A paralyzed Black woman took to social media in tears after being denied service by a Thorntons gas station employee in Louisville, Kentucky. Atlanta Black Star broke the news of Zakiya Wright’s viral TikTok video sharing what allegedly happened between her and a white female employee. Under her account @wintermarie5, she posted videos where she was visually distraught. Wright prefaced the TikTok with a […]
Walker, who spent several months in the hospital after the shooting, still has bullets in his spine. Trying to turn his negative experience into something positive, Walker is now training for the 2024 Paralympics. “I played college basketball. I also played numerous sports in High School, so I was always competitive,” he told KMOV4. “I […]
The Georgia branch of the NAACP said it’s was the largest verdict they’ve heard of, especially in a case where the victim is still living, WXIA reports. They believe that this ruling could be monumental in holding law enforcement agencies accountable in cases of excessive force or police brutality. “Given that there was no call for […]
Henderson was “unarmed, nonthreatening, and minding his own business,” when the police “used lethal force” and shot him “in the neck.” Police reports says the officers stopped the man as “a part of a motor vehicle stop,” although he was parked and “the engine of the car … was turned off.” The officers acknowledged Henderson […]
However, Scarola says Stephens had a hard life after he was paralyzed from being shot by police. At the time of his death, Stephens had been in a hospital for three weeks leading up to his death. “I hope that as a consequence of the resolution of his case that he had some relief. But […]
An insurer for the City of Cedar Rapids will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, the city announced Monday. The payout will settle a long-running lawsuit brought by Jerime Mitchell, 42, over a shooting that had sparked protests and exposed tensions between […]