Tag: Breonna Taylor
US Police Killings Hit Record High in 2022
By AFRO Staff, Afro News
Last year was the deadliest year on record for police brutality in the U.S. and the victims were disproportionately Black,...
Black Twitter’s expected demise would make it harder to publicize police brutality and discuss...
By Deion Scott Hawkins, The Conversation
Before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile and Sandra Bland were propelled into the media spotlight, their names were Twitter #hashtags.
In 2020,...
Watering while Black: anatomy of a pastor’s Alabama arrest
By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Michael Jennings wasn't breaking any laws or doing anything that was obviously suspicious; the Black minister was simply watering the...
Officer in Breonna Taylor Case Pleads Guilty
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire
Kelly Goodlett, one of the former Louisville police officers charged with falsifying a search warrant that...
Reports: Ex-officer to Plead Guilty in Breonna Taylor Case
By The Associated Press
Goodlett is set to appear Aug. 22 before a federal judge to enter her plea, media outlets reported, citing her lawyer,...