Police Officer Sean Williams, who fatally shot 22-year-old John Crawford III in 2014, said he faced an "imminent threat" during the incident.
The criminal justice system appears to let some people “get away with murder,” John Crawford's family lawyer said after the DOJ declined to charge the officer.
Alton Sterling’s death at the hands of Baton Rouge police officers and the recent shooting of Philando Castile, who was shot by Minnesota police during a routine traffic stop, are just two of many that fall into the same category ― Black people being assaulted and killed by police while performing normal, day-to-day tasks.
While the nation witnessed countless protests, die-ins, and marches after the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Garner’s widow, Esaw Snipes, was struggling to find the strength to live without her first love. The parents of Garner, Brown, and other victims of police killings spoke frankly about police brutality and their lives since losing their loved ones […]
Tasha Thomas cried and swore on the lives of relatives that John Crawford III was not carrying a firearm before entering a Walmart. Before Beavercreek police Detective Rodney Curd (pictured right) allegedly knew John had obtained a BB gun at a Walmart, he assumed his girlfriend, Tasha (pictured left), helped him smuggle a firearm […]
Greene County, Ohio coroner Dr. Kevin Sharrett has ruled the death of 37-year-old Angela Williams a homicide due to a heart attack she suffered when police officers stormed a Beavercreek Walmart on Aug. 5 and shot and killed 22-year-old John Crawford III, reports Dayton Daily News. Sharrett attributes the cause of her death to acute […]
According to a new study released by the Public Religion Institute, 51 percent of White Americans agree that Black people as well as other minority groups are treated unfairly in the criminal justice system — up from 42 percent in 2013. I imagine this is the part where I’m supposed to say, “Congratulations, 51 percent of White […]
