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Tag: police shootings

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

Anxiety and Racism Result in More Blacks Killed by Police

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

Resisting arrest during police encounters has proven deadly for Black men and women.

**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.
Posted inNational

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)
Posted inNational

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)
Posted inNational

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

by Stacy M. Brown December 8, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNational

Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges in Kenosha Shootings

by Sam P.K. Collins November 19, 2021December 21, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse (right) listens during his murder trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 15. The 18-year-old is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha in August 2020.
Posted inNational

Kyle Rittenhouse Takes Part in Lottery to Choose Jurors Who Will Decide His Fate

by WI Guest Author November 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse listens during his murder trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 11. The 18-year-old is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha in August 2020.
Posted inNational

Defense Rests in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

by Stacy M. Brown November 11, 2021December 21, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down in tears on the stand as he testifies during his murder trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 10. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha in August 2020.
Posted inNational

Kyle Rittenhouse Takes the Stand in Kenosha, Breaks Down in Tears

by Stacy M. Brown November 10, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity

Rally for Korryn Gaines Calls for Criminal Justice, Police Reform

by William J. Ford August 2, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: No Justice, No Peace

by WI Guest Author April 14, 2021December 21, 2021

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