black men killed by cops
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Autopsy Reveals Black Man Was Shot in the Back by Texas Police
An independent autopsy has revealed that a Black man who was killed by a Texas police officer was shot in the back. According to CBS News, 22-year-old Joshua Feast was shot by La Marque police officer Jose Santos last week. Santos approached Feast about an outstanding warrant, which is when investigators say Feast pulled a…
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Milwaukee Cop Who Shot 17-Year-Old Alvin Cole Earlier This Year Resigns
A Milwaukee cop responsible for fatally shooting three people over the last five years while on duty has resigned. The Associated Press reports that Joseph Mensah has signed a separation agreement with the Wauwatosa Common Council on Tuesday night. As a result of that agreement, Mensah’s last day with the department will be Nov. 30.…
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Jury Convicts White Cop for Killing Unarmed Black Man
Although the heinous 2016 police shooting only garnered marginal national attention, eight judges refused to try the case. The trial venue was changed from a majority-black city to a rural, mostly white county…in Alabama. The defendant was a white cop who shot and killed a black man…in Alabama. Still, in less than two hours of…
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DC Protesters Remember Terrence Sterling, Unarmed Motorist Killed by Police, 1 Year Later
Before the sun came up Monday morning, protesters had gathered at Third and M streets in Northwest Washington, D.C., to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Terrence Sterling, an unarmed man who was shot and killed by police after his motorcycle hit a cruiser. The morning began with a candlelight vigil at 4:20…
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3rd Mistrial for White Okla. Cop Who Killed Daughter’s Black Boyfriend
Saturday marked the third mistrial in nine months for a former Tulsa, Okla., police officer who admittedly shot and killed his daughter’s black 19-year-old boyfriend. The Associated Press reports that the Tulsa prosecutor on the case expressed shock when District Judge Sharon Holmes again declared a mistrial in the case against Shannon Kepler (Holmes has overseen…
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From Fear to Fortitude: One Woman’s Fight for Black Boys a Year Later
This time last year, I was curled up in a ball on my bed, in tears and feeling frustrated, angry and afraid. I was suffering from a condition I coined called “MOBB disorder,” the seemingly irrational fear of a mom of a black boy that he will be unfairly stopped, harassed, brutalized or killed by…
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Police Shot Brendan Hester Because That’s What Police Do
A 23-year old black man in Ashtabula, Ohio, was shot by police officers last week after officers responding to a 911 call found two men scuffling in a home, one holding a weapon. The police ordered the man to drop the gun, but when he refused, the officers shot him. After searching the home, police…
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Everything You Need to Know About the Retrial of the Cop Who Killed Sam Dubose and Is Getting Away With It
Hamilton County, Ohio, Judge Leslie Ghiz delayed jury selection Tuesday in the retrial of Ray Tensing, the police officer who shot Sam Dubose during a 2015 traffic stop. After Ghiz severely restricted media access to the trial, an Ohio appeals court granted a request filed by the Associated Press and other news outlets to…