This category examines those that are marginalized and disproportionately impacted by police brutality, such as police shootings, wrongful arrests and physical abuse of civilians.
Federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and bag filled with lead during 2020 demonstrations over police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis could resonate nationwide as courts weigh similar lawsuits. More
April 1, 2022
Federal jury in San Antonio awards over $10 million to family of Gilbert Flores, who was fatally shot by deputies while he had his arms raised. More
March 25, 2022
Wisconsin dad Jerrel Perez wants Kenosha police Officer Shawn Guetschow charges. The cop appears to have pressed his knee into Perez's 12-year-old daughter's neck. More
March 22, 2022
Trial for lawsuit accusing Denver police of using indiscriminate force against people protesting the killing of George Floyd started in federal court. More
March 7, 2022
The acquittal of an ex-Louisville police officer tied to the botched drug raid that ended with Breonna Taylor's death is stirring the frustrations of her family and protesters who marched for months in her name. More
March 4, 2022
The panel of eight men and four women delivered its verdict about three hours after it took Brett Hankison's case. More
March 3, 2022
Former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting Karen Garner, a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it, pleaded guilty to assault in a plea deal opposed by the woman's family. Austin Hopp faces up to eight years in prison when he's sentenced in May. More
March 2, 2022
Former detective Brett Hankison testified in his own defense about his actions during the police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. More
March 2, 2022
Three former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights face federal sentences that one expert says could range from less than five years in prison to as much as the 25 years prosecutors are seeking for their former colleague Derek Chauvin. More
February 25, 2022
Jurors in the trial for the only person criminally charged in the deadly 2020 raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor visited the scene of the shooting in Louisville. More
February 25, 2022
Brett Hankison fired 10 shots in the raid. None hit Taylor, but prosecutors said they endangered the couple and child who lived next door. More
February 24, 2022
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were convicted of depriving George Floyd of his right to medical care as the Black man was pinned under Officer Derek Chauvin's knee for 9 1/2 minutes while handcuffed, facedown on the street May 25, 2020. More
February 24, 2022
Brett Hankison, one of three police officers involved in the March 2020 raid that led to the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, was acquitted. More
February 23, 2022
Twelve people began deliberations Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis officers who are charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights during the May 2020 killing of the 46-year-old Black man. All of the eight women and four men on the jury appear to be white. More
February 23, 2022
A second teen has been arrested in the homicide investigation that led police to the Minneapolis apartment where a SWAT team officer fatally shot Amir Locke, a Black 22-year-old man, while executing a search warrant. More
February 23, 2022
Brett Hankison is charged with three counts of wanton endangerment, a low-level felony punishable by up to five years in prison. More
February 23, 2022
Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday in the trial of Brett Hankison for his involvement in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor. More
February 23, 2022
The three are charged with depriving George Floyd of his right to medical care when Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes he pleaded for air before going silent. More
February 23, 2022
A jury has been seated in Brett Hankison's trial as he faces charges related to the raid that killed Breonna Taylor. More
February 22, 2022
Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao are charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care as Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes. More
February 22, 2022
Brett Hankison is the only officer charged in the case. None have been charged in connection to Breonna Taylor's death. More
February 22, 2022
Thomas Lane said he asked twice if George Floyd should be rolled onto his side, and Officer Derek Chauvin told the officers that Floyd would stay where he was. More
February 21, 2022
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who sentenced white former Officer Kim Potter on Friday to two years in prison for killing Black motorist Daunte Wright cited the difficult job that police face — and Potter’s remorse — as justification for giving her a light sentence. Hennepin County District […] More
February 18, 2022
The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright was sentenced Friday to two years in prison. More
February 18, 2022
The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered Thursday for the funeral for Amir Locke that the 22-year-old Black man who was shot by Minneapolis police as they served a no-knock search warrant had done nothing wrong. More
February 17, 2022
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s killing testified Thursday that he didn’t act on another officer’s suggestion to roll Floyd on his side after he stopped breathing, didn’t ask Officer Derek Chauvin to check for a neck pulse and […] More
February 17, 2022
The suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright will be sentenced Friday for manslaughter. More
February 17, 2022
J. Alexander Kueng, one of three officers charged in connection with George Floyd's death, said he deferred to Derek Chauvin. More
February 16, 2022
Minnesota prosecutors have apparently backed away from their pursuit of a longer-than-usual sentence for the suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. More
February 16, 2022
The funeral for Amir Locke, the 22-year-old Black man who was shot by Minneapolis police executing a search warrant, will be held Thursday in the church that hosted Daunte Wright's funeral last April. More
February 15, 2022
