JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An anti-apartheid activist who died in 1971 was tortured and killed by South African police, a court said Thursday, a landmark decision that raised hopes that dozens of similar cases would be investigated. The inquest into Ahmed Timol’s death had riveted South Africans as legal experts said it could set a precedent … Continue reading
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Delaware man accidentally shot by a Virginia officer who was trying to serve a warrant will get $200,000 from the city. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the city of Chesapeake agreed this week to pay Michael Lee Smith to settle a lawsuit stemming from the 2014 shooting, which prosecutors deemed to be an … Continue reading
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee jury needed less than two days of deliberations to acquit a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that sparked two nights of violence on the city’s north side. Jurors found Wednesday that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was not guilty of first-degree … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — A searing new public service announcement starring Michael B. Jordan, Danny Glover and Michael K. Williams takes on the issue of racial bias in police shootings with a simple message: “Black is not a weapon.” The 4-minute, black-and-white PSA features the actors up against a wall to a soundscape of news … Continue reading
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city’s mayor ended early Friday. The largely peaceful Thursday night demonstrations in the city’s business district, watched over by rifle-toting members of the National Guard, called on police … Continue reading
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A man shot by a Fredericksburg police officer who had been dragged about 600 feet by a fleeing vehicle has died, Virginia State Police said Tuesday. Department spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in an email that the man died about 6 p.m. Tuesday at a hospital. Geller says the body will be … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — A police dash-cam video that captures a white Chicago officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times has no sound, nor do videos from four other squad cars at the scene. But department protocol indicates all the cruisers should have been recording audio that night. The silence is almost sure to … Continue reading
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When FBI Director James Comey told a national gathering of law enforcement leaders that cops might be easing up for fear of being caught on camera, the conference attendees included a South Carolina sheriff whose deputy was about to star in the nation’s next viral police video. Richland County Sheriff Leon … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — “Black Lives Matter” just landed on the Fashion Week runway. Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond’s collection for the Pyer Moss label launched Thursday night with gripping and now familiar videos of police violence. The choking death of Eric Garner. The teenage girl thrown to the ground outside a Texas pool party. The running … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An arrest that left a University of Virginia student bloodied and shouting allegations of racism has prompted some lawmakers to question whether state liquor control agents should have the power to arrest people. Gov. Terry McAuliffe ordered the Virginia State Police to investigate the early-Wednesday, Mar. 18, arrest of Martese … Continue reading
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