Police Brutality
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Independent Autopsy Shows Dijon Kizzee Was Shot 15 Times by LA Deputies, 3 Shots Fired After He Was on the Ground, Attorneys Say
Earlier this month, The Root reported that on August 31, 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee was fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. Details as to what happened during the shooting are a bit murky as accounts of what happened that day vary depending on who you ask and when—meaning there are inconsistencies between what witnesses…
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California City Announces $4 Million Settlement in Case of Mentally Ill Black Man Shot by Police
On Friday, the city of Walnut Creek, Calif., announced a $4 million settlement in the federal lawsuit filed by the family of Miles Hall, a 23-year-old Black man fatally shot by the police while suffering a mental health crisis. CNN reports that on June 2 of last year, Walnut Creek Police received multiple calls regarding…
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Federal Buildings Closed All Week in Louisville in Anticipation of Possible Breonna Taylor Announcement
Throughout the investigation into Breonna Taylor’s death, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has refused to give a timeline as to when his office will announce its decision on whether to press charges against the Louisville police who killed her. But while Cameron has still given no indication on when he will announce his findings, several…
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BET and National Urban League Launch Black Voter Day to Ensure Black Voices Are Heard at the Ballot Box
The diversity and political potency of Black voters is no secret, especially during a presidential election many regard as the most consequential of our lifetimes. Recognizing this, BET and the National Urban League on Friday launched the first Black Voter Day, aimed at encouraging Black Americans to vote and circulating important resources to help them…
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Salt Lake City Cop Charged With Assault After Ordering His Dog to Attack Kneeling Black Man Complying With Arrest
A Salt Lake City cop who sicced his K-9 on a Black man complying with his orders has been charged with assault, one month after body camera footage of the arrest was published by a local newspaper. Nickolas Pearce, 39, faces one count of aggravated assault, which is a second-degree felony charge, reports BuzzFeed News.…
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California Cop Charged and Taken Into Custody for Fatally Shooting Black Man
A police officer in San Leandro, Calif., has been charged and taken into custody for the fatal shooting of a Black man in April. CBS San Francisco reports that 49-year-old San Leandro police officer Jason Fletcher was taken into custody following a hearing on Tuesday, after being charged with voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting 33-year-old…
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‘Make Him a Suspect’: Rochester City Records Confirm Coordinated Police Effort to Cover Up the Death of Daniel Prude
A cache of documents from the Rochester, N.Y., police department, including emails, police reports and internal reviews, show a coordinated effort on behalf of city officials to keep the death of Daniel Prude out of the public eye. Prude, a Black man experiencing mental illness, died of suffocation in March after cops responding to a…
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Breonna Taylor’s Family Reaches $12 Million Settlement With City of Louisville [Updated]
Attorneys for the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician shot and killed by Louisville police in March, confirmed that they had reached a settlement with the city Tuesday. As CNN reports, Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, filed a wrongful death suit against the city earlier this year. The city of Louisville and Taylor’s…
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One Officer Fired After Video Shows Cops From Clayton County, Ga. Brutalizing a Black Ride-Share Passenger Who Reportedly Wouldn't Show ID
After videos posted to social media on Saturday showed two officers from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia pinning a Black man to the street, punching him, and seemingly attempting to suffocate him, one of the cops in question has been fired. Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill announced the firing on Sunday, but did…
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Report on Fatal Police Shootings of Women Finds Black Women Disproportionately Killed by Law Enforcement
Since 2015, nearly 250 women across America have been shot and killed by police. Despite comprising just 13 percent of the population of women in the United States, Black women accounted for 20 percent of the killings, a new analysis finds. The report, published on Sep. 4, comes from the Washington Post’s Fatal Force project,…