The case of Rodney Hinton Jr. is a stark reminder that trauma, especially racial trauma, is cumulative. It builds, silently, beneath the surface until it explodes.
The Phoenix police officers who beat and tased Tyron McAlpin, a Black man who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, were suspended...for 24 hours.
The challenges faced by these five police departments are not unique.
U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested and stun-gunned during a confrontation with police officers in Miami, Florida.
The Black driver was handcuffed and brutally beaten by Jacksonville cops.
Police killing Black people in the area was so widespread and common that one would be hard-pressed to find a family that hadn't been touched by it.
The resource officer is under investigation.
Bodycam video was released in the violent arrest of a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy.
Tyron McAlpin, a Black man who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, faces charges of aggravated assault and resisting arrest.
Ex-Memphis police officers who fatally beat Tyre Nichols were found not guilty of the harshest charges they faced during their federal trial.
Although John Collins Muhammad pleaded guilty to bribery, the process struck a harsh chord with Black community members who remembered the grand jury not indicting killer police officer Darren Wilson.
