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Tyre Nichols’ family has filed an appeal to the United Nations to seek justice for the 29-year-old’s death at the hands of police, and to generally address police violence in the U.S. The letter to the UN, obtained by the Independent, reads, “The family of Tyre Nichols and his legal representatives are appealing to the […]
Kansas authorities are investigating a police-involved shooting that left one person dead. The Associated Press reports the incident took place Friday night on the 5400 block of Haskell Avenue in Kansas City. Police say they were dispatched to the area shortly before 6 p.m. after receiving a report of an opioid overdose. When they arrived at the scene, they found […]
GRAPHIC WARNING: Video in this story may contain content some may find disturbing. The City of Memphis has released bodycam footage that captured the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols—a 29-year-old Black man whose death ignited widespread outrage. “This incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane, and in the vein of transparency when the video is released in […]
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging two former Arkansas deputies with civil rights violations in connection with the violent and widely criticized August 2021 arrest of Randal Worcester. Per the indictment, available here, Levi White and Zackary King—both formerly of the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department—both “willfully deprived” Worcester of his constitutional right […]
On Dec. 23, Nicous D’Andre Spring was supposed to be released from a Montreal jail. Instead, the Montreal rapper, who went by Yk Lyrical, remained detained and died the next day, shortly after police placed a spit hood on him and pepper-sprayed him, according to the Canadian Press. In the wake of Spring’s death, many are calling for […]
Ronald Green didn’t make it home on May 10, 2019 when he was pulled over by state troopers in Louisiana after failing to stop for a traffic violation. He was a 49-year-old Black man. When footage of the incident was released to the public, the police said that it was ‘unauthorized’ due to a pending […]
A Texas cop who was previously reported to have been fired after shooting a teen in a McDonald’s parking lot has now been charged. Per a report from the Associated Press, 25-year-old James Brennand was still in custody as of Wednesday morning after turning himself in the prior evening. Brennand, who was fired last week, […]
Content warning: This article contains footage some may find disturbing. The man seen in widely shared footage last month being held down and beaten by three Arkansas law enforcement officers has filed a federal lawsuit. According to regional outlet KFSM 5 News, attorneys for the man—identified as Randal Worcester—have filed suit against Levi White and Zack […]
Shocking footage has surfaced showing a woman falling backwards onto the concrete after being punched by an officer from the New York Police Department. The video starts outside of an apartment building in Harlem where a number of cops showed up to arrest 22-year-old Elvin James, who was a suspect in an attempted murder case. CBS News has learned that […]
Prosecutors won’t pursue charges against the two white Atlanta police officers involved in the fatal 2020 shooting of Rayshard Brooks. CNN reports murder and assault charges have been dismissed against Officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan. Both men were charged in the shooting death of 27-year-old Brooks, who was shot and killed outside a Wendy’s parking lot on June 12, […]
