Tag: police killing
Former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating rights of George Floyd
All four defendants were charged with deprivation of rights under color of law by willfully failing to aid Floyd, who was “in clear need of medical care.”
‘A warrant is not a license to kill’: Rev. William Barber...
The family says it shows Brown was shot in the back of the head while his hands were on the steering wheel of a car, calling it an “execution.”
Police officer fired in Alton Sterling case
“Fear cannot be a driver for an officer’s response to every incident. Unreasonable fear within an officer is dangerous.”
Family Releases Video of Police Killing Their Mentally Ill Son
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has recently been the target of multiple Justice Department investigations. And here's one of huge concern after Sheriff’s Deputies recently shot a mentally ill man to death.
Video Reveals Police Gunning Down Man for Throwing Rocks
Police recently shot and killed Antonio Zambrano-Montes, a mentally disturbed man, and it was all caught on video. While he had a rock in his hand rather than a gun, could the situation have been handled differently?
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Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner to remove synthetic food dyes from US food supply
The agency will work with the food industry to revoke authorization for two of the dyes in the coming months and eliminate the remaining six come the end of the year.
Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages and economic hardship
Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.
The ever-expanding war machine
Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.
If fear is the goal, then solidarity is the antidote
So let this be our mantra: It outlaws me, and I outlaw it.
The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard
Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.