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Danville police officer Andrew Hall has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and assault in the 2018 fatal shooting of Laudemer Arboleda, Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton announced Wednesday, per KTVU. “Officer Hall used unreasonable and unnecessary force when he responded to the in-progress traffic pursuit,” Becton said after reviewing dashcam footage as part of an investigation […]
On Wednesday, LeBron James posted a photo of Nicholas Reardon, the police officer who fatally shot 16-year-old Ma’khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday. James’ post, which has since been deleted, was captioned, “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY.” It also featured an hourglass emoji. Bryant was killed at around the same time Derek Chauvin was found guilty on three counts by a Minneapolis […]
North Carolina residents are demanding answers after the police killing of a 40-year-old Black man. According to the Associated Press, the incident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. local time Wednesday in Elizabeth City, where deputies were carrying out a search warrant on Andrew Brown Jr. The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that one of its deputies […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pharrell is calling for “transparency, honesty, and justice” after revealing that his cousin was among those killed in separate Virginia Beach shootings earlier this month. In an Instagram post shared Monday night, the North Hollywood producer said his cousin Donovon was killed, describing him as a “bright light” for his friends and family. “It is critical […]
The Orange County Sherriff’s Office has released video of the fatal police shooting of 42-year-old Kurt Andras Reinhold in San Clemente. The video shows several angles of the shooting, which occurred after two homeless liaison officers stopped Reinhold for allegedly jaywalking. Taken together, they show the entirety of the stop, which ended in Reinhold being shot to […]
