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Columbus Police Fatally Shoot Unarmed Man in Bed

by Jamila Bey August 31, 2022September 1, 2022

A fatal police shooting of an unarmed young Black man in his bed has rocked Columbus, Ohio. Body camera footage of Officer Ricky Anderson, shooting 20-year-old Donovan Lewis, within seconds, […]

Breonna Taylor

Officer in Breonna Taylor Case Plans to Enter Guilty Plea

by Stacy M. Brown August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

Since Kevin Hargraves-Shird’s death, family, friends, community members and activists representing Black-led community defense hub Harriet’s Wildest Dreams have coalesced around movement to hold MPD accountable for his death and that of Lazarus David Wilson, a man shot and killed by MPD Cmdr. Jason Bagshaw at the Wharf last month. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)

D.C. Police-Involved Shooting of Kevin Hargraves-Shird Leads to Outrage

by Sam P.K. Collins August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

Breonna Taylor

DOJ Charges 4 Police Officers in Deadly Breonna Taylor Raid

by Stacy M. Brown August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

Akron Authorities Release Bodycam Video of Police Shooting Black Motorist Jayland Walker

by Stacy M. Brown July 3, 2022July 4, 2022

A white police officer tackles, shoots and kills Patrick Lyoya, a Black man.

Anxiety and Racism Result in More Blacks Killed by Police

by Stacy M. Brown April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

**FILE** Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter cries while testifying during her manslaughter trial in Minneapolis on on Dec. 17. Potter, who is white, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist, in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.

Police Officer Convicted of Manslaughter in Death of Black Motorist Daunte Wright

by Stacy M. Brown December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

Daunte Wright, before his death, holding his infant child. Former Police Officer Kim Potter will soon learn her fate after emotional testimony in her murder trial of Wright. (Courtesy photo)

Former Police Officer Kim Potter Admits Daunte Wright Posed No Threat

by Stacy M. Brown December 21, 2021December 22, 2021

District attorneys in Democratic districts are reopening hundreds of cases of unarmed individuals shot by police and potential victims of brutality and excessive force. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

District Attorneys Draw Police Unions’ Ire by Opening Excessive Force, Unarmed Shooting Cases

by Stacy M. Brown December 8, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse (Courtesy photo)

Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges in Kenosha Shootings

by Sam P.K. Collins November 19, 2021December 21, 2021