TEXARKANA, Texas — (AP) — The mother of a man who died two years ago after his arrest following a foot chase has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against three Texas police officers, alleging they were “deliberately indifferent” as her son complained that he couldn’t breathe. Keisha Boykin filed the lawsuit Sunday in U.S. district […]
Three police officers, two paramedics have been charged in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago DENVER — Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of Elijah McClain, […]
A Florida mother lost her newborn daughter after she was forced to deliver inside of a jail cell. 25-year-old Erica Thompson was at the Alachua County Jail in Gainesville when she went into labor, CBS 4 reports. Thompson says she told the nurse that she was having contractions but she says she was ignored. “When I […]
“I’m not going to adjudicate the case publicly,” White said. “But I do have some serious police concerns about what we saw.” He said that after the shooting the officers did return to the scene and rendered aid. In the footage, taken in the early morning hours of June 30, shows a man was standing […]
A Black woman files lawsuit against the Delaware Division of state police was blockaded and held at gunpoint by plainclothes officers last month until they realized she was not the suspect they were looking for. The lawsuit filed on July 14 in U.S. District Court, Martiayna Watson was the victim of “assault and battery, use of […]
“But currently here in South Carolina, in this state, marijuana is against the law and we will continue to enforce the laws of this state until it is otherwise deemed that it is lawful,” he added. Taylor’s post drew even more scrutiny, with people noting its cringy nature and outlandish sentiments. “Way to ruin a […]
The couple wanted a private home birth for their daughter, Fari Love Jones. “I started feeling pain at 9 o’clock. She was here at 9:15. There was no time for a doula, midwife or anybody to get there,” Love said. The birth was supposed to be an at home birth, turned into an emergency home […]
A Black man was killed earlier this week after Minneapolis police were in search of a carjacking suspect in a patrol car has been identified as Leneal Frazier. The uncle of Darnella Frazier, who filmed the death of George Floyd. Frazier posted about the incident on Facebook. “I woke up to the most horrible news,” […]
Two officers in Rock Hill, South Carolina, have been placed on administrative leave while the community demands justice for Ricky and Travis Price, two siblings who were punched and shoved by police as they were being arrested on Wednesday. A Facebook Live video shot by a woman at the scene showed an officer punching Ricky […]
A former Shake Shack manager was falsely accused of poisoning a group of police officers’ milkshakes last June has filed a lawsuit against several NYPD officers and two police unions that proposed the false allegation. 28-year-old Marcus Gilliam, the former manager of the Manhattan Shake Shack said he and his staff were berated and humiliated […]