A 49-year-old Texas officer with just 11 months on the job shot and killed unarmed college student Christian Taylor, 19, who police claim broke into a car dealership early Friday morning, according to the Dallas Morning News. Arlington Police Officer Brad Miller, 49, started in the department in September, the report says. Until now his…

Police dash-cam video footage released this week sheds new light on events leading up to the slaying of unarmed Jonathan Ferrell, who was shot and killed by an officer in September 2013 while seeking help after a car accident, according to NBC News. Randall Kerrick, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police officer who shot and killed Ferrell,…

A police Facebook group reportedly posted a mocking memorial tribute to Michael Brown, the unarmed teen whose death last year in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a movement against police violence against blacks, according to Raw Story. Ahead of the first anniversary of Brown’s Aug. 9 death at the hands of then-Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, the Facebook…

Just a week after 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown was laid to rest amid extreme family drama comes this: an allegation that she was killed. Her court-appointed conservator, Bedelia Hargrove, on Friday amended a lawsuit to add a wrongful death claim alleging that Brown’s longtime boyfriend, Nick Gordon, gave her a “toxic cocktail” after an argument…

Who said protesting is ineffective? Since Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Mo., was shot and killed Aug. 9, 2014, by white then-Officer Darren Wilson, lawmakers in nearly every state have proposed changes to the way police deal with the public, according to the Associated Press. An analysis by AP shows that 24…

On Sunday, Memphis, Tenn., police investigators searched for a suspect in the death of a 33-year-old officer who was shot during a routine traffic stop, reports the Associated Press. Officer Sean Bolton, who was shot multiple times, died after he was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. No arrests have been made, and the…

Two University of Cincinnati police officers who arrived on the scene after a colleague fatally shot Samuel Dubose will not be charged, according to the Associated Press. A Hamilton County grand jury on Friday failed to indict officers Phillip Kidd and David Lindenschmidt, the report says. The decision, which reinforces the blue wall of silence,…

NAACP leaders on Saturday kicked off a 40-day Journey for Justice march across the South, beginning with a rally in Selma, Ala., a city that played a pivotal role in the the 1960s civil rights movement, according to the Associated Press. The goal of the march is to “call attention to the issue of racial…

Leolah Brown was removed from the funeral of her late niece, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Saturday after causing a stir when she interrupted Pat Houston, who was preparing to speak at a memorial service at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Ga., ET reports. Leolah, who is a sister of R&B singer Bobby Brown, who…

To avoid conflict amid rising tensions, the Browns and Houstons paid respects to Bobbi Kristina separately at her wake Friday at Murray Brothers Funeral Home in Atlanta, according to the New York Daily News. A private funeral started at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Ga. Bobbi Kristina, the only…