Aug 25 WATCH: Jacob Blake not likely to walk again after police shooting, lawyer Crump says By Mike Householder, Scott Bauer, Associated Press The shooting of Blake on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, apparently in the back, was captured on cellphone video and ignited new protests over racial injustice in several cities, just three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands… Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 10:27 Did police officers in the killing of Rayshard Brooks have to use deadly force? Rayshard Brooks’ shooting death at the hands of Atlanta police has added new fuel to the national conversation and protests over use of force. The encounter began calmly but escalated when officers tried to arrest Brooks for driving under the… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 4:56 Atlanta erupts in protest after another black man dies at the hands of police By William Brangham Atlanta has become the new epicenter of a growing campaign for racial justice. Thousands of protesters marched there after the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks on Friday night. Meanwhile, pressure continues to build in Minneapolis for the city to… Continue watching
Dec 05 Study retracted: How police shootings of unarmed black Americans could be harming the health of black infants By Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT New research finds that black mothers who were exposed to police shootings of unarmed black Americans during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to infants who were born prematurely or with low birth weight. Living within 1 kilometer of… Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 7:30 Attorney Ben Crump on Trayvon Martin, racial hypocrisy and signs of progress Since 2012, the families of several unarmed young American black men shot to death by police in high-profile incidents have turned to civil rights attorney Ben Crump in pursuit of justice. Crump has now written a book arguing these killings… Continue watching
Oct 18 Why police aren’t questioned immediately after fatal shootings By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press The amount of time afforded officers before they are questioned varies — as short as 24 hours to up to two weeks. Continue reading
Oct 16 Deadly police shootings keep happening. Data could be a missing piece By Gretchen Frazee Across the nation, 713 people have been fatally shot by police this year. Continue reading
Oct 15 ‘Police violence is also gun violence,’ Julian Castro says By Associated Press Castro was the first candidate on Tuesday's 2020 Democratic primary debate stage to raise last weekend's shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, killed in Castro's home state of Texas after a neighbor called 911 requesting a welfare check on her Fort… Continue reading
Oct 15 WATCH: ‘No excuse’ for shooting of black woman in her Fort Worth home, police chief says At a press conference Tuesday, Fort Worth Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus grew emotional when describing the morale of the police department. Continue reading
Oct 15 Fort Worth officer released on bond after shooting black woman By Jake Bleiberg, Jill Bleed, Associated Press Aaron Dean was charged with murder for shooting Atatiana Jefferson in her home. Continue reading