police shooting
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Former Cop Sentenced to 20 Years for Shooting Death of Walter Scott
Updated Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, 2:30 p.m. EST: ABC News reports that former South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in the back during a routine traffic stop in 2015. Earlier: It happened. A (former) cop is finally going to…
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New York District Attorney Indicted in Cover-Up of Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
A New York district attorney was indicted by a state grand jury Friday afternoon on charges of official misconduct and perjury in relation to the investigation of an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of an unarmed black man after a traffic stop. In Justice Today reports that Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E.…
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Okla. Jury Convicts White Former Police Officer for Killing His Daughter’s Black Boyfriend
On Wednesday a jury finally convicted a former Oklahoma police officer for fatally shooting the black boyfriend of his daughter in a racially charged case that featured three mistrials before a fourth trial found the ex-cop guilty. Fifty-seven-year-old Shannon Kepler was charged with the first-degree murder of 19-year-old Jeremy Lake in Tulsa, Okla. The jury…
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Black Lives Matter Lone Survivor Leon Ford Jr. Loses Police Brutality Case, Still Pursues Justice
Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Rekia Boyd, Walter Scott: These (and dozens more) are the names we know—the boys, girls, men and women brutally shot and killed by police. Police officers often never faced justice from the courts or the cities that employ them. The deaths of these unarmed black men and…
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Miami Beach, Fla., Police Fatally Shoot 22-Year-Old University Student Accused of Running Over Officer
A Temple University student was shot dead by Miami Beach, Fla., police after authorities say she slammed her car into an officer Sunday night. Cariann Denise Hithon was in South Florida celebrating her 22nd birthday when she was killed, NBC 10 reports. According to the report, Hithon was driving a black BMW when she crashed…
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Video Shows Utah Police Fatally Shooting Black Man Who Was Attempting to Flee; District Attorney Says Shooting Was Justified
Recently released bodycam footage shows Utah police fatally shooting a man from behind as he attempts to run away from officers, once again sparking tensions between the black community and police officers, and sparking accusations of racial profiling and police brutality. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has cleared a Salt Lake City police…
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Bullet From Cop’s Service Weapon Left Chicago Man Permanently Disabled, but City Says Family Can’t Prove Officer Shot the Victim
On Jan. 12, 2010, Michael LaPorta was left permanently disabled after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the bullet that severely injured LaPorta came from Chicago Police Officer Patrick Kelly’s service weapon, and a lawyer representing LaPorta’s family says there is “overwhelming evidence” that Kelly—who was a close friend…
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Man Shot by Police on I-80 in Calif. Identified as 45-Year-Old Demilo Hodge
Editor’s note: The video of this shooting incident is graphic. Please view with caution. A man who was shot and killed on California’s Interstate 80, snarling traffic in both directions on one of the state’s busiest highways last week, has been identified as Demilo Trayuon Hodge, 45, of San Leandro, Calif. Police say that Hodge,…
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Former St. Louis Cop Jason Stockley Found Not Guilty in 2011 Shooting Death of Anthony Lamar Smith
Again and again and again, it keeps happening. Another police officer has walked away without repercussions after gunning down a black man. On Friday morning, a St. Louis judge found now-former Police Officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, a black motorist. St. Louis had…