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The Department of Justice announced that federal charges were being brought against the five former Memphis Police Department officers for their role in the death of Tyre Nichols in January in a press conference on Tuesday.

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JAY-Z and Team Roc are sending their all-star lawyer to help a Wisconsin man who was wrongfully and brutally arrested by the Kenosha PD.

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Six former white police officers from Rankin, Mississippi have pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution while being investigated for their brutal assault on two Black men in January.

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The city of New York has approved a settlement of over $13 million to go to protesters who were subjected to brutal treatment by New York Police Department officers during protests in 2020 over the death of George Floyd. The settlement comes after two years of back-and-forth with the city, with plaintiffs alleging how NYPD officers resorted to "kettling" and other tactics.

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An 11-year-old boy was shot in the chest by a Mississippi police officer who was responding to the 911 call the boy made to help his mother in a domestic dispute. Aderrien Murry suffered the gunshot wound after the officer asked him to come out. The officer is currently on paid administrative leave.

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A grand jury in Dinwiddie, Va. indicted seven Henrico County deputies and three hospital employees in the smothering death of Irvo Otieno.

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A new report gathering data from compiled from all of the traffic stops conducted by the New York Police Department last year showed that over 90% of those drivers detained were Black and Latino. The news has caused alarm to observers and researchers, who noted that it matched the same amount estimated during the department's "stop-and-frisk" era in 2011.

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Jason Whitlock questioned protests after video of the police murder of Tyre Nichols went wide and then blamed single Black mothers.

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On Friday evening (Jan. 27), the Memphis police department shared the footage of Tyre Nichols being beaten so badly by its former police officers that the 29-year-old eventually succumbed to his injuries.

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Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Memphis man, died on Jan. 10 after encountering city police on Jan. 7 after a routine traffic stop.

The family of Tyre Nichols held a press conference along with their attorneys Benjamin Crump and Anthony Romanucci to denounce the Memphis police officers responsible for their son's death after a confrontation at a traffic stop Jan. 7. Nichols would die of his injuries three days after. The family viewed the footage of the incident, with attorneys decrying how badly Nichols was beaten by the officers.

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NYPD is suspending an officer for getting into an altercation with a young Black Staten Island girl, prompting the mayor to respond as well.