The surviving family of Emmett Till, the Chicago boy was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, is looking to revive the long-abandoned kidnapping case against Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who accused him of whistling at her who was also involved in his abduction.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago announced the decision to not federally charge Jason Van Dyke after consulting with Laquan McDonald's family, who "was in agreement not to pursue a second prosecution.”
Miya Ponsetto, who wrestled an innocent Black teenager, Keyon Harrold Jr., to the ground of the lobby of a high-end hotel in Manhattan while accusing him of stealing her misplaced mobile phone, accepted a plea deal in the case.
“There is insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case," said Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman, in a joint statement on the decision not charge Officer Mark Hanneman.
Morgan Barnhill called the police to report an unknown intruder breaking into his shed. Authorities, however, say Barnhill lied about the alleged burglary after badly beating Etienne Murray, who died of his injuries days later.
Louisiana Trooper Chris Hollingsworth died in a single-car crash just hours after he was told that he would be fired for his role in Ronald Greene's arrest — while it was ruled accidental, some speculate it was suicide.
The family of Manuel Ellis, an unarmed man who Tacoma police tased, handcuffed, hogtied and beat, after which he pleaded “I can’t breathe” before suffocating to death in 2020, welcomed the settlement but said it’s “not enough."
The brother of Irvin D. Moorer Charley — who was fatally shot by deputies in Columbia, South Carolina over the weekend — was present during the incident and told the officers not to shoot because his brother was having a mental health crisis.
