The family of slain Black man Mario Woods is demanding a federal investigation focused on the police shooting incident that took place last December. The 26-year-old Woods death on Dec. 2 death has been called a wrongful shooting by the family, although the man was allegedly armed at the time of the incident. NBC Bay […]
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin will prevent the restoration of voting rights for individuals who were convicted of non-violent crimes in the state of Kentucky by executive order.
In a recent outbreak of law enforcement shootings in America, police have used lethal force to subdue and ultimately kill Nicholas Robertson in Los Angeles, Mario Woods in San Francisco, and Gilbert Flores in Texas. Each of these police killings were captured on video. Nicholas Robertson Over the weekend, Los Angeles police officers fired 33 shots at Nicholas […]
The news comes a year after reports of fatalities and injuries at the hands of police--most recently Laquan McDonald in Chicago--amid widening frustration over the lack of official recordings of the incidents.
Back in April, the family of Black Chicago teenager Laquan McDonald was awarded $5 million after the police shooting death of the 17-year-old. Although McDonald…
Reuters reports that new research shows the number of police officers charged in fatal shootings in 2015 has reached its highest level in a decade.
Turns out, President Obama does think Hillary Clinton made some mistakes with the handling of her emails.
On Wednesday, hearings will begin to determine if the case against the six officers in the Freddie Gray case should be dismissed.
Shannon Miles, the man authorities say shot and killed a Harris County, Texas deputy sheriff last week, faced prosecutors on Monday.
Statistics about fatal police shootings are notoriously hard to come by, so the Washington Post started counting this year. The result is an analysis of…
Atlanta police shot and killed a 25-year-old woman, who may have been handcuffed in the back of a police car, after she allegedly pulled a…
A Boston police officer was shot and remains in a medically induced coma after he was shot in the Roxbury section of the city on…
