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Since January, law enforcement officers in the U.S. have killed 759 people, putting the year on track to be the deadliest since the nonprofit began tracking incidents in 2013.
A police killing caught on video. Protests and rioting fueled by long-simmering tensions over law enforcement treatment of minorities. The events in France following the death of a 17-year-old ...
Here's a look at other major incidents in recent years and where they stand: James Williams. In January 2022, James Williams, 46, was firing a Ruger Ar-556 rifle into the air as a way to ring in ...
Spokane Police received a report of a man armed with a gun, later identified as Anglisano. Officers ordered him to drop the gun but he pointed at the officers, at which point they opened fire, shot and killed him. [1] 2024-01-30 Richard Rogissart (55) White Spokane, Washington: Police responded to a man threatening to kill his neighbor with a ...
Fall River Police Officer Nicholas Hoar, left, was found guilty in federal court of depriving the rights of William Harvey after striking him in the head with a baton while Harvey was under arrest ...
At the same time, the Grand Rapids Police Department had faced criticism nationally for alleged police brutality prior to the incident and for incidents of officers drawing guns on people of color. [6] [21] [22] [23] In 2017, city data showed that black individuals were pulled over twice as much as non-black individuals.
Civil rights activists and Smith's friends and family disputed the law enforcement accounts of the incident. Local organization Communities United Against Police Brutality held a press conference near the shooting site on June 4 to call for officials to release video footage and other details of the shooting.
The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, and partially redacted by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols seated leaning against a car during a brutal attack by five Memphis police ...