An independent autopsy has concluded that Zachary Hammond, an unarmed white 19-year-old killed by a Seneca, S.C., police officer July 26 during a drug bust, was shot from the side, contradicting what the officer said led up to the fatal shooting, The Guardian reports. The officer claimed that the teen was driving the vehicle toward…

It’s been a year since now-former Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson gunned down unarmed teen Michael Brown after an alleged confrontation. During that time, Wilson has had to think about his part in Brown’s death but apparently hasn’t given much thought to Brown as a person, according to an extensive profile in the New…

The family of Sandra Bland—demanding accountability for the Illinois woman’s death while in police custody at a Texas jail—filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, KHOU-TV reports. “We are looking for Waller County and the individuals involved to take accountability,” family attorney Cannon Lambert Sr. said, according to the Houston news station. The wrongful death suit…

A Tampa, Fla., school district will most likely fire the music teacher who allegedly duct-taped a kindergartner’s eyes shut as a form of punishment. However, for now, according to the Tampa Bay Times, the Hillsborough County School Board has voted 6-0 this week to suspend Lindsay Blanc, the music teacher in question. The 29-year-old reportedly earns…

A Texas mother is outraged that her 10-month-old son was forgotten and left alone in the dark at a locked day care center in Houston, KTRK reports. Authorities are currently investigating 30-year-old Sharonda Ross’ claims after she and her husband, Lawrence Matthews, were forced to break into the day care to retrieve their crying little boy,…

Ray Tensing, the University of Cincinnati campus officer who fatally shot Sam Dubose during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate, has pleaded not guilty to murder and involuntary manslaughter charges, the Associated Press reports. During an arraignment on Thursday, Tensing’s bond was set at $1 million. Prosecutors have claimed that the officer…

It’s been a little over two weeks since Sandra Bland was discovered dead in her Texas jail cell from what authorities say was a suicide. In those 17 days since Bland’s controversial death, which has sparked social media fury and a plethora of unanswered questions, at least four more black women have died while in…

Zimbabwean authorities are seeking an American dentist as part of an investigation into the killing of Cecil the lion, a well-known and favorite attraction in Hwange National Park, CNN reports. Two Zimbabwean men were expected in court Wednesday regarding the slaughter of the famed animal. According to CNN, two locals—Theo Bronchorst, a professional hunter, and…

A Westchester County, N.Y., mother of eight died in a police holding cell Monday afternoon while waiting to be arraigned for shoplifting, the New York Daily News reports, leaving a grieving husband demanding answers. “I want to know why I can’t hold her anymore,” Herman Turner, 49, said, speaking of his wife of 23 years.…

A now-former Georgia corrections officer at a women’s prison is facing criminal charges after allegedly using his high-ranking position to prey on inmates and force them to have sex with him, investigators have revealed, according to the Associated Press. Edgar Daniel Johnson reportedly groped and fondled women and forced some to have sex with him…