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Florida Police Release Body Cam Footage of Jean Pedro Pierre’s Fatal Shooting
On Friday afternoon, the Broward Sheriff’s office released the video from surveillance cameras, two deputies’ body cameras and 911 recordings from the open investigation to defend the actions of Deputies Sean Youngward, 48, and Steven Briggs, 49, who shot and killed Jean Pedro Pierre, 42, Wednesday at the Sunset Hills Condominium in Lauderdale Lakes. Broward […]
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Mother Believes Her Son’s Organs Were Stolen After Being Killed By Police
On August 14, 2014, Cynthia Lane’s 19-year-old son, Roshad McIntosh was shot and killed by Chicago cops who were investigating reports of gang activity. A subsequent official inquiry concluded the shooting was justified under the Chicago police “use of force” policy because McIntosh refused to drop a gun he was holding, despite persistent calls by […]
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Philando Castile’s girlfriend awarded $800,000 settlement for emotional distress, false arrest
The girlfriend of Philando Castile, Diamond Reynolds, will receive $800,000 under a settlement announced on Tuesday, more than one year after a Minnesota police officer shot and killed Castile in front of Reynolds and their 4-year-old daughter, according to city officials. Reynolds, who live-streamed the gruesome aftermath of the shooting in July 2016, will receive […]
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Cop That Killed Terence Crutcher Lands New Job As Reserve Deputy
The Rogers County Sheriff’s Office has hired the former Tulsa police officer acquitted in the deadly shooting of Terence Crutcher. Betty Shelby, who retired from the Tulsa Police Department after she was assigned to work a desk job, has been hired as a volunteer reserve deputy. Shelby could be hired full time “if it works […]
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Jury Awards Family Of Black Man Killed By S.W.A.T. Sniper $15 Million
A jury in Seattle, Washington, recently awarded $15 million to the family of a Black man who was killed by a S.W.A.T. sniper. The settlement is the largest monetary award in the state’s history due to police brutality. The victim, Leonard Thomas, was shot and killed while holding his son, who was 4-years-old at the time. The […]
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Minneapolis Releases 911 Transcripts of Woman Killed By Police
The Minneapolis Police Department has released transcripts of the 911 calls placed by a bride-to-be moments before a responding officer shot her to death. Justine Ruszczyk, a 40-year-old Australian native, placed her first call to 911 Saturday night at 11:27 p.m. local time to report what she believed was a sexual assault occurring near her home in Minneapolis’ Fulton […]
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Autopsy Proves North Carolina State Trooper Shot Black Motorist In The Back
The autopsy results for Willard Scott Jr. of Durham County, N.C., were just released and it shows the 31-year-old Black man was shot in the back by a North Carolina State Trooper. Scott was shot and killed on February 12, 2017 after trooper Jeremy Mathis tried to pull him over for allegedly driving erratically. Trooper Mathis contends […]
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Unarmed 27-Year-Old Shot in the Back by Police While Lying on the Ground
27-year-old father of three, Dejuan Guillory was shot and killed by a police officer in Mamou, Louisiana, on Thursday. The shooting happened in an isolated backwoods area after a confrontation between Dejuan and the officer. Dejuan Guillory had finished working two contracting jobs when he decided to do something fun with his girlfriend, DeQuince Brown. […]
