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Mistrial in Murder Case Against Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case against now-former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager, charged with fatally shooting an unarmed black man as the man ran away from him. According to ABC News, the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision, with many reports speculating that there was one…
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'The Uniform Was the Target': Manhunt Continues for Texas Man Who Fatally Shot Cop
San Antonio police are hunting for the gunman who fatally shot a detective Sunday while he was writing a traffic ticket. The man is described as being “extremely dangerous to the police and to the public,” ABC News reports. “We have pulled out all the stops. We have engaged our federal, our state partners and…
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Former Falcons Wide Receiver Has Tense Run-in With Police
Former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White was reportedly speeding and driving with expired tags Wednesday when he was stopped by a DeKalb County, Ga., police officer. White says that he had no problem being stopped or with the citations, but it was the officer’s actions that caused alarm. White took to Twitter to describe…
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Va. Officer Found Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Mentally Ill Man
A Norfolk, Va., police officer has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the June 2014 shooting of a mentally ill black man, even though other officers testified that the man was not a threat at the time he was fatally shot, the Virginia-Pilot reports. According to the Daily Mail, 35-year-old David Latham suffered from…
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NYC Cop Suing After Her Arrest on Charges of Stealing Home
New York City Police Officer Blanche O’Neal is suing the city for $50 million as a result of her arrest last year by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office on charges she stole a three-family row house in the city’s borough of Brooklyn, the New York Daily News reports. State Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun ultimately threw out…
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Watch: Did a Former St. Louis Cop Plant a Gun on a Suspect After Fatal Shooting?
A former St. Louis police officer is facing first-degree murder charges in the 2011 fatal shooting of a driver authorities said was believed to have been involved in a drug deal. New video of the incident, obtained by several news outlets, appears to show the officer pointing a personal weapon at the driver and then,…
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Ga. Cop Accused of Raping Woman While Transporting Her to Jail
A Georgia police officer has been accused of raping a woman he was assigned to transport to a jail in an Atlanta suburb, WSB-TV reports. James Larry Robinson Jr., 36, was arrested without incident Tuesday. He was also fired from the Riverdale police force the same day. According to the news station, Robinson, of Jonesboro,…
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Charles Kinsey, Therapist Shot by North Miami Police, Files Federal Lawsuit
Charles Kinsey, the 47-year-old unarmed behavioral technician who was shot by North Miami police as he tried to assist his autistic patient, is suing the officer who shot him. Kinsey has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that Police Officer Jonathan Aledda and others wrongfully arrested him and used excessive force, the Miami Herald reports. The…
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State Drops Charge Against Baltimore Officer in Freddie Gray Case
The trial of Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice, one of the six officers charged in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, began Thursday, and he’s already had one of the charges against him dropped. According to WISN, Rice was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree reckless assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in…
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The 2nd Amendment Is So White: What the Past 24 Hours Have Taught Me About Black People’s Right to Bear Arms
In less than 24 hours, two black men have been killed by police officers even though the Second Amendment indicates that they should have been protected. Black America yet again bears witness to state-sanctioned violence at the hands of trigger-happy rogue cops—one in Louisiana, a state that has open-carry laws, and the other in Minnesota,…