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An investigation has been launched after an innocent Black man who allegedly matched a suspect’s description was arrested at a Virginia Beach mall. The man, who has since been identified as Jamar Mackey, was eating with his family in the food court of the Lynnhaven Mall when the arrest—which was recorded—occurred. WTKR reports that the incident is now the […]
The family of a 23-year-old Black man named Casey Christopher Goodson Jr., who was fatally shot outside of his Ohio home by a white Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy, want answers over his death. BuzzFeed News reports the deputy is not the suspect or focus of any investigation into the deadly shooting of Goodson, which happened on […]
A police chief in rural Arkansas has been forced to resign after spewing a hateful threat to political opponents. Police Chief Lang Holland swore to protect and serve the citizens of Marshall, Arkansas, but has called for violence against people that don’t share his extremist political views. Holland took to Parler—a website described as a “free […]
T.I.‘s Crime Stoppers video haunts him like it’s Michael Myers and he’s a relative. Funkmaster Flex decided to make Tip relive this horror once again when he brought back the clip on Monday. In an Instagram post, Flex decided to be the latest entertainer to use Tip’s infamous Crime Stoppers video to insist the rapper is a […]
Derek Chauvin, one of the former Minneapolis police officers charged with murder in the George Floyd case, has been released on $1 million bond. NBC News reports that the white 44-year-old ex-cop, who was filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes, was released on conditional release Wednesday from an Oak Park Heights, Minnesota prison. He […]
A protester was struck by someone in a blue pickup truck during a protest on Thursday night in the Hollywood area. The protest began at the famed Hollywood Forever Cemetery, with those gathered standing united in their condemnation of the grand jury decision in the killing of Breonna Taylor. As announced earlier this week, none of […]
On Wednesday, the grand jury‘s maddening (but sadly not shocking) decision on whether or not to bring criminal charges against the Louisville Metro Police Department cops involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor was announced. None of the involved cops—Brett Hankison, John Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove—were indicted on charges directly related to Taylor’s killing. Instead, Hankison—who […]
A Louisville officer involved in the Breonna Taylor shooting insists he and his colleagues did nothing wrong on the night of the deadly raid. On Tuesday morning, Louisville police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly sent a mass email within his department to defend his actions as well as slam Mayor Greg Fischer, Public Safety Chief Amy Hess, and former Louisville Metro […]
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been fired after a video showed him repeatedly punching and beating a Black man during a traffic stop in Clayton County. The New York Times reports that 26-year-old Roderick Walker was beaten by two deputies, both of whom are white, during an arrest on Friday, Sept. 11 for charges of battery and […]
The former officers who’ve been charged in George Floyd‘s death were met by an angry crowd of protestors following their Friday court appearance in Minneapolis. According to KTSP, defendants Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng, and Tou Thao appeared at a pre-trial hearing at a Hennepin County courthouse. The hearing took place more than three months after Floyd’s police […]
