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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron now reveals that he never recommended manslaughter or murder charges to the grand jury against the cops who shot and killed Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020. Cameron made the sudden revelation right after one grand juror demanded the legal right to speak publicly because, in that juror’s opinion, Cameron…

The Louisville Metro Police Departement may have lied to the public when it claimed that police officers were not wearing body cameras during the shooting of Breonna Taylor. On Sept. 4, Vice News obtained photos that were taken on the night of Taylor’s shooting. The photos reveal that at least one of the seven cops…

A White police officer in Columbia, South Carolina was reprimanded for using a racial slur, according to multiple news sources. The incident occurred at the Five Points district in Columbia where people frequent bars and nightclubs on weekends. In a video that recently emerged online, Sgt. Chad Walker, who is White, is having a heated…

A Black woman and her kids were traumatized by cops in Aurora, Colorado. The incident, which was recorded by a citizen, took place on Aug. 2 in the parking lot of a shopping center, according to The Denver Post. The video shows the cops forcing the woman and her four kids to the ground as…

A new video showing the final minutes of George Floyd’s life, including his arrest and his beating in the backseat of a squad car by former Minneapolis officers, has been revealed in a Minnesota court, the media has learned. The new video, obtained by Daily Mail of London, shows Officer Thomas Lane knocking on…

George Floyd stared down the barrel of a police officer’s gun moments before he was killed by a cop who kneeled on his neck. New evidence from bodycam footage revealed that an officer pointed his service weapon at Floyd, according to the Star Tribune. The bodycam footage reportedly shows Floyd being questioned by Minneapolis police…

Another incident of police brutality has gone viral. On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, an altercation between a Black woman and a Black police officer turned violent, according to video obtained by the Miami Herald. The issue began after the woman, Pam Anderson, 21, reportedly missed her flight at Miami International Airport and began complaining loudly.…

All four Minneapolis police officers who were on the scene when George Floyd died violently on Memorial Day have been officially charged. According to CNN, Derek Chauvin had his third-degree murder charge upgraded to second-degree murder. He is the ex-cop who had his knee pressed against Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. The three other…

(Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / ArtOlympic) The Morehouse and Spelman College students who were tased and brutalized by cops in Atlanta decided to speak on the incident that shocked the nation. On May 30, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a 9:00 p.m. curfew. About 15 minutes after the curfew went into effect, the situation at…

A detective in Birmingham, Alabama, has put herself on the opposite side of the law after allegedly killing a woman she caught with her lover. Detective for the Birmingham Police Department, Alfreda Fluker, allegedly decided to take action after she discovered her partner, an unidentified male detective, with another woman, Kanisha Necole Fuller. On April…

A White police officer assaulted an 11-year-old Black girl over a dispute that involved milk. Bodycam video of the Aug 27, 2019, incident went viral after it was released on YouTube on Oct. 22. In the video, resource officer Zach Christensen can be seen assaulting the child at Mesa View Middle School in Farmington, New…

A Black sheriff’s deputy in Toledo, Ohio, discovered that a badge does not serve as a shield to racism. A video that shows a White security guard aiming a gun at the deputy has recently surfaced. According to WTVG, the incident occurred when Lucas County Sheriff’s Deputy Alan Gaston, dressed in full uniform, entered an…

The rise in the dominance of social media platforms like Facebook has impacted the lives of those both the great and small. On a regular basis, people have been made famous, infamous, and in some cases, jobless after posts were exposed to the public eye and widespread scrutiny. Now at least 72 Philadelphia cops have…

Another Black man nearly lost his life after being stopped by police. According to WREG, Edrick Truitt was parked at a convenience store and waiting on a family member in Jonesboro, AK., when he was approached by a White cop. The cop from the Helena Police Department approached Truitt and pointed a gun in…

The Baton Rouge Police Department actually thought it was a good idea to allow White cops to wear blackface and sell drugs to Black people. The department’s practice of White cops in blackface was highlighted in a year book from 1993. A photo surfaced of Lt. Don Stone and retired police Captain Frankie Caruso wearing blackface…

A simple trip to the local Kroger grocery store to buy snacks resulted in the unwarranted criminalization of four young Black men ages 15, 16, 19 and 20. The group of family members had walked to the neighborhood Kroger in Mesquite, Texas, and had purchased their snacks with no issue when they were told by…

Video has emerged of a Black inmate being brutally beaten by White corrections officer while handcuffed. The incident occurred at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections in April 2018, according to WAVE. In the video captured by an officer’s body cam, corrections officers Devan Edwards and David Schwartz surround inmate Terry Whitehead in a room.…

Police officers in suburban Detroit swarmed around an unarmed Black man holding his infant daughter amidst an argument before they tased him several times during a turbulent arrest that was captured on video and quickly went viral. According to WXYZ, officers in Westland, Michigan, about 30 minutes outside of Detroit, were called to the home…

Another instance of harassment based on race and the assumption of economics has been exposed for all of Black Twitter to judge. In this case, a Harvard educator and humanitarian, now dubbed “Sidewalk Susie,” is on display because of a confrontation with a mother and her biracial daughter. Alyson Laliberte posted on Facebook about her encounter…

On Aug. 13, 2017, Patrick Harmon, 50, was riding his bicycle erratically in Salt Lake City, Utah. A police officer responded after seeing Harmon ride across six lanes of traffic without a rear red taillight on his bike. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, when questioned, Harmon gave multiple names in an attempt to hide the fact…