Former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, convicted on Tuesday for killing George Floyd, now finds himself in more turmoil as the U.S. Justice Department looks into his alleged assault against a Black teenager three years ago. Prosecutors first learned about the 2017 incident last year as they were preparing to present their argument […]
“Police reform is possible. Newark is a great example,” a Twitter user said Police officers in Newark didn’t fire a single shot in 2020, which means the city did not have to pay to settle police brutality cases, according to NJ.com. Crime has reportedly dropped in the city […]
Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen announced Wednesday, April 21, that the officers involved in the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager who died after an encounter with police in the bathroom at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, earlier this month were legally justified […]
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty Andrew Brown Jr. marked the second high-profile police involved shooting following the death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on Tuesday. Brown, a 42-year-old father of 10, was shot on Wednesday morning in Elizabeth City, North Carolina as Pasquotank County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to […]
“Let’s take this breath together in honor of my big brother who couldn’t. Let’s do it for George,” said Philonise Floyd. The family of George Floyd has issued a statement to thank the Las Vegas Raiders for their tweet of support despite the widespread backlash. Released through attorney Ben Crump, the […]
A Black man in North Carolina was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy who was delivering a warrant. In other words, it’s a Thursday in America. According to ABC News, a man identified as Andrew Brown Jr., was fatally shot by a deputy from the […]
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