This category examines those that are marginalized and disproportionately impacted by police brutality, such as police shootings, wrongful arrests and physical abuse of civilians.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to charge a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Widely seen bystander video showing Floyd’s May 25 death has sparked protests […] More
June 3, 2020
A medical examiner classified George Floyd's death as homicide, saying his heart stopped when he was restrained and his neck compressed. More
June 2, 2020
The attorney for George Floyd's family plans to announce the results of an independent autopsy into his death. More
June 1, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and […] More
May 29, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department was forced to abandon as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled […] More
May 29, 2020
Derek Chauvin, the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, had a history of nearly 20 complaints and 2 letters of reprimand. More
May 28, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges to be filed against the white police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed black man during an arrest, even after the man said he couldn’t breathe and stopped moving. Based on the video, Mayor Jacob Frey said he […] More
May 27, 2020
A video shows police in 2017 in Georgia using a stun gun on Ahmaud Arbery after he refused to let them search his parked car. More
May 20, 2020
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for a short-order cook shot by Chicago police trying to arrest him for using a subway train’s gangway doors filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging officers used excessive force in violation of policies laid out in court-monitored police reforms. Neither officer seeking to detain 33-year-old […] More
March 12, 2020
CHICAGO (AP) — A man shot and seriously wounded by a Chicago police officer in a downtown train station won’t face charges, as prosecutors on Sunday dropped the criminal case stemming from an incident captured on bystander video and shared widely. Cook County prosecutors moved to drop resisting arrest and criminal narcotics charges against Ariel […] More
March 2, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A police officer’s body camera shows a 6-year-old Florida girl crying and begging officers not to arrest her as one fastens zip ties around her wrists at a charter school. The video that Kaia Rolle’s family shared with the Orlando Sentinel and other media outlets Monday shows the girl being arrested […] More
February 25, 2020
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A judge denied bond Wednesday for a Maryland police officer who has been charged with murder after being accused of fatally shooting a handcuffed man in his patrol car. Judge Robert Heffron Jr. said he found convincing evidence that Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Michael […] More
January 30, 2020
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The furor Tuesday over the killing of a black woman by a white Fort Worth officer became increasingly about a gun pointed at a bedroom window. But the police chief and activists said the focus was on the wrong gun. Officer Aaron Dean was arrested on a murder charge Monday […] More
October 16, 2019
