Nearly a dozen lawsuits have been filed on behalf of more than 60 people that were injured or arrested during the George Floyd protests in Denver during 2020.
The family of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville police in a botched, no-knock raid on the wrong apartment, expressed discontent with the recent acquittal of the one cop charged in the case.
Former Philadelphia Police detective James Pitts is facing a number of perjury charges related to the alleged assault of Obina Onyiah during a police interrogation in 2010.
“We encourage everyone, no matter where you are to really look at the image of this girl,” the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said in a statement.
Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison was acquitted by a jury of wanton endangerment for his role in a botched police raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
Colin Kaepernick and The Know Your Rights Camp Organization kick-started The Autopsy Initiative to provide free second autopsies to family members and victims of police brutality.
The only officer involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment to face charges testified in his own defense at his trial for wanton endangerment.
Marcus Ransom, the only Black member of the jury in the federal hate crimes trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers, said "it was a lot to take in" after witnessing the indifference they showed while Arbery was dying.
One study found that state "stand your ground" laws could be related to the national increase of 11% in homicide rates per month between 1999 and 2017.
