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An Idaho cop shot and killed a man in his own backyard after mistaking him for a suspect. Per a statement from the Idaho Falls Police Department, a Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputy first made a traffic stop on a vehicle shortly after midnight on Monday. An occupant of the vehicle, described in an NBC News […]
A Virginia mother is calling for justice after her teenage son was fatally shot by state police. According to the Richmond-Times Dispatch, 18-year-old Xzavier Hill was killed Jan. 9 following an alleged high-speed chase on Interstate 64. State police say officers began pursuing Hill after he was spotted in Henrico County driving 98 miles per house in a […]
On August 23, Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey as he returned to the driver’s side of his SUV. Sitting in the backseat of the vehicle at the time were his three children witnessing what could’ve been their father’s final moments. In an interview with Michael Strahan for Good […]
The officers involved in Tamir Rice‘s fatal shooting will not face federal criminal charges. The Justice Department announced the decision Tuesday, nearly two months after closing the long-running, high-profile case. According to Cleveland.com, prosecutors who reviewed the investigation determined there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, the Cleveland officers who were […]
Following the fatal shooting of 47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill by Officer Adam Coy this past Tuesday, Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan is recommending that the officer be fired for his actions. In a video statement shared on Christmas Eve, Quinlan said that he believes Officer Coy demonstrated “critical misconduct” and should be terminated as a result. “I witnessed his critical […]
The family of a 23-year-old Black man named Casey Christopher Goodson Jr., who was fatally shot outside of his Ohio home by a white Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy, want answers over his death. BuzzFeed News reports the deputy is not the suspect or focus of any investigation into the deadly shooting of Goodson, which happened on […]
The City of Philadelphia shed more light on the death of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police less than two weeks ago. During a press conference Wednesday, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw identified the involved officers as Sean Matarazzo, 25, and Thomas Munz, 26. Officials also released audio a portion of the […]
Jay-Z and Roc Nation have posted bonds for several protestors in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, including the mother of Alvin Cole – the 17-year-old who was fatally shot by the city’s police. CBS News reports that Hov and the social justice arm of Roc Nation, Team Roc, paid an undisclosed amount of court fees for Cole’s mother, Tracy, and his sisters, Taleavia, […]
Police shot and killed a man in Texas over the weekend after, per family and civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, he had attempted to break up a fight. In a statement shared to Facebook on Sunday, Merritt called 31-year-old Jonathan Price a “hometown hero” who was loved “by so many” in the Wolfe City community. “Yesterday he […]
Recordings from the grand jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case were finally released on Friday, shedding more light on the factors that led up to the controversial verdict. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron delivered the audio following widespread calls for more transparency. The move comes shortly after an anonymous grand juror requested the release of all recordings, transcripts, and […]
