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George Floyd‘s family attorney Ben Crump shared what he called a new video, which shows former Minneapolis Police Department officer Tou Thao dismissing bystanders who plead for him to do something as Floyd laid lifeless on the ground with Derek Chauvin’s knee still on his neck. “Warning: This is beyond disturbing, even harder to watch than the first video,” Crump […]
The Atlanta Police Department have fired the officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot Friday night, Buzzfeed News confirms. The firing of Garrett Wolfe comes after protesters took the streets demanding justice. The nearby Wendy’s, where the incident took place, was also set on fire. It’s unclear who exactly was responsible for starting […]
A white New Jersey police officer has been suspended after using pepper spray on a Black teen in an unjustified manner. The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. on June 4, when the Woodlynne police officer, Ryan Dubiel, and another cop approached a group of young people who were sitting on a porch. 6 ABC reports […]
In a video posted to his Instagram account, comedian, actor, and Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah recounted a terrifying experience he recently had with the LAPD. As he was exercising in Tarzana around Ventura Boulevard and Corbin Avenue back in April, Pharoah said that multiple police officers pulled up near him with guns drawn to detain him. “I see an officer to […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed an extensive legislative package that aims to prevent police misconduct and hold New York officers more accountable. The measures, which were approved by the state’s legislature earlier this week, included a ban on police chokeholds as well as a repeal of statute 50-a, a decades-old law that kept officer’s disciplinary records hidden from […]
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a 24-year-old black man whose body was found hanging from a tree earlier this week in Palmdale, California. City Manager J.J. Murphy addressed the tragedy in a statement on Thursday, describing Robert Fuller’s death as a possible suicide related to the COVID-19 crisis: “Many people […]
The family of 38-year-old black woman Priscilla Slater are demanding answers after she died in her holding cell following her arrest by Detroit police. WXYZ Detroit reports that Slater died on Wednesday in her cell at Harper Woods police headquarters, and so far a cause of death hasn’t been announced. Police claim she was discovered unresponsive around midday […]
On Thursday night, Netflix shared a clip from Dave Chappelle‘s Dave Chapelle & Friends: A Talk with Punchlines and titled it “8:46.” During the clip, Chappelle addressed the killing of George Floyd and the protests that have sprung up across the country in response. Throughout his time on stage, Chappelle returned to 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck […]
The Louisville Metro Council has voted to ban the use of “no-knock” search warrants in Jefferson County, as officials face growing calls to pass police reform measures. All 26 council members voted in favor of the ordinance, also known as “Breonna’s Law”—named after 26-year-old EMT Breonna Taylor, who was killed during a “no-knock” police raid back in March. The Courier Journal reports […]
Tulsa Police Department major Travis Yates claims he was misquoted during a recent podcast appearance where he stated that officers are “shooting African-Americans about 24 percent less than we probably ought to be, based on the crimes being committed.” The most baffling part is Yates’ misquote defense isn’t even in regards to that callous comment you […]
