Nation Apr 22 Mourners gather at funeral after Patrick Lyoya shooting By David Eggert, Mike Householder, Associated Press
Nation Apr 15 Officer’s body camera went dark during key moment of Patrick Lyoya’s death Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya's fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle -- but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head. By Amy Forliti, Associated Press
Nation Apr 14 Watch 7:04 Protests erupt in Michigan after a Black man is killed by police during a traffic stop A Grand Rapids, Michigan police officer has been put on paid leave after killing a Black man who tried to flee a traffic stop April 4. Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year old Congolese immigrant, was shot in the head during a… By William Brangham, Sam Lane
Nation Apr 14 Family seeks charges in Patrick Lyoya’s death Peter Lyoya brought his family from Congo to the U.S. in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears they came here to die. A Michigan police officer fatally shot his eldest son, 26-year-old Patrick, in the head this month following… By Anna Liz Nicholas, David Eggert, Mike Householder, Associated Press
Nation Apr 01 Georgia to pay $4.8 million in state trooper’s killing of Black man The state of Georgia has agreed to pay a $4.8 million legal settlement in the killing of a Black man who was shot by a state trooper trying to pull him over for a broken tail light. By Russ Bynum, Associated Press
Mar 15 No charges against 2 Chicago police officers in fatal shootings By Sara Burnett, Don Babwin, Associated Press Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said there was insufficient evidence to charge the officers in the deaths, which were captured on video that showed both suspects appeared to have guns prior to the shootings. Continue reading
Mar 11 Ohio police officer cleared in shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Ohio prosecutors have announced that a grand jury declined to charge the police officer who fatally shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last year. Continue reading
Mar 04 California police officer gets 6 years for shooting mentally ill man By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press The victim's mother, Jeannie Atienza, said in statement that the sentence brings some closure to the family now that the officer has been held to some account. Continue reading
Feb 04 Minneapolis mayor halts no-knock warrants after police kill 22-year-old Amir Locke By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Associated Press The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 8:03 Minneapolis police under fire for no-knock warrants after Amir Locke’s death By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Ryan Connelly Holmes Minneapolis is again at the center of controversy after a young Black man, 22-year-old Amir Locke, was killed Wednesday by police as they executed what's called a "no-knock warrant." This killing is raising further questions about the tactic, and police… Continue watching