Ex-Dallas police officer Bryan Riser has been released after authorities arrested him on March 4th according to ABC 8. Riser was arrested on two counts of capital murder after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed two people in 2017. According to a statement from the police department, the 13-year veteran of the force was […]
A Capitol Hill Police officer identified as William “Billy” Evans was killed on Friday after an attacker rammed his car into a security booth. The attacker has died in custody and one other officer was injured in the attack, USCP Chief Yogananda Pittman said in a press conference, CNN reported. “The suspect exited the vehicle with a […]
An investigation started by The Minneapolis Police Department after a white officer was filmed punching a Black teen, Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo earlier this week. The four-minute video of the encounter circulated on social media after it was shared by The Racial Justice Network on Facebook. The footage was taken by […]
A Rochester, New York, police officer has been placed on administrative leave after using pepper spray on a Black mother who was suspected of shoplifting in a February incident, the police department said at a Friday press conference. Video footage of the incident recently made public shows that the officer used pepper spray on the […]
A Dallas police officer Bryan Riser was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder. “This individual has no business wearing this uniform,” Dallas police department Chief Eddie García said about Riser during a press conference according to CBS DFW 11. Riser a 13-year veteran was arrested on March 4 and was taken to […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Black resource officer at a Florida high school was fired after a random audit of his body-worn camera captured him using a racial slur multiple times, police said. A disposition letter released by the Tampa Police Department said Officer Delvin White was fired Tuesday for “violations of policy that prohibit […]
A Jackson County prosecutor revealed this week that the Kansas City, Missouri police officer who shot and killed Donnie Sanders in March 2020 will not face charges. “Like others in our community, we mourn the loss of the victim,” Jean Peters Baker, a prosecutor, said in a statement, according to Daily News. On March 12, 2020, an […]
A Oklahoma City officer shot a death homeless man in December has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. The shooting took place last year on Dec. 11, when Bennie Edwards, a 60 year-old homeless man died after Sgt. Clifford Holman, 36, shot him in the back multiple times as he ran away. The Oklahoma City Fraternal Order […]
LaToya Ratlieff, a protestor who was shot by a foam projectile by police during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Florida last year, is expressing disappointment about the decision to exonerate the officer. “I remember getting the message that he was going to be exonerated and I remember my heart dropped,” Ratlieff told CBS Miami on […]
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana police officer was captured on video arresting a 13-year-old Black teen has gone viral prompting an investigation by the Baton Rouge police department. The video displays the unnamed officer pinning the teen on the ground with his arm around his neck. “You’re choking him!” a bystander can be heard yelling during […]