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The family of Zekee Rayford, a Black 18-year-old from Texas who was physically harassed and repeatedly tased by members of the Schertz Police Department, is calling on two of the involved officers to be fired. Around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, according to a report from regional paper the San Antonio Express-News, Rayford was on his way […]
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 […]
“When I was 11, I turned 13, because I don’t fuck with 12.” That’s how “Harriet,” the latest video from Pressa, starts—and the sentiment probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who’s followed the Toronto rapper’s career to date. The rising MC’s origin story includes his childhood best friend getting killed by […]
Months before George Floyd died in police custody, a 41-year-old Black man suffered a similar fate. On Wednesday, the Rochester Police Department in New York released bodycam footage of a March 23 incident involving Chicago resident Daniel Prude. According to Oregon Live, the man was in Rochester visiting family when his brother reported to police that his brother was […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies shot and killed a Black man on Monday. Speaking with CBS Los Angeles, a woman who witnessed the shooting but chose not to be identified said she knew the victim—who has been identified by family as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee—and noted what she explained as a use of excessive force. […]
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has asked Trump to reconsider a visit to Kenosha. Trump’s planned visit, notably, has been widely panned as an act that will only harm the city in the wake of police officer Rusten Sheskey’s shooting of Jacob Blake. In a letter shared on Sunday, Evers expressed concern about the visit, which […]
Protests against police brutality continued overnight in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The protests began over the weekend after footage began circulating that showed police shooting Jacob Blake Jr. multiple times. Per previously reported witness accounts, Blake was attempting to intervene in an argument between two women when police arrived at the scene. “We all watched the horrific video […]
A Black man is in serious condition after being shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Graphic footage, per the Associated Press, shows police shooting at the man’s back seven times as he walked away and got into the driver’s side of an SUV. Following the shooting, which police claim was preceded by their arrival on […]
More than 100 people were arrested overnight on Sunday and into Monday morning as stores were damaged and looted in Chicago following the police shooting of a man in the Englewood area. “We are waking up in shock this morning,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a press conference. “During the early morning hours of […]
Portland, OR has remained active and undefeated in the fight against systemic racism and police brutality in America. We sent a team down to PDX to talk to protesters and understand the city’s legacy of fighting injustice and how that history informs their fire and determination. Source link قالب وردپرس
