Tag: homicide
Firearm Deaths Grow, Disparities Widen
New analysis shows firearm homicide rates grew nearly 35% from 2019 to 2020, with disparities by race/ethnicity and poverty level widening, and firearm suicide...
Attorney: Family ‘Flabbergasted’ By Killing Of Amir Locke
The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys said Friday that the 22-year-old Black man was "executed" by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke...
EXPLAINER: How the Arbery Trial Got a Nearly All-White Jury
By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
The long-standing practice of allowing attorneys to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason has come under intense criticism after...
Arbery Trial Dominated by Race Before it Even Begins
By Russ Bynum, Associated Press
The trial hasn't even started and yet issues of race are dominating the case in which three white men are...
Prosecutors Challenge Jury’s Racial Makeup in Arbery Slaying
By Russ Bynum, Associated Press
Jury selection in the murder trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery was disrupted Wednesday, November...
