police brutality
The former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor in 2020 is now working for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky. The hiring was revealed in a report from regional outlet the Courier Journal, which said over the weekend that the department had confirmed the addition of Myles Cosgrove, formerly of LMPD. […]
A fired EMT has shed more light on Tyre Nichols’ death. Robert Long, who was at the scene of the brutal police beating, accused Memphis officers of “impeding patient care” while Nichols was in their custody. Long made the allegation during a hearing with the Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board on Friday, nearly two months after […]
A man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by a police officer in Florida in 2021 has filed a federal lawsuit. Per the office of attorney Ben Crump, who announced the lawsuit on Wednesday during a press conference with co-counsel attorney Hunter Shkolnik and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson, the suit against […]
A settlement has been reached between a Florida city and the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2015. Per a report from the Palm Beach Post, the City of Palm Beach Gardens has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of Corey Jones, who was shot […]
Kastellio Vaughan was healthy according to his sister Kassie, who last saw him on July 24 when she visited him at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore County, Alabama. When she got two pictures of different version of who she saw three months ago, she became alarmed; the fact that the words, ‘GET HELP’ were inscribed […]
UPDATE: The man who was shot and killed by police has been named as Chris Kaba (pictured). Kaba was a rapper—known to UK drill fans as Madix, a member of the hit-making crew 67—and was expecting his first child. “This is crazy,” one of his friends at the scene told MyLondon. “I saw [Chris] just on Sunday […]
After 24 years on the job in law enforcement, Officer Bruce Dyker has resigned. He’s tired of all the “scrutiny” he’s been receiving for, as his union puts it, “doing his job.” Dyker is white. John Catanzara, head of the Chicago Police Union said Dyker was unjustly targeted, per Atlanta Black Star. “Bruce […]
Disturbing video shows the final moments of a man’s life as he shouted “I can’t breathe” while being restrained by five officers. The incident occurred in Los Angeles County on March 31, 2020, nearly two months before George Floyd died under similar circumstances. CNN reports the California Highway Patrol took Edward Bronstein, 38, into custody following […]
Days after the acquittal of Brett Hankison, the 45-year-old ex-cop who stood trial for firing 10 rounds of bullets into the home of Breonna Taylor, killing her and endangering her neighbors—a new report has come out that says Blacks are still being killed by the police at a higher rate than any other group. In […]
An Arkansas woman is suing state police after a trooper flipped over her vehicle during an attempted traffic stop while she was pregnant. According to Fox16, the incident occurred in July 2020, while Nicole Harper was driving home on I-67/167 outside Jacksonville. The woman was reportedly traveling 84 mph in a 70 mph zone, prompting Sr. Cpl. Rodney […]
