New York City is known for its quirky yet harmless characters. That’s how residents in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn neighborhood where Saheed Vassell was killed by police in a hail of bullets, described the 34-year man who suffered from mental health issues. Source: 5 things to know […]
A photo of Stephon Clark’s grandmother, Sequita Thompson taken by my friend who attended the family’s press conference with me. Photo: Jon Crisp As journalists, we are taught that it is our job to deliver news and information objectively. Source: #StephonClark: When Reporting the News […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun on Wednesday fatally shot a man carrying a metal pipe, mistaking it for a firearm, police said. It happened just before 5 p.m. in the Crown Heights neighborhood […]
On the heels of police officers shooting a young, unarmed black man to death in Sacramento, California, last month, state lawmakers announced a first-of-its-kind bill on Monday that raises the standard for when officers may open fire. The proposed legislation would change the guidance in […]
Investigators want to know exactly what led to a White police officer shooting and killing a 60-year-old Black man minutes after a traffic stop on Friday night. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) was expected to interview Winston-Salem police Officer Dalton McGuire this […]
In February, an incident between 39-year-old Mark Daniels and a few Pittsburgh police officers left Daniels dead. At a news conference this week, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala said that Daniels’s fatal shooting was justified, claiming Daniels fired the first shots at the officers, […]
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