Criminal Justice
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Biden Signs Policing Executive Order On 2nd Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death
Biden’s executive order will establish a national Law Enforcement Accountability Database and outlaw chokeholds for 100,000 federal officers.
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Justice Department Directs Federal Agents To Intervene If They See Police Abuse
Federal agents are to step in if they see any law enforcement officers use excessive force that violates the law according to new DOJ policy.
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Wu-Tang Clan Studio Worker Wrongfully Convicted in 1996 Killing to Receive $7 Million Settlement From New York City
Grant Williams was exonerated in July 2021 for the 1996 shooting of Shdell Lewis.
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Judge Hears Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by Family of Henrietta Lacks
The suit alleges Thermo Fisher Scientific knowingly mass-produced and sold Lacks’ tissue.
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Ben Crump Plans to Sue Anyone Accountable in Buffalo Shooting
Crump said he plans to sue the gun manufacturer of the firearm used in the shooting.
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Former Minneapolis Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Killing of George Floyd
Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to the state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
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Remembering the Victims of the Buffalo Shooting
The shooting resulted in 13 victims, 11 of them Black. About 10 people were killed and a few were injured.
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“Worst Cooks in America” Winner Sentenced for Killing her Child
Both Ariel Robinson and her husband Jerry Austin were charged with homicide by child abuse. Their daughter was 3 years old.
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Buffalo Shooting Suspect Targeted Black Neighborhoods and was Previously Investigated for Violent Threat
Payton Gendron, 18, had previously been hospitalized in a mental facility after threatening to carry out a mass shooting last year.