police shootings
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Black Obituary Project Highlights Growing Fears of Police Killings of African Americans
A 238-word necrology posted on a website called “The Black Obituary Project” eulogizes Allex Dominique Osborne. The obituary notes that…
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Outrage Surges in Wisconsin as Prosecutors Decline to Charge Officers in Jacob Blake Case
The Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake last August will not face criminal charges; neither will the other…
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MORIAL: Tamir Rice Decision Shows Trump DOJ Again Protecting the Powerful
The decision not to charge the officers who shot and killed a Black child on sight encapsulates everything that is…
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Louisville Fires Detectives Involved in Death of Breonna Taylor
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday fired Detective Myles Cosgrove, a police officer who fired into the home of…
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Black Children 6 Times Likelier to Be Fatally Shot by Police: Study
Black children were six times more likely to be shot to death by the police than their white peers over…
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Virginia Governor Signs ‘Breonna’s Law’ Prohibiting No-Knock Warrants
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a measure known as "Breonna's Law" that bans police from using no-knock search warrants.
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Prince George’s Residents, Advocates Demand Police Reform, Accountability
Dorothy Copp Elliott said justice remains unfulfilled after police in Prince George's County shot her 24-year-old son, Archie "Artie" Elliott…
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Transparency Demanded in Breonna Taylor Case
The failure to indict Louisville Metro Police Department officers who broke into the home of Breonna Taylor, 26, a Black…
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Kentucky Judge Orders Release of Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Transcripts
A defiant Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron maintained his desire to keep secret the recording of the grand jury proceedings…
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Officers in Breonna Taylor Case Escape Murder Charge; Only One of 3 Indicted on Lesser Charge
After 194 days, months of protests and a $12 million civil settlement, the family of Breonna Taylor did not receive…
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