Criminal Justice
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Minnesota State Patrol Banned From Attacking Journalists in Court Settlement
Minnesota will have to pay a group of journalists $825,000 over Minnesota State Patrol mistreatment during the George Floyd and Duante Wright protests.
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Minneapolis Mayor Halts No-Knock Warrants: Black Mothers Call for Police Accountability [UPDATED]
Following Mayor Jacob Frey stopping the issuing of no-knock warrants, Black mothers organized to call for the resignation of the officer who killed Amir Locke.
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Two White Men Arrested for Shooting at Black FedEx Driver
“It seems to be a copycat duo copying off the Ahmaud Arbery case,” said Carlos Moore, a lawyer for Black FedEx driver D’Monterrio Gibson.
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Father & Son McMichael Go to Trial for Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
Gregory and Travis McMichael will now go to trial for federal hate crime charges along with their neighbor William Roddie Bryan after a failed plea agreement.
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Family of Man Raped and Murdered in Philly Jail Sues
Armani Faison was only locked up for shoplifting. Things went left.
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Updated: Former Cop Who Killed Laquan McDonald Released Early, Chicago Activists Protest
McDonald’s family called the shortened sentence a “slap on the wrist” and local activists are pushing for federal charges against the former officer.
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Four Men Charged in Connection With the Death of Michael K. Williams
According to the New York City Police Department, the men were already under investigation before Williams’ death last September.
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Georgia Sheriff Offers $500k of His Own money for Tips on Kendrick Johnson Case
Sheriff Ashley Paulk is under pressure from the Johnson family and others who believe Kendrick Johnson’s death was a murder and not an accident.
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Inmates Expose Abuse and Inhumane Conditions of Michigan Women’s Prison
Inmates at the Women’s Huron Valley Correction Facility in Michigan are seeking help for alleged abuse and mistreatment in the prison.
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Jury Questioning Delayed In Trial of Former Louisville Officer Involved in Breonna Taylor’s Death
Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison is charged with three counts of felony wanton endangerment for the bullets that entered a neighbor’s apartment.