“It was pure confusion. The police pulled up with their guns out and demanded we get out of the car, and I had no idea what I could have possibly have done,” Hawkins told Atlanta Black Star. Witnesses watched the incident as a Hawkins walked with her hands raised while police yelled commands toward her. […]
He added, “This supervisor escalated the encounter instead of de-escalating an emotionally charged situation.” Audio of the body camera clip released by the Sunrise Police Department has been removed. Pullease is seen leaning into the car in front of Similien while holding his can of pepper spray in front of Similien as if he was […]
An Illinois social worker was stabbed to death during a scheduled home visit last week. Deidre Silas conducted a home visit in Sangamon County after reports of six young children being endangered. Silas, 36, went to the home to investigate and was reportedly stabbed by 32-year-old Benjamin Reed, who is white according to CBS Chicago. […]
The Michigan teenager charged with killing four classmates and wounding seven other people at his high school this week told guidance counselors that drawings showing a gun, bullet and a bleeding gunshot victim were part of a video game design. The information came from a written statement released Saturday by the school district’s superintendent, who […]
Prosecutors in Wisconsin on Tuesday charged a man with intentional homicide in the deaths of five people who were killed when an SUV was driven into a Christmas parade that also left 62 people injured, including many children. Prosecutors said a sixth person, a child, has died and more charges are pending. Darrell Brooks Jr. was […]
A Louisiana police officer has been charged with aggravated battery and malfeasance in officer for allegedly tasing a suspect who called him a racial slur during a September arrest. According to legal documents obtained by KNEO-TV, Timothy Miller was arrested and charged “in connection with Miller’s use of a Taser on a suspect during an […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The second of two white men who brutally beat a Black man during what the victim said was a racist attack has been sentenced to probation. Jesse James Downs, 29, was sentenced Wednesday to a year of probation after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct, the Des Moines Register reported. […]
A pregnant woman was fatally shot on a Georgia highway earlier this week. Akeila Ware unborn child also died in the incident. Ware, 29, was taken to the hospital, where she and her unborn baby passed away. According to a Facebook post by Troup County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, the crime occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Troup County Sheriff’s and […]
A Black man was seen on camera arrested by San Antonio police officer after officers mistook him for a domestic violence suspect in 2020 has filed the officers and Chief William McManus, court records obtained by the KSAT 12. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Mathias Ometu on Aug. 25 accuses the arresting officers of […]
“He just came in here to get his check. He’s been in his job for two hours,” says a fellow employee. “And they talk about somebody just robbed the building 30 minutes ago — he’s been in this building for two hours.” Meanwhile, a woman who seems to be a manager in a purple shirt, […]