Tag: police brutality
A leap towards justice: The nationwide call to end no-knock warrants
Four years after Breonna Taylor's tragic death, a bipartisan effort emerges to transform police protocol and honor her legacy by proposing a nationwide ban on no-knock warrants.
Atlanta’s legal showdown over the ‘Stop Cop City’ movement
A critical legal battle unfolds as Atlanta seeks to overturn a ruling allowing nonresidents to participate in a controversial referendum on a police training center.
UN report exposes alarming U.S. human rights violations, urges immediate reforms
"Systemic racism and injustice": UN slams U.S. for widespread human rights breaches.
Who gets to talk about how police need to change?
A FAIR study of NYT coverage from George Floyd to Tyre Nichols
Cop city coverage fails to question narratives of militarized police
The story of Tortuguita’s death is about protests against militarized policing being met with more militarized policing, which ultimately resulted in a fatal shooting.
‘Just the next step’ toward justice for Tyre Nichols: Memphis police...
Attorneys for Nichols' family called the move "appropriate and proportional" in response to his death and urged other cities to follow suit but also stressed that "misconduct is not restricted to these specialty units."
Advocates demand justice for boy, 15, killed during Albuquerque police attack
"They do not care for our lives," said one demonstrator protesting the killing of Brett Rosenau. "They use war weapons in our communities that created a fire that burned a child alive."
The city where investigations of police take so long, officers kill...
A California city’s flawed handling of fatal police shootings allowed six officers to use deadly force again before their first cases were decided. Experts say the department’s system "isn’t even basement standard practice” and needs oversight.
Atlanta officer indicted after killing innocent man on scooter
An emergency hearing is being scheduled to determine Chandler’s employment status.