Police Chief Greg Suhr resigned at the request of Mayor Ed Lee amid a mounting scandal over racism in the department
As Republican presidential hopefuls gear up for their second debate on Wednesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is struggling at the polls, is trying to distinguish himself amid a crowded field of candidates, namely by attacking President Barack Obama. Walker criticized Obama on Sunday for failing to speak out against anti-police rhetoric during protests against […]
About 25 demonstrators in front of Oly city hall. Yelling:No justice, no peace. Live update at noon. @KING5Seattle pic.twitter.com/vH30qfCxDt — Drew Mikkelsen (@drewmikk) May 21, 2015 Protests erupted outside of the Olympia, Washington City Hall Thursday, after a White officer shot two unarmed Black male skateboarders accused of trying to steal beer from a local grocery store, […]
With a few simple words, the mother of a concerned Black male college student gave social media users a reprieve from the daily menu of bad news about police shooting or killing African-Americans. Dr. Nada Owusu, a pediatrician in Danville, Va., posted an image on Facebook of her son, Joseph, standing next to officer Matt […]
A Dallas grand jury last week cleared two officers in the death of a 39-year-old schizophrenic man whose mother had called for assistance escorting him to the hospital for treatment, CNN reports. Dallas officers John Rogers and Andrew Hutchins will not face criminal prosecution in the death of Jason Harrison, who was shot in June, said […]
Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting men in significantly greater numbers than Blacks and Hispanics do according to a new study, reports Newsday. Is anyone surprised given that whites probably are not hit as much as Blacks or Hispanics? Newsday reports that about seven of ten whites, or 70 percent “can imagine […]
In a much-needed break from negativity about police encounters with African-Americans, a Louisville, Ky. officer is winning widespread praise after assisting a woman across the finish line in a 10K race over the weekend, reports USA Today. Louisville Metro Police Lt. Aubrey Gregory offered Asia Ford his arm during Saturday’s Rodes City Run after the […]
A teen is demanding an apology from the Los Angeles Police Department after he was shot Tuesday while standing next to a person who was holding a toy gun, according to the Los Angeles Times. SEE ALSO: Young Mother Of Four Wins $188 Million Powerball Jackpot! Jamar Nicholson, 15, of Los Angeles, was unarmed when he […]
A Baltimore, Md., Fox News affiliate has apologized for editing a broadcast report to make it appear as if protesters demonstrating against police violence were chanting, “kill a cop,” according to Talking Points Memo. RELATED: Obama Launches Task Force To Examine Police-Community Relations Gawker, the website, reported Monday that the affiliate, WBFF-TV, had edited footage of […]
A former Milwaukee, Wisc., police officer will not be charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man he encountered in a park this spring, a prosecutor announced on Monday, according to The New York Times. Protesters in the city cited the shooting as yet another example of excessive force against Black men by […]
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 […]
