stephon clark
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Another Cop Mistakes A Random Object for a Weapon
A Denver police officer fatally shot a man after mistaking a marker for a knife.
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7 Black People Killed After Cops Falsely Discover a Gun That was Never There
The recent police shooting of Tyrea Pryor highlights the country’s stifling issue.
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How Does a Cop Mistake a Miscellaneous Object for a Gun?
A wallet, a phone and even a sandwich could pose a threat.
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Family of Stephon Clark to Receive $1.7 Million in Settlement
This payment is in addition to the $2.4 million Sacramento paid to Clark’s two children in 2019.
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When Tweets Come Home to Roost: UK Columnist Fired for Post Correlating Meghan and Harry's Baby and George Floyd
The Sunday Telegraph's Julie Burchill tweeted the Sussexes should've named their daughter 'Georgina Floydina.'
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Auntie Unfiltered, Bevy Smith, and the Joys of Finding Yourself After 40
I had a ball during my 20s and 30s. I did all the shit you are “supposed” to do as a young adult during the 90s and early 2000s. I went to Freaknik, Myrtle Beach Bike Week, Vegas, Palm Springs, the Bahamas, Mexico and various other destinations; I got drunk and high with my friends…
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The George Floyd Janga
George Floyd is dead. No amount of memorials, court cases, T-shirts with his face, Ad Council-sponsored commercials, candlelight vigils, social media hashtags, street activism, presidential camera op meetings, or high-minded speeches about the need for police reform changes that fact. I don’t like to use the word anniversary when it comes to George Floyd. The…
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Thanks to the 'Stephon Clark Law,' a San Diego Police Officer Is Charged With Murder After Fatally Shooting Mentally Disabled Man
In May, 36-year-old Nicholas Bils was fatally shot by a San Diego police officer while he was fleeing police custody. Bils—who has a history of severe mental illness—was unarmed when police officers gave chase. On Monday, prosecutors announced that the officer who shot and killed Bils has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The…
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A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising
Without the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others. To contextualize the anger, frustration and desperation that forced protesters to recreate the lawlessness and chaos that black people…
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Family of 15-Year-Old Killed by Michigan State Trooper Receives $12 Million Settlement: 'Justice Doesn’t Get Back Their Son'
On Aug. 26, 2017, Damon Grimes died after succumbing to injuries from a fatal all-terrain vehicle accident. But since we’re The Root, you know we’ve uncovered more to the story. Prior to the collision, the 15-year-old was illegally riding an A.T.V. through a residential neighborhood in Detroit. When state troopers attempted to pull him over,…