police-shooting
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 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 […]
Three victims are dead after a man set fire to a rental property in Houston and then opened fire as they tried to escape, police said on Sunday. Per a report from regional outlet KHOU 11, the suspect was ultimately shot and killed by a responding police officer who has now been placed on administrative […]
The family of Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was killed by police last month, has asked the United States Justice Department to investigate his death. Lawyers for the family announced the request during a press conference Wednesday, on what would’ve marked Walker’s 26th birthday. Attorney Bobby DiCello told reporters his clients are questioning the integrity of the probe, […]
A Mississippi police chief was terminated this week after he was allegedly caught on tape using racist slurs, as well as bragging about the number of people he’s shot. According to the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, newly leaked audio features the voice of a white man who claims to have killed more than a dozen people in the […]
Dozens of protestors took the streets Thursday demanding justice for Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio police. According to WKYC, the deadly incident took place around a little after midnight Monday, when Akron officers attempted to stop a vehicle for equipment issues and a traffic violation. The police department claims a pursuit […]
At least five people were reportedly shot during the funeral of Da’Shontay King—a 37-year-old Wisconsin man who was shot and killed by police late last month. According to WTMJ, gunfire erupted at around 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Graceland Cemetery in Racine. Authorities have not identified the victims; however, an employee of the funeral home told the outlet Kings’ family […]
A federal judge has accepted a plea deal from Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. According to the Associated Press, 46-year-old Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights during a May 25, 2020, arrest. Chauvin and three other officers had restrained the unarmed Floyd after he was suspected […]
Newly released footage sheds more light on the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya. The deadly encounter occurred during an April 4 traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after an officer stopped the 26-year-old Black man over a license plate issue. On Wednesday, the Grand Rapids Police Department released body camera, dashcam, cell phone, and home surveillance […]
Authorities have arrested a third suspect in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Texas officer. According to KHOU11, 17-year-old Fredrick Tardy was taken into custody Friday on a capital murder charge. Police say the shooting took place Thursday night just outside of Houston, as Darren Almendarez—a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office—was shopping for groceries with his […]
