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Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit
By Dylan Lovan Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay millions to the mother of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor’s slaying by police thrust the Black woman’s name to the forefront of a national reckoning
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Source: The Birmingham Times
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Atlanta police chief resigns after police shooting at local restaurant
ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned as calls for her firing built following a police-involved shooting at a fast-food
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Eight Louisiana police officers accused of excessive force after chase have been indicted | The Atlanta Voice
A grand jury indicted each of the Shreveport officers on Monday with a count of malfeasance in office in connection with the late January pursuit and stop of a truck that left driver Chico Bell with a shattered eye socket and passenger Damon Robinson with his nose broken in several
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New Chief of Police, Jeffrey Norman, is sworn in
It's official, city of Milwaukee native Jeffrey B. Norman was sworn in as Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department. The public ceremony took place on Monday, November 15, 2021, in the Common Council Chambers at Milwaukee's City Hall. Chief Norman was sworn in by the Fire and Police Commission
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Florida police laugh after shooting rubber bullets in video
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Newly released body camera footage shows Florida police officers laughing and celebrating after shooting rubber bullets at a protest last month in which a Black woman was shot in the face and seriously injured. Fort Lauderdale police posted a video on its official
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BRPD officer who tased Alton Sterling during deadly encounter dismissed from wrongful death lawsuit | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Joe Gyan Jr., The Advocate A Baton Rouge police officer who tased Alton Sterling and helped wrestle him to the ground, but did not fire his gun during the fatal 2016 encounter, is no longer a defendant in the Sterling family's wrongful death lawsuit. State District Judge William Morvant
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GEORGE FLOYD: RALLY CONDEMNS RACISM, SEEKS JUSTICE
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Community Demands Answers at Second LAPD African American Forum - Los Angeles Sentinel
The Rev. Dr. D. Najuma Smith-Pollard, pastor of Word of Encouragement Community Church and program manager of USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement, asked Moore for the procedure for civilians to serve on boards, commissions and panels that are connected to
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Three Police Officers Fired Over Photos At Elijah McClain Memorial : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
The photos surface after an officer with the Aurora Police Department reported them to the internal affairs unit. Officers in the photos have since been placed on administrative leave with pay.
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2 cops in dock for allegedly stealing cash during stop-and-search
Two Cape Town police officers accused of stealing cash from a member of the public will remain behind bars after appearing in the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court on
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City Of Louisville Reaches $12 Million Settlement with Breonna Taylor's Family
Updated: Tuesday, Sept. 15; 12:53 p.m. ET: The city of Louisville will pay the family of Breonna Taylor $12 million, the New York Times reports, citing sources. In addition to […] The post City Of Louisville Reaches $12 Million Settlement with Breonna Taylor's Family appeared first on Essence.
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Who responds to nonviolent crises? New urgency to remove police from the equation - Black Voice News
In summary Efforts aim to dispatch mental health teams — not armed officers — for most crises calls involving mental illness and homelessness. On the afternoon of June 2, 2019, psychosis convinced 23-year-old Miles Hall that a long iron gardening tool given to him by a neighbor had morphed into
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Black Wisconsin Man Held At Gunpoint By Police After Neighbor Assumed He Was a Burglar, Police Department and City Offer Apology
About 20 minutes later, after he’d gone inside, Furdge heard Monona Police officers enter the
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'It's Not a Coincidence': Atlanta Looks to Turn Page on Bloodiest Year In Decades As Violent Crime Rose In Cities Across America In 2020
Atlanta is coming off one of its bloodiest years in nearly a quarter century. Violent crime soared as a fiery summer of unrest roiled nationwide. Amid
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Bodycam Footage Shows Fatal Police Shooting of Daunte Wright
The chief of Brooklyn Park, Minn., says that the shooting was an "accidental discharge" from an officer's weapon.
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Dallas PD Chief Implements Use-Of-Force Policy For Officers
She wants to prevent repeat of George Floyd killing.
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Detective Indicted For Wanton Endangerment In Breonna Taylor’s Death | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.fox23.com By: Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A grand jury in Kentucky on Wednesday indicted a former Louisville police detective involved in the March 13 shooting death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. Update 1:30 p.m. EDT Sept. 23: Kentucky Attorney
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Police Barge Into Black College Student’s Dorm With Guns Drawn After White Roommates Allegedly File False Report
A 17-year-old Black freshman student in Texas had weapons pointed directly at her by police officers who stormed into her dorm room after her White roommates allegedly filed a false…
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Durkan Proposes Comprehensive Budget Plan To Address SPD Hiring, Reduce Gun Violence, And Invest In Alternatives - The Seattle Medium
Following Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s and Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz recent announcements on gun violence and alternatives to policing, Durkan is transmitting an ordinance to City Council that allows SPD and other city departments to move forward a series of broadly supported initiatives to
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University of Washington Black Police Officers Sue Over ‘Unbearable’ Racism
The five campus police officers describe an extreme climate of racism at work.
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Florida Cops Laugh About How They F*ck Up Protestors In Bodycam Video
Former police officers criticize the behavior.
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Former Cop Kim Potter’s Home Barricaded After Being Charged
Fencing, concrete barriers, and 24-hour video surveillance have been installed around the home of Kim Potter, the officer who shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. The security measures have surprised some of Potter’s…
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Gag order imposed in case of soldier who allegedly shot cop in Portmore love triangle
A judge today ordered that details about the case of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who reportedly shot a policeman he caught in his home in a compromising position with his wife should not be shared with the
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Kenya: 3 Police Officers Charged With Facilitating Escape of a Kidnapping Suspect
Nairobi — Three police officers based at the Kamukunji Police Station in Nairobi were Thursday charged in for facilitating the escape of a suspect charged with an offense of kidnapping a police officer with an intention to
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KZN rugby community, friends in disbelief after 'gentle' South African man killed by US police | News24
"No ways, that was not his character. He would have never done that; he was such a gentle person and was very disciplined."
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Palo Conteh treason trial – prosecution’s case begins to unravel
The allegation of the prosecution is that Palo Conteh made a statement in his application for a firearm licence, saying ”He has never been found guilty of any criminal offence or have any charges pending for any offence in Sierra Leone or elsewhere which he knew to be
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'I have no regrets', says Toronto Police Chief of Jamaican heritage
(Jamaica Gleaner) TORONTO’S POLICE chief, Mark Saunders, surprised many with the announcement that he will retire from the service on July 31 – eight months before his contract is set to
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California mom in viral video alleges police harassment during son's traffic stop - TheGrio
A mother is going through with a formal complaint after her Black son was treated unfairly by a police officer.... View Article The post California mom in viral video alleges police harassment during son's traffic stop appeared first on TheGrio.
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Beyond the no-knock: Push in states to reform police tactics — The Sacramento Observer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are used overwhelmingly in communities of color. Rather than
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