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Donnell Thompson was both unarmed and innocent. Yet, he was still fatally shot by a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputy last month when he was mistaken for another individual who had stolen a car and eluded authorities earlier that night. The department now seems to be doing what they can to take ownership for the situation […]

*TW: We have chosen not to share or promote the videos but there are explicit descriptions below.* Nine different police videos were released on Friday showing the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal on July 28 after he allegedly stole a vehicle. 

Jessica Williams, 16, was at a birthday celebration for her late cousin who was killed in 2012. After an altercation at the event, allegedly over a parking space, four people were shot and two of them died from their wounds. According to DNA Info, Williams, who was heading into her sophomore year at Chicago Vocational Career Academy, […]

Given recent events, every instance of police shooting civilians – especially, black civilians – is going to come under scrutiny. Questions are sure to arise of whether or not deadly force was necessary and if victims may have been profiled in the first place. While it’s too early for definitive answers, those same questions are now […]

President Obama gave remarks following the shooting of 12 Dallas police officers, 5 of whom were killed. Speaking from the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland, he declared that there is “no possible justification for these kinds of attacks, or any violence against law enforcement.”

For as long as rap has existed, there’s been a population of people that look at and only see something negative. While there are absolutely some parts of hip-hop culture that are concerning and problematic, there are also many good. But, recent words from a New York City Officer is casting doubt on the entire […]

A march was held in Raleigh, North Carolina after a 24-year-old man was reportedly shot in the back by police. A witness claims Akiel Denkins was being chased by officer D.C. Twiddy when the officer fell while hopping a fence and opened fire at a fleeing Denkins. Denkins died shortly thereafter.

Tragedy hit a number of families this holiday season in a string of officer-involved shootings in Chicago this past weekend.

From the New York Times: A New York City police officer was arraigned on Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on several felony charges, including second-degree manslaughter, in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in an East New York housing project last November. The officer, Peter Liang, appeared in a suit and tie […]

  Chicago could report its lowest murder total in close to 50 years for the second consecutive year. Despite murder rates being down, the number of shootings is up for 2014, according to data analysed by the Chicago Sun-Times.

    Protests continued in Berkeley, Mo. following the fatal shooting of a black teen by a white police officer earlier this week. According to reports, the protests have been peaceful. 

  A former Milwaukee police officer has been cleared of charges filed against him for fatally shooting a mentally ill black man in April. Christopher Manney won’t be charged with the murder of Dontre Hamilton because he shot him in self-defense, according to Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.