A Black Detroit man with schizophrenia was experiencing an episodic crisis when he was reportedly shot 38 times and killed by police on Sunday. Footage from a crisis intervention officer’s body camera shows 20-year-old Porter Burks, who was allegedly holding an 8 inch folding knife with […]
*Three Colorado police officers have been fired after they shared photos that mocked the death of Elijah McClain who was killed by members of the law enforcement last August. We reported previously that McClain had been walking from a local convenience store when he was confronted […]
Late Sunday at 11:30 pm, two St. Louis police officers fatally shot a 16-year-old they said was reaching for a gun. According to ABC News, Darryl Ross was outside a local gas station when two drug enforcement detectives were surveilling the area. The incident report notes the detectives saw several people […]
Maryland created a new alert system to track down racist incidents and other hate crimes, according to CBS News. The “Emmett Till Alert” will be modeled after the Amber Alert and notify Black leaders in the state of any racially motivated crimes. The initiative comes after a string of attacks on Black […]
A new lawsuit has been filed against Prince George’s County and two officers of the Prince George’s County Police Department, after a Black man alleged his civil rights were violated during an April 2022 traffic stop. Lawyers representing the man alleged he was a victim […]
Update (August 8, 2022): William “Roddie” Bryan, the third man involved in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a hate crime involving the fatal chase, according to AP News. Bryan’s sentencing is less than the life sentences Gregory and Travis […]
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