shows and videos, the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame notes.

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Controversial Police Encounters Fast Facts

1991 - Los Angeles - Rodney King
March 3, 1991 - LAPD officers beat motorist Rodney King after he leads police on a high-speed chase through Los Angeles County. George Holliday videotapes the beating from his apartment balcony. The video shows police beating King more than 50 times with their batons. Over 20 officers are present at the scene, mostly from the LAPD. King suffers 11 fractures and other injuries.

March 15, 1991 - A Los Angeles grand jury indicts Sergeant Stacey Koon and Officers Laurence Michael Powell, Timothy Wind and Theodore Briseno in connection with the beating.

May 10, 1991 - A grand jury refuses to indict 17 officers who stood by at the King beating and did nothing.

April 29, 1992 - The four LAPD officers are acquitted of beating King. Riots break out at the intersection of Florence and Normandie in South Central Los Angeles. Governor Pete Wilson declares a state of emergency and calls in the National Guard. Riots in the next few days leave more than 50 people dead and cause nearly $1 billion in property damage.

May 1, 1992 - King makes an emotional plea for calm, "People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?"

August 4, 1992 - A federal grand jury returns indictments against Koon, Powell, Wind, and Briseno on the charge of violating King's civil rights.

April 17, 1993 - Koon and Powell are convicted for violating King's civil rights. Wind and Briseno are found not guilty. No disturbances follow the verdict.

August 4, 1993 - US District Court Judge John Davies sentences both Koon and Powell to 30 months in prison. Powell is found guilty of violating King's constitutional right to be free from an arrest made with "unreasonable force." Koon, the ranking officer, is convicted of permitting the civil rights violation to occur.

April 19, 1994 - The federal court awards King $3.8 million in compensatory damages in a civil lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. King had demanded $56 million, or $1 million for every blow struck by the officers.

June 1, 1994 - In a civil trial against the police officers, a jury awards King $0 in punitive damages. He had asked for $15 million.

June 17, 2012 - King is found dead in his swimming pool.

1992 - Detroit - Malice Wayne Green
November 5, 1992 - Two white police officers approach Malice Wayne Green, a 35-year-old black motorist, after he parks outside a suspected drug den. Witnesses say the police strike the unarmed man in the head repeatedly with heavy flashlights. The officers claim they feared Green was trying to reach for one of their weapons. Green dies of his injuries later that night.

November 16, 1992 - Two officers, Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn, are charged with second-degree murder. Sgt. Freddie Douglas, a supervisor who arrived on the scene after a call for backup, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and willful neglect of duty. Another officer, Robert Lessnau, is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm.

November 18, 1992 - The Detroit Free Press reports that toxicology tests revealed alcohol and a small amount of cocaine in Green's system. A medical examiner later states that Green's head injuries, combined with the cocaine and alcohol in his system, led to his death.

December 1992 - The Detroit police chief fires the four officers.

August 23, 1993 - Nevers and Budzyn are convicted of murder after a 45-day trial. Lessnau is acquitted. Nevers sentence is 12 to 25 years, while Budzyn's sentence is eight to 18 years. The charge against Douglas had been dismissed before the trial.

1997-1998 - The Michigan Supreme Court orders a retrial for Budzyn due to possible jury bias. During the second trial, a jury convicts Budzyn of a less serious charge, involuntary manslaughter and he is released with time served.

2000-2001 - A jury finds Nevers guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a second trial. He is released from prison in 2001.

2006 - Nevers' book about the incident and the trial, "Good Cops, Bad Verdict: How Racial Politics Convicted Us of Murder," is published.

2013 - The city demolishes a structure with a memorial for Green, a mural painted on the building near the street where the fatal confrontation took place.

1997 - New York - Abner Louima
August 9, 1997 - Abner Louima, a 33-year-old Haitian immigrant, is arrested for interfering with officers trying to break up a fight in front of the Club Rendez-vous nightclub in Brooklyn. Louima alleges, while handcuffed, police officers lead him to the precinct bathroom and sodomized him with a plunger or broomstick.

August 15, 1997 - Police officers Justin Volpe and Charles Schwarz are charged with aggravated sexual abuse and first-degree assault.

August 16, 1997 - Thousands of angry protesters, many waving toilet plungers, gather outside Brooklyn's 70th Precinct to demonstrate against what they say is a long-standing problem of police brutality against minorities. Throughout the day, protesters, many of them Haitian, taunt police, chanting, "No justice, no peace." At some times, protesters stand toe to toe with officers watching the protest from behind a barricade, and call the officers racist and fascist.

August 18, 1997 - Two more officers, Thomas Wiese and Thomas Bruder, are charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

February 26, 1998 - Volpe, Bruder, Schwarz and Wiese are indicted on federal civil rights charges in Louima's case. A fifth officer, Michael Bellomo, is accused of helping the others cover up the alleged beating, as well as an alleged assault on another Haitian immigrant, Patrick Antoine, the same night.

May 1999 - Volpe pleads guilty to beating and sodomizing Louima. He is later sentenced to 30 years in prison.

June 8, 1999 - Schwarz is convicted of beating Louima, then holding him down while he was being tortured. Wiese, Bruder, and Bellomo are acquitted. Schwarz is later sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for perjury.

March 6, 2000 - In a second trial, Schwarz, Wiese, and Bruder are convicted for conspiring to obstruct justice by covering up the attack.

July 12, 2001 - Louima receives $8.75 million in a settlement agreement with the City of New York and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.

February 28, 2002 - The Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the convictions of Schwarz, Wiese, and Bruder on the obstruction of justice charges.

September 2002 - Schwarz pleads guilty to perjury and is sentenced to five years in prison. He had been scheduled to face a new trial for civil rights violations but agreed to a deal with prosecutors.

1999 - New York - Amadou Diallo
February 4, 1999 - Amadou Diallo, 22, a street vendor from West Africa, is confronted outside his home in the Bronx by four NYPD officers who are searching the neighborhood for a rapist. When Diallo reaches for his wallet, the officers open fire, reportedly fearing he was pulling out a gun. They fire 41 times and hit him 19 times, killing him.

March 24, 1999 - More than 200 protestors are arrested outside NYPD headquarters. For weeks, activists have gathered almost daily to protest the use of force by NYPD officers.

March 25, 1999 - A Bronx grand jury votes to indict the four officers - Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon, Kenneth Boss and Richard Murphy - for second-degree murder.

February 25, 2000 - The officers are acquitted of state murder charges.

January 2001 - The US Justice Department announces it will not pursue federal civil rights charges against the officers.

January 2004 - Diallo's family settles a wrongful death lawsuit for $3 million dollars.

2005 - New Orleans - The Danziger Bridge shootings
September 4, 2005 - Six days after Hurricane Katrina devastates the area, New Orleans police officers receive a radio call that two officers are down under the Danziger vertical-lift bridge. According to the officers, people were shooting at them and they returned fire.

-- Brothers Ronald and Lance Madison, along with four members of the Bartholomew family, are shot by police officers. Ronald Madison, 40, who is intellectually disabled, and James Brisette, 17 (some sources say 19), are fatally wounded.

December 28, 2006 - Police Sgts. Kenneth Bowen and Robert Gisevius and officers Robert Faulcon and Anthony Villavaso are charged with first-degree murder. Officers Robert Barrios, Michael Hunter and Ignatius Hills are charged with attempted murder.

August 2008 - State charges against the officers are thrown out.

July 12, 2010 - Four officers are indicted on federal charges of murdering Brissette: Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon and Villavaso. Faulcon is also charged with Madison's murder. Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon and Villavaso, along with Arthur Kaufman and Gerard Dugue are charged with covering up the shooting.

April 8, 2010 - Hunter pleads guilty in federal court of covering up the police shooting. In December, he is sentenced to eight years in prison.

August 5, 2011 - The jury finds five officers guilty of civil rights and obstruction charges: Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon, Villavaso and Kaufman.

October 5, 2011 - Hills receives a six and a half year sentence for his role in the shooting.

April 4, 2012 - A federal judge sentences five officers to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for the shootings of unarmed civilians. Faulcon receives 65 years. Bowen and Gisevius both receive 40 years. Villavaso receives 38 years. Kaufman was not involved in the shooting, just the cover up, so he receives a lighter sentence than the others do.

March 2013 - After a January 2012 mistrial, Dugue's trial is delayed indefinitely.

September 17, 2013 - Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon, Villavaso and Kaufman are awarded a new trial.

April 20, 2016 - Bowen, Gisevius, Faulcon, Villavaso and Kaufman plead guilty in exchange for reduced sentences. The five officers will serve between three and 12 years in prison, down from their original sentences of six to 65 years.

2006 - New York - Sean Bell
November 25, 2006 - Sean Bell, 23, is fatally shot by NYPD officers outside a Queens bar the night before his wedding. Two of his companions, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, are wounded in the gunfire. Officers reportedly fired 50 times at the men.

December 2006 - Al Sharpton leads a rally in Manhattan, "Shopping for Justice," to protest the shooting.

March 2007 - Three of the five officers involved in the shooting are indicted: Detectives Gescard F. Isnora and Michael Oliver are charged with manslaughter, and Michael Oliver is charged with reckless endangerment.

April 25, 2008 - The three officers are acquitted of all charges.

February 16, 2010 - The Department of Justice announces that it will not pursue federal civil rights charges against the police officers.

July 27, 2010 - New York City settles a lawsuit for more than $7 million filed by Bell's family and two of his friends.

2009 - Oakland, California - Oscar Grant
January 1, 2009 - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer Johannes Mehserle shoots Oscar Grant, an unarmed 22-year-old, in the back while he is lying face down on a platform at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland.

January 7, 2009 - Footage from station KTVU shows demonstrators vandalizing businesses and assaulting police in Oakland during a protest. About 105 people are arrested. Some protesters lie on their stomachs, saying they were showing solidarity with Grant, who was shot in the back.

January 27, 2010 - The mother of Grant's young daughter receives a $1.5 million settlement in her lawsuit against BART.

July 8, 2010 - A jury finds Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. At the trial, Mehserle says that he intended to draw and fire his Taser rather than his gun.

November 5, 2010 - Mehserle is sentenced to two years in prison. He will be able to apply 292 days of time served and may be released in seven months. Outrage over the light sentence leads to a night of violent protests.

June 2011 - Mehserle is released from prison.

July 30, 2013 - A federal appeals court rejects Mehserle's claim of immunity. This allows Grant's father to file a civil lawsuit against Mehserle.

July 12, 2013 - The movie, "Fruitvale Station" opens in limited release. It dramatizes the final hours of Grant's life.

July 7, 2014 - The federal jury does not award any damages in the civil lawsuit brought by Grant's father.

2011 - Fullerton, California - Kelly Thomas
July 5, 2011 - Fullerton police officers respond to a call about a homeless man looking into car windows and pulling on handles of cars. Surveillance camera footage shows Thomas being beaten, clubbed and stunned with a Taser by police. Thomas, who was mentally ill, dies five days later in the hospital. When the surveillance video of Thomas's beating is released in May 2012, it sparks a nationwide outcry.

May 9, 2012 - Officer Manuel Ramos is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, and Cpl. Jay Patrick Cicinelli is charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony use of excessive force.

May 16, 2012 - The City of Fullerton awards $1 million to Thomas' mother, Cathy Thomas.

September 28, 2012 - A third police officer, Joseph Wolfe, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive force in connection with Thomas' death.

January 13, 2014 - A jury acquits Ramos and Cicinelli. The charges against Wolfe are dropped.

January 23, 2017 - Department of Justice officials announce they will not pursue federal charges against the three officers for civil rights violations.

2014 - New York - Eric Garner
July 17, 2014 - Eric Garner, 43, dies after Officer Daniel Pantaleo tackles him to the ground in a department-banned chokehold during an arrest for allegedly selling cigarettes illegally. Garner is restrained on the ground by several officers. "I can't breathe," says Garner, who has asthma. The incident is recorded via cellphone video. Garner dies later that day.

August 1, 2014 - The New York City Medical Examiner rules Garner's death a homicide.

December 3, 2014 - A grand jury decides not to indict Pantaleo. Protests are held in New York, Washington, Philadelphia and Oakland, California. People chant Garner's last words, "I can't breathe!"

July 14, 2015 - New York settles with Garner's estate for $5.9 million.

2014 - Ferguson, Missouri - Michael Brown
August 9, 2014 - During a struggle, a police officer in Ferguson fatally shoots an unarmed man, Michael Brown, 18.

August 9-10, 2014 - Approximately 1,000 demonstrators protest Brown's death. The Ferguson-area protest turns violent and police begin using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. Black Lives Matter, a protest movement that grew out of the Trayvon Martin shooting in 2012, grows in visibility during the Ferguson demonstrations.

August 15, 2014 - Police identify the officer as 28-year-old Darren Wilson. Wilson is put on paid administrative leave after the incident, and he is required to undergo two psychological evaluations before returning to duty. Governor Jay Nixon decides to put the Missouri State Highway Patrol in charge of security.

August 18, 2014 - Governor Jay Nixon calls in the Missouri National Guard to protect the police command center.

November 24, 2014 - A grand jury does not indict Wilson for Brown's shooting. Documents show that Wilson fired his gun 12 times. Protests erupt after the hearing in Ferguson and nationwide.

November 29, 2014 - Wilson resigns from the Ferguson police force.

March 11, 2015 - Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigns a week after a scathing Justice Department report slams his department.

April 23, 2015 - The family of Brown files a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson.

August 9-10, 2015 - The anniversary observations of Brown's death are largely peaceful during the day Sunday. After dark, shots are fired, businesses are vandalized and there are tense standoffs between officers and protestors, according to police. The next day, a state of emergency is declared and fifty-six people are arrested during a demonstration at a St. Louis courthouse.

June 20, 2017 - A settlement is reached in the Brown family wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson. While the details of the settlement are not disclosed to the public, US Federal Judge Richard Webber called the settlement, "fair and reasonable compensation."

2015 - North Charleston, South Carolina - Walter Scott
April 4, 2015 - North Charleston police officer Michael Slager fatally shoots Walter Scott, 50, an unarmed motorist stopped for a broken brake light. Slager says he feared for his life after Scott grabbed his Taser.

April 7, 2015 - Cellphone video of the incident is released. It shows Scott running away and Slager shooting him in the back. Slager is charged with first-degree murder.

September 10, 2015 - Slager's attorneys make the case for him to be released on bond, after court documents reveal new details from the toxicology report, blood analysis and Taser data. The judge declines to release Slater on bond.

October 8, 2015 - The North Charleston City Council approves a $6.5 million settlement with the family of Walter Scott.

January 4, 2016 - Slager is released on a $500,000 cash bond.

May 11, 2016 - A federal grand jury indicts Slager for misleading investigators and violating the civil rights of Walter Scott.

November 3, 2016 - Opening statements begin in Slager's trial.

November 29, 2016 - Slager testifies on the stand.

November 30, 2016 - Closing arguments wrap up and the jury begins deliberating.

December 5, 2016 - After three days of deliberations, the jury is unable to reach a verdict and the judge declares a mistrial in the case. The prosecutor says that the state will try Slager again.

May 2, 2017 - Slager pleads guilty to a federal charge of using excessive force. The crime is a felony, punishable by up to life in prison. State murder charges against Slager -- as well as two other federal charges -- will be dismissed as part of a plea deal.

December 7, 2017 - US District Court Judge David Norton sentences Slager to 20 years in federal prison for killing Scott.

2015 - Baltimore - Freddie Gray
April 12, 2015 - Police arrest 25-year-old Freddie Gray on a weapons charge after he is found with a knife in his pocket. Witness video contains audio of Gray screaming as officers carry him to the prisoner transport van. After arriving at the police station, he is transferred to a trauma clinic with a severe spinal injury. He falls into a coma and dies one week later.

April 21, 2015 - The names of six officers involved in the arrest are released. Lt. Brian Rice, 41, Officer Caesar Goodson, 45, Sgt. Alicia White, 30, Officer William Porter, 25, Officer Garrett Miller, 26, and Officer Edward Nero, 29, are all suspended.

April 24, 2015 - Baltimore police acknowledge Gray did not get timely medical care after his arrest and was not buckled into a seat belt while being transported in a police van.

April 27, 2015 - Protests turn into riots on the day of Gray's funeral. At least 20 officers are injured as police and protesters clash on the streets. A video shows police in riot gear take cover behind an armored vehicle, as protesters pelt them with rocks. Gov. Larry Hogan's office declares a state of emergency and activates the National Guard to address the unrest.

May 21, 2015 - A Baltimore grand jury indicts six officers in the death of Freddie Gray. The officers face a range of charges from involuntary manslaughter to reckless endangerment. Goodman, the driver of the transport van, will face the most severe charge: second-degree depraved-heart murder.

September 10, 2015 - Judge Barry Williams denies the defendants' motion to move their trials out of Baltimore, a day after officials approve a $6.4 million deal to settle all civil claims tied to Gray's death.

November 30, 2015 - Porter's trial begins. He faces charges of manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment. The Baltimore jury is comprised of eight women, five black and three white, and four men, three black and one white. The alternates are three white men and one black man.

December 7, 2015 - Due to a medical emergency, the judge dismisses a juror. The jury is now comprised of seven women, four black and three white, and five men, three black and two white. The alternates are two white men and one black man.

December 16, 2015 - The judge declares a mistrial in Porter's case after jurors say they are deadlocked.

May 12, 2016 - Nero's bench trial begins in Baltimore. He faces charges of second-degree intentional assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office.

May 23, 2016 - Nero is found not guilty.

June 9, 2016 - The bench trial of Goodson begins in Baltimore. Goodson faces charges that include second-degree depraved-heart murder, involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

June 23, 2016 - Goodson is acquitted of all charges.

July 18, 2016 - Rice, the highest-ranking officer to stand trial, is found not guilty on all charges. Rice had been charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.

July 27, 2016 - Prosecutors drop charges against the three remaining officers awaiting trial in connection with Gray's death.

August 10, 2016 - A Justice Department investigation finds that the Baltimore Police Department engages in unconstitutional practices that lead to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans. The report also finds excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities.

January 12, 2017 - The city of Baltimore agrees to a consent decree with sweeping reforms proposed by the Justice Department.

April 7, 2017 - A federal judge approves the consent decree and rejects a request from the Justice Department for a 30-day delay to review the agreement.

September 12, 2017 - The Justice Department announces it will not pursue federal civil rights charges against the six Baltimore police officers.

2015 - Chicago - Laquan McDonald
October 20, 2014 - Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shoots and kills Laquan McDonald, 17. McDonald was armed with a 3-inch knife and had the drug PCP in his system, according to toxicology reports. However, he was not menacing anyone up close, standing at least ten feet from the nearest person. According to a police union spokesperson, an officer told McDonald to drop the knife but he did not comply. Later, an autopsy shows McDonald was shot 16 times.

April 13, 2015 - Federal and state authorities announce that they will conduct a joint investigation into McDonald's death spearheaded by the Chicago branch of the FBI.

April 15, 2015 - The city reaches a settlement with McDonald's family, agreeing to pay $5 million, though the family had not filed a lawsuit.

November 19, 2015 - A judge in Chicago orders the city to release the police dashcam video that shows the shooting. For months, the city had fought attempts to have the video released to the public, saying it could jeopardize any ongoing investigation. The decision is the result of a Freedom of Information Act request by freelance journalist, Brandon Smith.

November 24, 2015 - Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder.

December 1, 2015 - Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces he has asked for the resignation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

August 30, 2016 - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson files administrative charges against six officers involved in the shooting. Five officers will have their cases heard by the Chicago Police Board, which will rule if the officers will be terminated. The sixth officer charged has resigned.

March 2017 - Van Dyke is indicted on 16 additional counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. The new charges apparently correspond to each shot he fired at McDonald.

June 27, 2017 - Three officers are indicted on felony conspiracy, official misconduct and obstruction of justice charges for allegedly lying to investigators.

October 5, 2018 - Van Dyke is found guilty of second-degree murder and of 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, but not guilty of official misconduct. Though he was originally charged with first-degree murder, jurors were instructed on October 4 that they also could consider second-degree murder.

January 17, 2019 - Cook County Associate Judge Domenica Stephenson finds three Chicago police officers not guilty of covering up details in the 2014 killing of McDonald. Stephenson's ruling came more than a month after the officers' five-day bench trial ended.

January 18, 2019 - Van Dyke is sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for the killing of McDonald.

2016 - Falcon Heights, Minnesota - Philando Castile
July 6, 2016 - Police officer Jeronimo Yanez shoots and kills Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights. Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, live-streams the aftermath of the confrontation, and says Castile was reaching for his identification when he was shot.

November 16, 2016 - Yanez is charged with second-degree manslaughter and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm.

December 15, 2016 - The Justice Department announces it will conduct a review of the St. Anthony Police Department, which services Falcon heights and two other towns.

February 27, 2017 - Yanez pleads not guilty.

June 16, 2017 - After deliberating for 27 hours and hearing two weeks of testimony, the jury finds Yanez not guilty on all counts. The city says it will offer Yanez a voluntary separation agreement from the police department.

June 26, 2017 - It is announced that the family of Castile has reached a $3 million settlement with the city of St. Anthony, Minnesota.

November 29, 2017 - The city of St. Anthony announces that Reynolds has settled with two cities for $800,000. St. Anthony will pay $675,000 of the settlement, while an insurance trust will pay $125,000 on behalf of Roseville.

2016 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Terence Crutcher
September 16, 2016 - Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby fatally shoots Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old unarmed black man, after his car is found abandoned in the middle of the road.

September 19, 2016 - The Tulsa Police Department releases video of the incident captured by a police helicopter, showing Shelby and other officers at the scene. At a news conference, the police chief tells reporters Crutcher was unarmed. Both the US Department of Justice and state authorities have launched investigations into the officer-involved shooting.

September 22, 2016 - Officer Shelby is charged with felony first-degree manslaughter. The criminal complaint against Shelby says her "fear resulted in her unreasonable actions which led her to shooting" Crutcher. She is accused of "unlawfully and unnecessarily" shooting Crutcher after he did not comply with her "lawful orders."

November 29, 2016 - Shelby is ordered to stand trial for first-degree manslaughter.

April 2, 2017 - During an interview on "60 Minutes," Shelby says race was not a factor in her decision to open fire, and Crutcher "caused" his death when he ignored her commands, reaching into his vehicle to retrieve what she believed was a gun. "I saw a threat and I used the force I felt necessary to stop a threat."

May 15, 2017 - Shelby takes the witness stand in her own defense, testifying that she opened fire because she feared for her life when Crutcher reached into his vehicle to get what could have been a gun. Shelby says the decision to shoot Crutcher stemmed from her police training.

May 17, 2017 - Shelby is acquitted of felony manslaughter.

July 14, 2017 - Shelby announces she will resign from the Tulsa Police Department in August.

August 10, 2017 - Shelby joins the Rogers County, Oklahoma, Sheriff's Office as a reserve deputy.

October 25, 2017 - A Tulsa County District Court judge grants Shelby's petition to have her record expunged.

2018 - Pittsburgh - Antwon Rose II
June 19, 2018 - Antwon Rose II, an unarmed 17-year-old, is shot and killed by police officer Michael Rosfeld in East Pittsburgh. Rose had been a passenger in a car that was stopped by police because it matched the description of a car that was involved in an earlier shooting. Rose and another passenger "bolted" from the vehicle, and Rosfeld opened fire, striking Rose three times, Allegheny County police says.

June 27, 2018 - The Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, district attorney charges Rosfeld with criminal homicide in the shooting death of Rose.

March 22, 2019 - After hearing three-and-half days of testimony, the jury deliberates four hours and finds Rosfeld not guilty on all counts. If convicted, he could have been sentenced to life in prison.

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