police shootings Archives - Page 10 of 21 - The Washington Informer

Terrence Sterling and Brian Trainer

Sterling Family Settles Wrongful Death Suit as Officer Fights for Job

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer February 28, 2018October 31, 2020

The U.S. Attorney's Office decided not to file charges against the Metropolitan Police Department officer who fatally shot Terrance Sterling, a 31-year-old unarmed black man, in September. (Courtesy photo)

Sterling Shooter Cleared; D.C. Calls for Police Accountability

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer August 16, 2017October 31, 2020

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) investigators process the scene of where a St. Anthony Police officer shot and killed 32-year-old Philando Castile in a car near Larpenteur Avenue and Fry Street in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, on July 6, 2016. (Tony Webster via Wikipedia)

D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Shoot Me, Kill Me — So the Family Can Get Paid

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor June 28, 2017October 30, 2020

Charleena Lyles

Cities Attempt to Mend Fences Amid Police Shootings

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer June 28, 2017October 30, 2020

Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice Fired

by WI Guest Author May 31, 2017October 30, 2020

A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.

D Kevin McNeir, Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Another Innocent Black Youth Killed by Police — Damn, I’ve Had Enough!

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Black Experience, Columnists, NNPA Events, Op-Ed, Opinion

NNPA Declares State of Emergency in Black Community Amid Police Shootings

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis September 23, 2016October 30, 2020

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) reads a letter from members of the Congressional Black Caucus calling for Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate the killings of unarmed blacks by law enforcement officials during a Sept. 22 news conference outside the Justice Department headquarters in D.C. Photo by Travis Riddick

CBC Presses AG Lynch on Police Shootings of Unarmed Blacks

by William J. Ford September 22, 2016October 30, 2020

Bill Fletcher Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

This is Why Calling the Black Lives Matter “Anti-Police” Won’t Work

by Bill Fletcher Jr. October 25, 2015October 30, 2020

Graphic Video Shows Delaware Cops Fatally Shoot Man In Wheelchair

by Reporter II September 26, 2015October 30, 2020