David Collie's attorney says that the officer used excessive force against his client, who was paralyzed as a result of the July 27 shooting.
The Fraternal Order of Police requested the removal of BLM shirts from Amazon after Walmart discontinued sales last week.
New research from Drexel University says Black people are 2.8 times more likely than their White peers to be fatally shot during police encounters.
After a solemn year filled with police brutality, scammed elections and civil injustice, the last thing we needed was an ignorant act to make light of it all.
New York firefighter Jason Stokes pleaded not guilty to arson charges earlier this week after being charged with setting fire to his own home back in August.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager is taking the stand to tell his version of what happened when he fatally shot a black motorist fleeing a traffic stop last year. Slager, who faces 30 years to life if convicted of murder in the April 2015 death of 50-year-old Walter Scott, is […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio judge is set to meet with both sides in the case of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer whose first trial in the fatal shooting of a black motorist ended in a hung jury. Hamilton County Judge Megan Shanahan has scheduled a hearing for Monday after declaring a […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor said Tuesday he will again seek a murder conviction against a white former University of Cincinnati police officer, and wants to move the trial after a jury couldn’t agree on a verdict in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Philando Castile was shot by a Minnesota police officer, his girlfriend broadcast his final moments live on Facebook. But experts say the footage from a squad car camera was probably a bigger factor in prosecutors’ decision to charge the officer with manslaughter. And that footage, which has not been made public, […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati’s city council wants a white police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man retried after jurors failed to reach a verdict. The council has unanimously approved a resolution asking Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters “to take all steps necessary to pursue a retrial” […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors say that when Philando Castile was pulled over in July, he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it. Moments later, the officer fired shots, and a bleeding Castile’s last words were: “I wasn’t reaching for it.” On Wednesday, that officer was […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) The jury in the murder trial of a white former South Carolina patrolman who shot an unarmed black motorist saw a bystander’s dramatic cellphone video of the shooting frame by frame Tuesday. The judge later ruled, after hours of arguments between attorneys with the jury out of the courtroom, that the prosecution […]
