Philando Castille

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge is expected to decide Wednesday whether the case against a Minnesota police officer who shot and killed a black man during a July traffic stop should be dismissed or proceed to trial. Lawyers for St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez argued at a hearing Wednesday that the case […]

Excerpt from the Washington Post: She had been feeling the impact of policing on every moment of her life since July 6, the day an officer pulled over her boyfriend, Philando Castile, in the suburb of Falcon Heights for at least his 46th minor traffic stop in the past 13 years. “Again?” Diamond remembered saying […]

DALLAS (AP) — Military service changed the Dallas gunman from an extrovert into a hermit, his parents said in an interview excerpt published Monday. Micah Johnson‘s mother, Delphine Johnson, told TheBlaze website in an interview that her son wanted to be a police officer as a child. His six years in the Army Reserve, including […]

After hearing of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, rapper Macklemore took to his Instagram page to speak out against police brutality and called for white people to help affect change in the matter. He blames what happened to Sterling on what he refers to as “hundreds of years of conditioning.” Under a […]

DALLAS (AP) — Texas law enforcement official identifies slain suspect in Dallas attack as Micah Johnson, 25. The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local): 10:10 a.m. A Texas law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that a slain suspect in the attack on Dallas police was 25-year-old Micah […]

Jay Z has released an emotional new song in response to this week’s fatal police shootings of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. On “spiritual,” Jay Z raps, “Got my hands in the air, in despair, don’t shoot, I just want to do good.” In a statement accompanying the song’s release, the rapper says […]

Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Teacher and Diversity Trainer Jane Elliott to get her thoughts on the state of race in the United States today and her iconic Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes exercise. “Racism is another symbol of our ignorance. Everything in this country is in some way, connected to racism. People think that there are […]

https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/751262719584575488 Dallas Police on Thursday may have identified the wrong man as a suspect in the shooting deaths of four officers. The man, Mark Hughes, later turned himself into police, CBS News reports: CBS Dallas Fort Worth affiliate KTVT spoke to Corey Hughes, a protest organizer who claimed to be the identified suspect’s brother. Hughes said […]

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — A suburban police officer who killed a black motorist likely wouldn’t have fired if the driver had been white, Minnesota’s governor declared, jumping into a suddenly reignited national debate over how law enforcement treats people of color. Philando Castile‘s girlfriend streamed the gruesome aftermath of his shooting in a St. […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that America is “horrified” by what appears to be a planned sniper shooting targeting police officers in Dallas, and he said there is no justification for the violence. In a brief statement to reporters, Obama said the investigation into the shooting continues but “what we do […]

7/8/16- Hearts are somber all around the country as news of 11 Dallas police officers were shot and five killed after a peaceful rally occurred to mourn the lives of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille. The TJMS updates with the latest in the attack.