Nation Sep 19 Justice Department opens probe into Mississippi sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press
Nation Sep 09 Jury selection begins for federal civil rights trial into fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols Nichols was pulled over in January 2023 and ran from police after he was yanked out of his car. Officers caught up with Nichols and pummeled him in a Memphis neighborhood, police video showed. By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press
Nation May 14 Grief persists after Florida deputy shoots U.S. airman Roger Fortson Fortson was holding his legally owned gun when he opened his front door, but it was pointed to the floor. Based on body camera footage released by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, the deputy only commanded Fortson to drop the… By Tara Copp, Associated Press
Nation Apr 10 6 former Mississippi officers are sentenced in state court for racist torture of 2 Black men All six officers have pleaded guilty to federal charges, and admitted to subjecting the victims to numerous acts of racist torture in last year. By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press
Nation Mar 20 1 of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 40 years for racist torture of 2 Black men All six of the former officers pleaded guilty, admitting that they subjected Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racist torture in January 2023 after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home… By Michael Goldberg, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press
Jul 20 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Cities in southern Ukraine suffer 3rd straight night of Russian bombardment By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, cities across southern Ukraine suffered a third straight night of heavy Russian bombardment, protesters in Iraq stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad outraged that an Iraqi atheist in Stockholm threatened to burn a copy of… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 8:41 Police face new scrutiny for use of Tasers after deadly incidents By John Yang, Emily Carpeaux, Sam Weber For many years, police use of force against people of color, especially Black Americans, has been under intense scrutiny. Tasers, also known as conducted electrical or energy weapons, may be ranked below guns on the spectrum of police force, but… Continue watching
Jul 07 Unrest spreads to France’s small towns in wake of deadly police shooting of teenager By John Leicester, Associated Press Tranquil French villages and towns escaped previous cycles of urban violence. Continue reading
Jul 01 Shooting, riots in France show U.S. is not alone in struggles with racism, police brutality By Claudia Lauer, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The events in France following the death of a 17-year-old shot by police in a Paris suburb are drawing parallels to the racial reckoning in the U.S. spurred by the killings of George Floyd and other people of color at… Continue reading
May 31 Watch 9:17 The hidden toll of fatal police violence on some AAPI communities By Ali Rogin, Maea Lenei Buhre The national attention on acts of police brutality often overlooks one group of victims, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. That's because data show that, as a whole, they experience low rates of fatal police violence. But new research shows the… Continue watching