© Provided by News18 Black Teenager Makhia Bryant Shot Dead by US Police in Ohio, Less Than an Hour Before Derek Chauvin’s Conviction By News18 Police in the US state of Ohio fatally shot a Black teenager who appeared to be lunging at another person with a knife, less than an […]
Police Brutality
Adam Toledo: Chicago police release video of officer shooting boy
By BBC News Photo by todd kent on Unsplash Chicago police have released graphic footage of an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old boy in a dark alley. Bodycam video shows the policeman shouting “drop it” before shooting Adam Toledo once in the chest on 29 March. The boy does not […]
‘He Must Have Been Scared’: Witness Accounts Clash with Those of Police In Slaying of Metro Atlanta Black Man at His Home, Family Demands Bodycam Video Be Released
Matthew Williams (Credit: Family photo) By Matt Bruce A Georgia family finds itself in crisis, questioning why one of their loved ones was gunned down by police inside his home Monday, April 12. DeKalb County police officers shot and killed Matthew Zadok Williams, a 35-year-old Black man, during a confrontation at […]
Black Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed in Traffic Stop Accuses Officers of Assault
Second Lt. Caron Nazario was in uniform when two Windsor, Va., police officers ordered him to stop his car, pointed their weapons at him and doused him with pepper spray. By Mike Ives and Maria Cramer © Provided by NBC News on MSN UPDATEThe officer who pepper-sprayed a Black Army medic has been […]
TRIGGER WARNING: MINNESOTA POLICE OFFICER KIM POTTER, POLICE CHIEF TIM GANNON RESIGN FOLLOWING FATAL SHOOTING OF DAUNTE WRIGHT
by Derek Major The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a Black man in Minnesota, during a traffic stop last weekend, which her police chief says was accidental, has resigned. Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter handed in her resignation in a short letter to Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot […]
Family of teenager hit by police cruiser demand answers
By Mike Valente Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash Posted at 11:03 PM, Apr 08, 2021 and last updated 11:15 PM, Apr 08, 2021 LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The family of a teenager hit by a police cruiser March 30 opened up a city council meeting Thursday night by pleading for answers. […]
Justice For George Floyd: 2 Jurors Dismissed In Derek Chauvin Trial Over Concerns Around $27M Settlement
Source: Mario Tama / Getty Written By Bruce C.T. Wright This article will be continuously updated throughout the Derek Chauvin murder trial, which begins Monday, March 8. UPDATED: 1:24 p.m. ET, March 17 Two jurors were dismissed from the Derek Chauvin trial on Wednesday over concerns that their impartiality could be tainted by […]
Officer faces manslaughter charge after Black man shot in back 3 times
Image Source: Sue Ogrocki By ArLuther Lee,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution An Oklahoma City police officer has been charged with first-degree manslaughter after shooting a Black man in the back three times as the man ran away from a confrontation with deputies in December. The fatal shooting, which happened Dec. 11, was captured […]
Kentucky Senate Passes Bill Restricting No-Knock Warrants, But Breonna Taylor’s Supporters Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
A bill proposed by state lawmaker Rep. Attica Scott required more police accountability, but unfortunately languishes in the House. Source: Jason Armond / Getty Kentucky legislators unanimously voted to approve a bill that would restrict the usage of “no-knock” warrants on Thursday, in an increasing effort to prohibit excessive force […]
International Commission Hearings on Racial Police Violence in the US to Begin MLK Day
by S.E. Williams BLM Protesters (Source: International Commission of Inquiry The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) have assembled a commission of experts from around the world to investigate racist police violence against people of African descent in […]