Crime

Christopher Schurr (AP/FILE)

Christopher Schurr, the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the head, has been fired

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Nipsey Hussle’s shooting death was planned and there was anger about ‘snitching,’ jury told

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Charges dropped against Black teen executed 91 years ago after being convicted of killing a white woman 

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Buffalo supermarket gunman charged with federal hate crimes

Payton Gendron, the white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo supermarket, was charged with federal hate crimes.
/ June 15, 2022

Hate crimes, need to feel safe lead to more Black people buying guns 

Georgia resident Destiny Hawkins bought her first gun, a Glock 43, two weeks after the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington,…
/ June 15, 2022

Supreme Court reverses itself, allows death sentence to stand for Texas inmate 

Terence Andrus was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of Avelino Diaz and Kim-Phuong Vu Bui during a 2008…
/ June 14, 2022

Orlando teams with voting advocate to roll out program that predicts who might get shot or shoot someone

The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which fought for the right of people convicted of most felonies to vote, will lead…
/ June 13, 2022
TempeTownLake

Sean Bickings, the Tempe man police watched drown, remembered as ‘a big teddy bear,’ who was ‘truly loved’

Sean Bickings, who is Black, died begging for his life as police officers watched him struggle to stay afloat in…
/ June 12, 2022

Virginia city plagued by violence to hold gun buyback event

The Hampton Roads Black Caucus-funded program allows Portsmouth residents to hand over a gun and receive money or a gift…
/ June 12, 2022

Prosecutor who charged Michigan cop in Patrick Lyoya killing praised by his critics

Republican Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker on Thursday charged Grand Rapids officer Christopher Schurr with second-degree murder.
/ June 12, 2022
Chicago Graduates New Class Of Police Officers

Chicago cop who faced 24 misconduct claims and put hands on a Black woman walking her dog in a park has resigned

A white Chicago Police officer who physically assaulted a Black woman walking her dog in August 2021 has resigned from…
/ June 11, 2022

A look at high-profile killings by US police

Officers are rarely charged with crimes in civilian deaths, and it’s even rarer for them to be convicted. Some recent…
/ June 11, 2022
TempeTownLake

Tempe citizens demand police budget cut, water rescue training after cops watch Black man drown

Groups including PLM Phoenix Metro and White People Against White Supremacy gathered to decry the drowning of Sean Bickings.
/ June 10, 2022

Buffalo shooter’s manifesto quoted a university researcher. That’s raising questions about racism in academia 

The work of Michael Woodley, a 38-year-old British academic, was credited in Payton S. Gendron's proclamation posted online.
/ June 10, 2022

NAACP president says NFL coach should be fired for comparing BLM protests to Jan. 6 insurrection 

"It is time for Jack Del Rio to resign or be terminated," said NAACP's Derrick Johnson, calling his comments "offensive…
/ June 10, 2022