Law Enforcement
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Innocent Black Man Killed in Crash While Minneapolis Police Chased Suspect Identified as Uncle of Darnella Frazier
The teen who filmed the death of George Floyd is now grieving the death of a family member killed during a Minneapolis police chase.
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Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Denied Reinstatement After Ohio Supreme Court Denies Appeal
Former officer Timothy Loehmann was fired in 2017 due to inaccuracies on his job application.
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Firing Upheld for Officer Who Obtained the No-Knock Warrant That Led to the Fatal Shooting of Breonna Taylor
Joshua Jaynes was fired in January after inconsistencies were found in how he obtained the information that led to the no-knock warrant.
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Feds Launch Investigation Into Potential Pattern of Racist Abuses by Louisiana State Police
The investigation comes shortly after body camera footage of Ronald Greene’s death leaked last month.
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Illinois City Will Investigate Police Department a Year After Eric Lurry Died While in Police Custody
An Illinois city has hired a private attorney to investigate its police department over the death of Eric Lurry while in police custody a little over a year ago. According to CBS News, city leaders in Joliet agreed to hire the attorney to investigate the Joliet Police Department in part because of a disturbing dashcam…
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Family of Jamal Sutherland, Schizophrenic Black Man Who Died in South Carolina Jail, to Receive $10 Million Settlement
Cities across the country are finding out the hard way that if nothing is done about police violence committed against its Black citizens, the streets will continue to see protests and civil unrest, and the taxpayers will continue to have their pockets burdened by lawsuit settlements to police brutality victims or their families. Earlier this…
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The George Floyd Janga
George Floyd is dead. No amount of memorials, court cases, T-shirts with his face, Ad Council-sponsored commercials, candlelight vigils, social media hashtags, street activism, presidential camera op meetings, or high-minded speeches about the need for police reform changes that fact. I don’t like to use the word anniversary when it comes to George Floyd. The…
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Ex-Minnesota Cop Sentenced to 6 Years for Beating Unarmed Black Man While Police Dog Mauled Him
A common misconception about the movement against systemic racism in policing is that the only thing being addressed is Black death. I think this is in part because white people have found their “what about Black-on-Black crime?” strawman to throw out there in response to our complaints about the extrajudicial executions of Black people, but…