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On Tuesday, a verdict was reached in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the now-former Minneapolis cop who was filmed fatally holding his knee to George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds on May 25, 2020. Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts—second degree murder, third degree murder, and second degree manslaughter. […]
In the last week alone, protests have erupted over the deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 20-year-old Daunte Wright—two young people who died at the hands of police over the last month. As conversations of police reform, accountability, and abolition have once again become widespread, CNN’s Chris Cuomo said that U.S. policing methods will only […]
Protesters in Chicago took to the streets on Thursday night after the police body camera footage of Adam Toledo was released to the public from the city’s police oversight agency. CBS News reports that there have been widespread calls for Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Police Superintendent David Brown to resign after police fatally shot 13-year-old […]
The manner in which police in Hutchinson, Minnesota responded to a 61-year-old white man who dragged an officer with his vehicle while wielding a hammer has many calling out the inherent hypocrisies of law enforcement at large, particularly in light of the police killing of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright, which also occurred in Minnesota. […]
Windsor, Virginia Police Chief Rodney Riddle has said no apology is owed to the Black Army officer who had a gun aimed at him during a traffic stop. At a press conference on Wednesday, Riddle told reporters an investigation into the incident was launched just three days after the traffic stop, which happened on Dec. 5, […]
A Maryland State Police trooper fatally shot a 16-year-old on Tuesday. The shooting occurred in Leonardtown, a town that’s roughly 56 miles away from Washington D.C. The 16-year-old has been identified as Peyton Ham. Per a news release, two separate 911 calls were received at the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack shortly before 1:30 p.m. local […]
A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army is suing two Virginia police officers who pointed their guns and pepper-sprayed him during a routine traffic stop, the Washington Post reports. The Black and Latino second lieutenant, Caron Nazario, states in the lawsuit filed last month that his constitutional rights were violated during the traffic stop in Windsor. Body camera footage captures […]
Travon Free is an Oscar nominee. He wrote and directed the short film Two Distant Strangers, which was nominated in the Best Live Action Short category. After months of not being able to share their movie with the world, Netflix recently acquired the rights to distribute the film in March. Two Distant Strangers hit the streaming […]
A Philippines man allegedly died after being forced to do 300 squats for breaking COVID-19 curfew rules, the New York Post reports. 28-year-old Darren Manaog Peñaredondo was out buying drinking water in the city of General Trias, Cavite when he was apprehended by police. Although he wasn’t committing a dangerous crime, Peñaredondo broke the province’s strict 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. […]
Last month, Pharrell revealed in an emotional post that his cousin Donovon Wayne Lynch was killed in a police shooting at Virginia Beach. On Tuesday, Pharrell called for a federal investigation into what happened to his cousin. “Thank you God for my 48th lap around the Sun. This one is symbolic and a first because […]
