Law Enforcement
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If You Have an iPhone, Do This Right Now—Just in Case You Get Pulled Over by Police
iPhone users have created shortcuts that allow Apple’s flagship product to automatically record video, text a location to an emergency contact, and even stop police from entering the phone—just in case the iPhone owner has an interaction with a law enforcement officer. Apple recently introduced “Shortcuts” to iOS 12, an app that allows iPhone owners…
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'The Video Doesn't Show My Perspective': Jason Van Dyke Testifies About Shooting Laquan McDonald as Trial Draws to Close
Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday in the shooting death of a Chicago teen, Laquan McDonald, who died at the hands of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in 2014. The defense rested their case on Wednesday, and as early as this afternoon, a Cook County jury will decide Van Dyke’s fate, and along with…
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Dallas Police, DA Refuse to Release 911 Call, Records From the Night Amber Guyger Shot Botham Jean
The Dallas Police Department and the city’s District Attorney’s Office refuse to release a slew of records that could help the public better understand what happened the night an officer shot and killed an unarmed black man, Botham Jean, in his apartment. Those records include the 911 phone call officer Amber Guyger placed after she…
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#JusticeForDre: NCCU Students Walk Out of Classes, Demand Answers Over Classmate's Death at Hands of Security Guard
Students at North Carolina Central University walked out of classes on Monday in protest of their classmate Deandre Ballard’s death under questionable circumstances two weeks ago. Ballard, a senior at the HBCU, was shot and killed by a black security guard at his off-campus apartment complex on Sept. 17. As multiple outlets have reported, the…
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Family and Friends of NCCU Student Shot and Killed by Security Guard Question Guard’s Story: ‘There Is No Way’
An investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed in the case of a North Carolina Central University student who was shot and killed by a security guard at an off-campus apartment complex in Durham, N.C., last week. Details are still coming out about the circumstances of 23-year-old DeAndre Marquise Ballard’s death on Sept.…
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Botham Jean’s Family Will Sue Amber Guyger, City of Dallas
The family of Botham Jean, an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by an off-duty Dallas police officer after she intruded into his home, plans to sue the officer and the city of Dallas for his death. According to the Dallas Morning news, family attorney Lee Merritt said Allison and Bertrum Jean plan…
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Amber Guyger, the Dallas Officer Who Killed Botham Jean, Has Been Fired But It’s Not Enough
Amber Guyger—the 30-year-old police officer who shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean as he sat in his own apartment minding his own business—has been fired from her job with the Dallas Police Department. The department announced Guyger’s termination via a post on Twitter, saying the officer had been terminated during a hearing that took…
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What Can Botham Jean and Amber Guyger's Locks Tell Us About What Happened the Night of His Killing?
Dallas police have taken the electronic locks from the apartments of Amber Guyger and Botham Jean to help them find out what happened the night Guyger walked into Jean’s apartment and shot him dead. According to the Dallas Morning News, the Dallas County district attorney’s office seized the locks from the two South Side Flats…
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Officer Jason Van Dyke Is Accused of Murder, But Laquan McDonald Is on Trial
While we see it with far more frequency, it’s still not often that a cop goes on trial for an officer-involved shooting, and rarer still for that officer to receive a murder charge. In the cases when it does happen—particularly if the victim is black—the playbook for the defense is simple: put the victim on…
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Amber Guyger Is Free on Bail, but Activists Who Peacefully Protested Her Are Still in Jail
If you want just one example (of the many out there) of why we kneel, allow me to tell you a story. Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer, burst into an innocent, unarmed black man’s home 11 days ago and shot and killed him. She was neither arrested nor questioned about the shooting until three…