New Report Calls Tamir Rice’s Death Tragic, But “Objectively Reasonable”
Prosecutors have presented new findings to a grand jury that will decide whether to indict the police officers involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Cleveland reports. Consultant W....
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Minneapolis Protests Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man
The Minneapolis Black Lives Matter chapter is calling out police officers for shooting a man who was allegedly handcuffed over the weekend, The Star Tribune reports. The shooting occurred early Sunday...
View ArticleVideo Catches Brutal Beating Of Car Thief Suspect By California Police Officers
An internal investigation has begun in the case of two Alameda County, California deputies who were placed on administrative leave after they were filmed viciously beating a suspected car thief. The...
View ArticleMinneapolis protesters vow to stay outside police station
NAACP Youth Director Stephen Green sings “We Shall Overcome” at a makeshift memorial for Jamar Clark near Plymouth Avenue, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, in Minneapolis. Clark was fatally shot by police on...
View ArticleInterim police chief in Ferguson resigns early
In this Oct. 28, 2015 file photo, Interim Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Andre Anderson, right, talks with people in Normandy, Mo. (Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File) ST. LOUIS (AP) _ The...
View ArticleFamily Of Ahmed Mohamed Demands $15 Million From Texas Officials After Clock...
Two months after Muslim-American teen Ahmed Mohamed’s homemade digital clock was mistaken for a bomb by authorities, his family is seeking $15 million from Texas officials, CNN reports. Mohamed, 14,...
View ArticleChicago Cop Charged With First-Degree Murder In Death Of Laquan McDonald
The Chicago police officer who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times was charged Tuesday in the teen’s death, according to ABC 7. Police officer Jason Van Dyke, who is White, was charged with first-degree...
View ArticleMinneapolis police arrest 2 men in shooting near protest
A demonstrator speaks about his encounter with attackers who were shooting at five protesters near the Minneapolis Police 4th Precinct earlier in the night, as protesters gather in front of the...
View ArticleChicago officer charged with murder in killing of Black teen
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, accused of fatally shooting a black teenager, arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Van Dyke was charged with first...
View ArticleChicago police misconduct has frayed relations with Blacks
In this May, 2, 2008 file photo, Rev. Marshall Hatch, of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church speaks to the media in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) CHICAGO (AP) — A South Side...
View ArticleEx-Oklahoma cop’s rape conviction symbol of national problem
Former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, center, cries as he is led from the courtroom after the verdicts were read for the charges against him at the Oklahoma County Courthouse in...
View ArticleOfficials: LA deputies killed man who held gun as he fell
Latrice Barkus, Nicholas Robertson’s aunt, facing camera, is embraced in front of the sidewalk memorial set up to honor her nephew on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in Lynwood, Calif. Robertson was fatally...
View ArticleFeds laud Philadelphia police reform amid deadly force probe
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, center, refers to the Justice Department’s six-month assessment report in his hand as Mayor Michael Nutter, right, and Deputy Commissioner Richard...
View ArticleRelatives of 2 killed by Chicago police question shootings
LaTarsha Jones, center, the daughter of Bettie Jones, is comforted by family and friends during a news conference on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in front of the house where Bettie Jones was killed Saturday...
View ArticleRichard Ross sworn in as Philadelphia’s police commissioner
Richard Ross smiles during his swearing in ceremony as Philadelphia’s new police commissioner, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, at his alma mater, Central High School, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)...
View ArticleCrossfire of Bullets Injures a Sixteen-Year Old
Crossfire of Bullets Injures a Sixteen Year Old Girl Humbot Park police crime scene Car damaged in the crossfire that left one 16-year old injured A 16-year-old girl was shot at 8:30 a.m Thursday...
View ArticleSlain Virginia officer lauded for bravery, intelligence
This undated photo provided by the Prince William County Police shows Officer Ashley Guindon. Ronald Williams Hamilton is being held without bond in the Prince William County Adult Detention Center on...
View ArticleLAPD investigates knife purportedly found at OJ Simpson home
This May 13, 2013 file photo shows O.J. Simpson listening to testimony at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) —...
View ArticleThings to know about the O.J. Simpson trial
In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, center, clenches his fists in victory after the jury said he was not guilty in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald...
View ArticleFamily seeks firing of White NYC cop who killed Black teen
Wearing a memorial photo button of her son Ramarley Graham, Constance Malcolm, center, is surrounded by city council members and a coalition of civil rights activists as she speaks during a rally on...
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