Former police officer Roy Oliver — who fired his rifle five times into a car and killed unarmed, Black 15-year-old Jordan Edwards — was properly convicted of murder, an appeals court in Texas ruled. Oliver, convicted in 2017, was sentenced to 15 years’ confinement.
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The parents of a 23-year-old Black man killed in police custody a year ago sued the city of Aurora, Colorado, and several officers involved in federal court on Tuesday.
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Body-camera footage of George Floyd’s apprehension, arrest and death was made public Monday after the judge overseeing criminal cases against four former police officers ordered it to be released late Friday.
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Responding to a looting call in June during the peak of the George Floyd protests, a group of police drove into a Walgreens parking lot and pierced the dark, thick San Francisco Bay Area air with a spate of bullets.
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In the wake of a partial leak of body-camera footage of George Floyd’s arrest and death to a British tabloid, a coalition of media outlets argued Tuesday for a full release of the footage by a Minnesota judge.
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Three fatal shootings by police in Southern California violated a state law that says police should only use deadly force when there is an imminent threat to life according to a complaint filed Friday.
Read moreIn the wake of the death of George Floyd during an arrest on Memorial Day, Americans took to the streets nationwide demanding police reforms. While those demands vary from city to city, one of the most common is a call for the creation of community-led oversight for police.
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Body camera footage of George Floyd’s arrest and death made semi-public Wednesday shows officers taking an aggressive approach to confronting Floyd over an allegedly counterfeit bill, but doing little to ensure his safety as his vital signs collapsed.
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At a hearing Monday for the four officers charged in connection with George Floyd’s death, a Minnesota judge warned state prosecutors not to allow further public comment on the case before it goes to trial.
Read moreBills to ban police use of chokeholds and tear gas, create a state database of officer misconduct, require cops to stop the misconduct of other officers and report it, and a new task force to recommend further legislation all headed to the governor’s desk Friday.
Read moreA federal judge denied in part a motion for summary judgment from Wichita, Kansas, whose police officer shot a resident to death after a crank 911 call claiming there was a hostage in the house.
Read moreLawmakers in Oregon advanced police accountability bills in a special session that kicked off Wednesday due in large part to pressure from nightly protests in Portland and across the state demanding an end to police violence.
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A Los Angeles City Council committee voted unanimously Wednesday to send a package of police reform proposals to the full council for consideration, including a recommendation that police be restricted from responding to mental health emergencies and a bid to make it illegal when people make frivolous 911 calls based on racist beliefs.
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Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd say that they were barred from guarding or having contact with Derek Chauvin because of their race.
Read moreColorado commemorated Juneteenth on Friday by passing an enormous police reform bill, which includes blocking qualified immunity as a defense for police officers in state court.
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Just two female black judges sit on the bench in the U.S. District Court for the District
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Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of downtown Atlanta Monday to join a march organized by the Georgia NAACP demanding criminal justice and voting reform following a chaotic primary election and the shooting of another unarmed black man by police.
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The Atlanta mayor accepted the resignation of the city’s police chief on Saturday and called for the immediate firing of a white police officer who shot a young black man to death after a DUI stop and a struggle over a Taser.
Read moreA Mexican police officer in Oaxaca was presented in court on murder charges Friday after shooting a 16-year-old U.S. citizen in the head, killing him.
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