Policing of Black America

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February 8, 2023
The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being stopped, newly…
February 3, 2023
That the death of Tyre Nichols — young, Black, just trying to get home — came at the hands of…
January 31, 2023
As five Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others milled around at the…
January 30, 2023
A sixth Memphis police officer was disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols, an…
January 27, 2023
A timeline of events in the Tyre Nichols case, which sparked state and federal investigations into police brutality and led…
January 27, 2023
Tyre Nichols, the Memphis, Tenn. man who died after five police officers beat him, loved taking photos of sunsets.
January 27, 2023
Video showing five Memphis officers beating the late Tyre Nichols was made public Friday, one day after they were charged…
Porter Burks
October 4, 2022
A grieving mother wants the body cam footage released after she says Detroit police shot her mentally ill son more…
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October 3, 2022
The U.S. Interior Department on Monday launched new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body…
Jerry Blasingame
August 29, 2022
A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $100 million to a panhandler who fell and broke his neck after a…
August 24, 2022
Ebony Washington's husband posted a video of the traffic stop encounter with Deputy Jacob Desue on social media a day…
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August 23, 2022
The two Atlanta police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s more than two years…
Jayland Walker
July 15, 2022
Jayland Walker, the Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in Akron, Ohio was shot or grazed 46…
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July 3, 2022
Jayland Walker was unarmed when Akron police chased and killed him in a hail of gunfire, authorities said.
June 23, 2022
Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to sentence ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin to 25 years for violating the rights of…
June 17, 2022
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown has said Officer David Laskus, accused of dragging a Black woman by her hair, should…
June 9, 2022
A person’s race and ethnicity must be taken into account when deciding whether they were free to leave an encounter…
Christopher Schurr (AP/FILE)
June 9, 2022
Christopher Schurr, a Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, with a shot to the back of his…
June 7, 2022
Pasquotank County Commissioners approved a $3 million settlement with the kin of Andrew Brown, Jr. who deputies killed in 2021.
June 6, 2022
Most of Axon's ethics board resigned over placing weaponized drones in communities of color. The device has been tabled.