Hancock said she was terrified during the confrontation with police. “That video shows a woman explaining herself,” she told reporters. “When he asked me to identify myself it wasn’t that I’m trying to be belligerent … it wasn’t that. It’s over a sandwich, a sandwich that I have to literary now sign a paper over […]
(BPRW) Los Angeles Urban League Appoints Cynthia Mitchell Heard As Its New Chief Operating Officer The highly respected non-profit executive makes history by becoming the first woman Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the legendary civil rights organization. (Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Cynthia Mitchell Heard, a highly respected leader in nonprofit, has joined […]
Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who have been accused of hiding details in this case, released graphic body and dash camera videos of a fatal traffic stop of a Black driver on April 4. WATCH FULL EPISODES OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT: https://abc.com/shows/world-news-tonight WATCH WORLD NEWS TONIGHT ON HULU: https://bit.ly/3iQLwPp #GrandRapidsShooting #MichiganPolice #OfficerShooting #BodycamFootage #WorldNewsTonight source […]
The new police chief in Michigan’s second-largest city released video of the fatal shooting of a Black motorist by an officer Wednesday. The footage of the April 4 shooting released Wednesday shows a Michigan police officer struggling with 26-year-old immigrant Patrick Lyoya before fatally shooting him from behind while he was on the ground. Police […]
Dean’s defense attorney Bob Gill explained to jurors that the former officer was terrified when he peered into Jefferson’s apartment through her bedroom window. “If you believe that Aaron was legitimately defending a third person, and reasonably defending a third person, or if you had a reasonable doubt about whether he was doing such, then […]
Outrage is growing over a police shooting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Multiple videos show the struggle before an officer shot an unarmed Black man in the head while he was on the ground; Adriana Diaz reports for CBS2. source Related Posts NCAA Double-A Zone Videos: Minority Coaches Aren't Hired Floyd Keith, executive director of the […]
(BPRW) THE BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE APPOINTS SAMANTHA TWEEDY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Newly created position reflects expansion and alignment of BEA’s political, policy, and programmatic work to drive Work, Wages, and Wealth for Black Americans (Black PR Wire) Washington, D.C. – The Black Economic Alliance (BEA), a nonpartisan group of Black business leaders and aligned advocates working to expand the […]
An Ohio officer who shot a Black man firing celebratory gunshots in his backyard on New Year’s Day won’t face charges. A internal review of the incident by a panel of Canton’s top law enforcement officials and the city attorney came to the conclusion that officer Robert Huber acted according to the police department’s policies. […]
A local Mississippi community is hurt over the loss of a police officer after she was shot and killed in the line of duty Oct. 11. 30-year-old detective Myiesha Stewart, who severed the Greenville Police Department, was responding to a shooting, according to WLOX. Law enforcement officials told WLBT that a male victim was shot in […]
📰 READ the latest stories following the Lyoya shooting: https://www.mlive.com/topic/patrick-lyoya/ Grand Rapids police released bodycam, dashcam and video from the cell phone of the passenger in Patrick Lyoya’s car that show the fatal shooting of Lyoya by a Grand Rapids police officer. Lyoya, 26, was killed after a traffic stop around 8:11 a.m. on Monday, […]