A police officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Sunday afternoon did so by mistake, authorities said during a Monday afternoon press briefing. The shooting set off a night of roiling protests and reignited tensions between police and a community still enflamed by the death…
OPINION: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial verdict in the murder of George Floyd comes down to a few factors If Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd on videotape, is convicted it will be for one reason in my opinion: the riveting and emotionally impactful expert testimony of Dr. Martin Tobin. Dr. Tobin is…
Philonise Floyd began crying after he was shown a picture of his late mother and George as a child George Floyd’s younger brother took the witness stand Monday and lovingly recalled how George used to make the best banana mayonnaise sandwiches, how George drilled him in catching a football, and the way George used to…
Isaac Okoli claimed police planted drugs during the incident and has filed a lawsuit against the city and the NYPD A New York Police Department officer has been cleared of abuse claims after a no-knock raid went wrong. Read More: Letter says NYPD cop played a role in Malcolm X’s death, daughter says it’s a…
Kelyn Spadoni allegedly transferred the funds received from Charles Schwab & Co. to another account immediately A Louisiana woman is being accused of mistakenly receiving funds and not returning them. Kelyn Spadoni, 33, of Harvey, Louisiana, allegedly refused to return more than $1.2 million she mistakenly received from Charles Schwab & Co. According to Nola.com, the suspect…
Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty On Monday Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon attempted to explain the wrongful death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police during an April 11 traffic stop. While addressing reporters on Monday, Gannon said that Wright’s death occurred after an officer…
Although Johnson’s family has yet to receive an official cause of death, Los Angeles [olice detectives have decided to close the case due to a lack of leads Shalissa Collier suddenly found herself searching for her 23-year old daughter, Mikeona Johnson, in the streets of South Central Los Angeles last September. The family had been…
The unidentified female officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright is on administrative leave The police chief in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota has attributed the death of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man, to an “accidental discharge” by the responding police officer. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon held a press conference on Monday to discuss…
Source: Screenshot / Facebook The family of Nigel Shelby, a 14-year-old who took his life after he was repeatedly bullied over being gay, will file a lawsuit against the Huntsville Board of Education. Attorneys Ben Crump, co-counsel Jasmine Rand, local counsel Lynn Sherrod, and David J. Johns, Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition,…
Jesse Williams and his ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee‘s unpleasant divorce battle came to an end in October 2020. However, the pair’s legal issues aren’t quite over just yet. TMZ reported on Monday, April 12, that the “Grey’s Anatomy” star and the real estate broker were both ordered by a judge to take a six-hour high-conflict parenting course….
