Relatives of children killed in Philadelphia’s 1985 police bombing of Black liberation group MOVE are outraged after learning an Ivy League professor had been using one of the teen’s remains as a model in a training video. In a video posted online titled “Real Bones: […]
“An execution” was the first response of one of the few people allowed to see a snippet of the video that showed the police-involved shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. After numerous delays, officials in Elizabeth City, N.C., finally allowed the family and representatives of Andrew […]
A state of emergency has been declared in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and Pasquotank County as police prepare to release body camera footage of officers killing Andrew Brown, a 42-year-old man who was shot on Wednesday during the execution of a search warrant. The family was expecting to […]
Amid anti-police sentiment, reforms in how police operate, and renewed vigor to prosecute police misconduct, retirements and departures in the New York Police Department (NYPD) have skyrocketed. According to the New York Post, more than 5,300 NYPD officers have either retired or left the force, a 75% increase […]
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 […]
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