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Family of Martavious Banks Disputes Police Account of Shooting; Awaiting Bodycam Footage

BMS AdminSeptember 22, 2018

by BMS AdminSeptember 22, 2018063

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings said the officer who shot Martavious Banks in a hotly disputed incident this week didn’t have his body camera activated, as department policy

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Family Demands Dashcam Footage Of Police Shooting Of 2 Black Men

BMS AdminSeptember 21, 2018September 21, 2018

by BMS AdminSeptember 21, 2018September 21, 20180314

Shreveport police said they received a call on Saturday night concerning people firing guns in a residential street. According to SPD, when Sergeant Michael James

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Oakland Police Release Body Cam Footage Of The Shooting of Demouria Hogg

BMS AdminSeptember 18, 2018September 18, 2018

by BMS AdminSeptember 18, 2018September 18, 201801378

Police have released body cam footage of deadly shooting of a man found passed out behind the wheel of a car in the middle of

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Grandmother Sues After Jury Doesnt Indict Cop Who Killed 13-yr-old Tyre King

BMS AdminSeptember 17, 2018

by BMS AdminSeptember 17, 20180587

Witnesses say that the white police officer who killed a black 13-year-old used a racial slur after firing and that a toy gun the eighth-grader

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Texas Cop Who Killed Botham Shem Jean In His Own Home Has Already Been Released On Bond

BMS AdminSeptember 10, 2018

by BMS AdminSeptember 10, 201804322

Almost 3 days after Dallas police officer Amber Guyger shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean in his own home, she was finally arrested and charged. However, just hours after

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Philadelphia Cop Indictment For Murder In Killing Of Fleeing Black Man

BMS AdminSeptember 6, 2018

by BMS AdminSeptember 6, 20180871

On Tuesday, Philadelphia D. A. Larry Krasner charged former police officer, Ryan Pownall, with first-degree murder for the shooting of 32-year-old David Jones as he fled. The shooting

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Cop Who Shot 15-Yr-Old Jordan Edwards Has Been Convicted Of Murder

BMS AdminAugust 28, 2018

by BMS AdminAugust 28, 201813034

A white former police officer in suburban Dallas was convicted of murder Tuesday for the April 2017 shooting of an unarmed black teenager as he

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Lawsuit Claims Police Knew Unarmed Man Was Mentally Ill Before Shooting him

BMS AdminAugust 27, 2018

by BMS AdminAugust 27, 201801419

The family of Jontell Reedom, a mentally ill Black man who was shot and killed by police, have filed a lawsuit that alleges police officers

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Witnesses Say Police Shot Man in His Back in Saturday’s Fatal Chicago Shooting

BMS AdminJuly 15, 2018July 15, 2018

by BMS AdminJuly 15, 2018July 15, 201801054

This Saturday Chicago police scuffled with demonstrators just hours after a Chicago police officer fatally shot a man on the city’s South Side. According to

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Watch: Another Black Man Was Killed by Police in Minneapolis; Witnesses Allege He Was Shot In The Back

BMS AdminJune 24, 2018June 24, 2018

by BMS AdminJune 24, 2018June 24, 201801969

On the evening of Saturday, June 23rd, 2018, Minneapolis Police (MPD) received a call at 5:26 p.m. regarding a man walking in the area of

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More Details On 17-yr-old Shot In The Back By Police

BMS AdminJune 21, 2018June 21, 2018

by BMS AdminJune 21, 2018June 21, 20180556

17-year-old, honors student, Antwon Rose was killed during a traffic stop Tuesday when police officers pulled a car he was a passenger in over for

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Watch: 17-Year-Old Killed by Pittsburgh Police; Shot in the Back While Running Away

BMS AdminJune 20, 2018June 20, 2018

by BMS AdminJune 20, 2018June 20, 201802197

At around 8pm Tuesday night police responded to a shooting in North Braddock, Pa. According to witnesses, a car was seen fleeing the scene and

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Cop Who Killed Terrence Sterling Loses Appeal and Will be Fired

BMS AdminJune 16, 2018June 16, 2018

by BMS AdminJune 16, 2018June 16, 201802925

Officer Brian Trainer, the Washington, D.C. police officer who fatally shot Terrence Sterling in 2016, lost his appeal to keep his job and will be

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Maurice Granton, Jr: Police Say He Had a Gun; Family Says He was Unarmed and Shot in the Back

Gloria LandmanJune 7, 2018June 8, 2018

by Gloria LandmanJune 7, 2018June 8, 20182 977

The family of Maurice Granton, Jr are saying the reports released by Chicago PD regarding his shooting Wednesday night are false. According to statements given

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Jury Awards $4 to Family of Man Fatally Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy in his Own Garage

BMS AdminMay 31, 2018May 31, 2018

by BMS AdminMay 31, 2018May 31, 201802389

A federal court jury found the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office partially liable in the January 2014 fatal shooting of Gregory Hill Jr. in the

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New York Police shoot and kill man after mistaking a metal pipe for a gun

BMS AdminApril 5, 2018April 5, 2018

by BMS AdminApril 5, 2018April 5, 20180169

New York City police officers shot and killed an unarmed black man on the street, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn around 430pm on

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Family of Martavious Banks Disputes Police Account of Shooting; Awaiting Bodycam Footage

Family Demands Dashcam Footage Of Police Shooting Of 2 Black Men

Oakland Police Release Body Cam Footage Of The Shooting of Demouria Hogg

Grandmother Sues After Jury Doesnt Indict Cop Who Killed 13-yr-old Tyre King

Texas Cop Who Killed Botham Shem Jean In His Own Home Has Already Been Released On Bond

Philadelphia Cop Indictment For Murder In Killing Of Fleeing Black Man

Cop Who Shot 15-Yr-Old Jordan Edwards Has Been Convicted Of Murder

Lawsuit Claims Police Knew Unarmed Man Was Mentally Ill Before Shooting him

Witnesses Say Police Shot Man in His Back in Saturday’s Fatal Chicago Shooting

Watch: Another Black Man Was Killed by Police in Minneapolis; Witnesses Allege He Was Shot In The Back

More Details On 17-yr-old Shot In The Back By Police

Watch: 17-Year-Old Killed by Pittsburgh Police; Shot in the Back While Running Away

Cop Who Killed Terrence Sterling Loses Appeal and Will be Fired

Maurice Granton, Jr: Police Say He Had a Gun; Family Says He was Unarmed and Shot in the Back

Jury Awards $4 to Family of Man Fatally Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy in his Own Garage

New York Police shoot and kill man after mistaking a metal pipe for a gun

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