Tag: Police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson
County to pay $280K to journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson
Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown's death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit...
A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin faces decades in prison when he is sentenced Friday in George Floyd's death.
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Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted protesters
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Black leaders called Thursday for federal prosecutors to file hate crime charges after a judge gave a lenient sentence to...
St. Louis police oversight board undermined, report says
A civilian police oversight board established in St. Louis soon after Michael Brown’s death in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, was shut out from reviewing all...
Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
DENVER — Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to...
‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere
Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.”
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Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes
CHICAGO — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer...
A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death after pressing his knee into...
A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death after pressing his knee into...
