CHICAGO (AP) — A Catholic high school on Chicago’s South Side canceled Friday classes amid concern about a demonstration, which was later postponed, to protest the fatal police shooting of a black man and a series of racially charged text messages from students. Eva Lewis, who helped organize the Black Lives Matter demonstration planned by … Continue reading
CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A gunman with a history of domestic abuse fatally shot a police officer and wounded another on Thursday, Oct. 10, before he and a woman were found dead following a fight at their apartment, authorities said. Officer Scott Bashioum and the other officer were responding separately to an emergency call from … Continue reading
CINCINNATI (AP) — Court officials in Ohio are ready to begin winnowing a large jury pool for the murder trial of a white former police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man during a traffic stop. Hamilton County Commons Pleas Court Judge Megan Shanahan heard a jury update in a pretrial hearing Friday and … Continue reading
An editorial by Shaye Southall At this point in time, cell phones are the judge, jury, and executioner. For just about every officer involved shooting of an unarmed black man or Latino man, there is a witness that captures the fatal moments on film. This phenomenon has been taking place throughout history, but America is … Continue reading
Charles Kinsey held his hands in the air and shouted to police that the autistic man sitting on the street next to him wasn’t dangerous. A few seconds later, he felt a bullet rip into his leg. The therapist, who is black and works with people with disabilities, was rounding up a patient who had … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Authorities are identifying a man fatally shot by Norfolk police after they say he fired at officers. Virginia State Police identified the man Monday, Apr 25, in a news release as 30-year-old Eric Wakup of Norfolk, who barricaded himself inside a home Friday night. Early Saturday, police say Wakup fired at … Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State investigators looking into the death of an unarmed black Minneapolis man shot by police during a scuffle are trying to determine whether he was restrained at the time, as some witnesses allege. Police initially said Jamar ONeal Clark was not handcuffed when he was shot, but authorities later said handcuffs were … Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities said Tuesday that a black man who was shot in an apparent scuffle with Minneapolis police officers has died. Jamar ONeal Clark, 24, died Monday evening, the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said. Clark’s family had said he was on life support in the wake of the shooting early Sunday morning. … Continue reading
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Politicians were nearly booed off the stage at a rally when they promised a full and fair investigation into a police officer’s fatal shooting of a black man who played the drums in churches and bands and worked as a public housing inspector. The crowd of several hundred people … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — A police officer responding to a report of shots fired was killed during a gunfight and chase involving a stolen bicycle, and a suspect in his slaying was in custody, police said Wednesday. Officer Randolph Holder, 33, was the fourth New York Police Department officer to be killed in the last … Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) — Tama Colson was finishing an evening walk when she saw the police cars speed into her neighborhood. As she approached her home she heard a loud “pop-pop-pop” and saw her neighbors fleeing into their yard two houses down. “They shot me and they shot my dog!” one neighbor yelled as his wife … Continue reading
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dramatic video that shows a white South Carolina police officer shooting a fleeing black man after a traffic stop has led authorities to file a murder charge against the officer amid public outrage over a series of deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of law enforcement agents. … Continue reading
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