unarmed and black
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Kentucky Attorney General to Serve as Special Prosecutor in Breonna Taylor Case
The shooting death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of police has spurred national conversation and outrage. Now, the state of Kentucky has appointed a special prosecutor to handle the case. NBC News reports that state Attorney General Daniel Cameron will serve in the role in the Taylor case. “The Office of the Attorney General…
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Miami Officer Acquitted of Attempted Manslaughter: 'He Should Have Never Been Charged to Begin With'
Charles Kinsey thought he was good. Despite police on the scene, as he laid on the North Miami sidewalk with his arms extended in the air, he believed he posed no threat. And he thought the same of his group home patient, 23-year-old Arnaldo Rios Soto, who sat beside him while playing with a toy…
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California Police Swarm an Unarmed Black Man With Guns Drawn in Viral Video
On Saturday, Instagram user @blueasdasky released a nearly five-minute long video she recorded of Hawthorne, Calif., police drawing their weapons on an unarmed black man. In the viral clip, she can be heard pleading for police not to shoot a man who identifies himself as William and asserts he’s actually the victim of violence at…
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Jury Finds Man Dubbed the ‘George Zimmerman of Alabama’ Guilty in Killing of Unarmed Black Teen
After less than two hours of deliberation, an Alabama jury issued a guilty verdict for the man who shot an unarmed child in the head after the teenager allegedly stole the man’s lunchbox. According to AL.com, 52-year-old Johnathan Scott, who was often referred to as the “George Zimmerman of Alabama,” wept after he was convicted…