After a Missouri coroner ruled the death of a Black teen a suicide, a jury refuted its findings and ruled that 19-year-old Derontae Martin was the victim of violence. Martin’s family demanded a coroner’s inquest be held and for a six-person jury to decide whether Martin’s death was accidental, suicide, natural causes or by violence, […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A jury in Virginia has awarded $300,000 in damages to a Black woman who sued a police officer for excessive force and false arrest after she was forced face-down onto the pavement during a traffic stop. The case began on Feb. 12, 2015, when then-54-year-old Monica Cromartie was stopped for speeding. Cromartie […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict a former Georgia state trooper who shot and killed a Black man last year after trying to pull him over for a broken tail light. Jacob Thompson, who worked for the Georgia State Patrol, had been arrested on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault […]
A federal grand jury has indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death. According to the indictments, announced on Friday, the four men are accused of violating Floyd’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air in Minnesota […]
The Rochester police officers who suffocated 41-year-old Daniel Prude last year by placing a hood over his head and pressing it down until he was unresponsive will not be charged in his death. On Tuesday, a grand jury met to evaluate the case and determined not to bring an indictment against the seven officers, according to […]