The police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice—a 12-year-old Black kid who was playing with a toy gun—has been fired.
Michael Slager, the former Charleston, S.C. police officer that gunned down fleeing Black man Walter Scott, has pleaded guilty to the charges. The 35-year-old Slager admitted guilt for the April 2015 shooting as part of a plea agreement, and the Scott family views the moment as justice.
You’ve probably heard similar news to this before. The cops who murdered a Black man, in this case Alton Sterling, will not be charged.
Jury foreman Dorsey Montgomery II, the only African-American juror in the Michael Slager trial, says that race was not a factor in 12 jurors failing to convict the cop who killed Walter Scott.
Once again, are we surprised? A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial in the case of Michael T. Slager, the former cop who shot a Black man, Walter Scott, in the back as he ran away in April 2015.
The police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop in July has been charged with manslaughter.
Here we go again. A judged declared a mistrial in the case of Ray Tensing, the white Cincinnati University cop who shot and killed and unarmed Black man, Sam Dubose, last year during a traffic stop.
When University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shot and killed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose during a routine traffic stop this past July, he alleged that it was in self-defense. The cop claimed DuBose tried to flee and dragged said officer alongside the vehicle.
Apparently, white privilege also applies to cop killers. Scott Michael Greene, the Iowa man suspected of shooting and killing two police officers is currently in the hospital, but has not yet been charged.
Police in Des Moines, Iowa have arrested 46-year-old Scott Greene, who was wanted in connection to an ambush slaying of a pair of police officers on Wednesday (Nov. 2) in the suburb section of Urbandale. Greene has a record of run-ins with police in times past, and just had an encounter with cops just two weeks […]
Police were called to Renee Davis’ house to check up on her well being, she wound up dead.
Deborah Danner, a Black woman with a history of mental issues, was shot and killed by the NYPD Tuesday (Oct. 18) night. NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill says his department “failed” the 66-year-old Danner after one of his sergeants gunned her down.
