Tag: police violence
NAACP Urges Federal Charges In Laquan McDonald’s Killing
The NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization, on Tuesday, February 1, urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against...
Minneapolis voters weigh fate of police after George Floyd
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM, Associated Press
Voters in Minneapolis were deciding Tuesday whether to replace the city's police department with a new Department...
At least Four Black Females were Murdered Each Day in 2020
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire
According to statistics released by the FBI this month, more than four Black women and girls were murdered each...
Trial Set for Cop Charged in Fatal Shooting of Andre Hill
Associated Press
The Ohio police officer who shot and killed Andre Hill will stand trial next spring, a judge decided Monday, October 4.
Hill, 47, who...
Study Shows Police Killings in U.S. Have Been Widely Undercounted
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire
Police killings in the United States have been massively undercounted according to a study by the University of Washington....