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The man who allegedly shot two Louisville Metropolitan Police Department officers has been arrested and identified, according to WLKY and Courier-Journal in Louisville. On Thursday night, Sept. 24, 2020, WLKY reported that Larynzo Johnson, 26, has been charged with 14 counts of “wanton endangerment” on a police officer and two counts of assault on a…

Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa stepped up to defend LeBron James after the Los Angeles County sheriff called him out on national TV on Tuesday. Vanessa Bryant, 38, slammed Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva for publicly challenging King James, 35, to double the reward money offered to catch the man who ambushed and shot two…

Jacob Blake, who was paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer on Aug. 13, 2020, delivered an inspiring speech from his hospital bed. The father of six children was speaking with his family attorney, Benjamin Crump, who posted the video from Froedtert…

NBA head coach Glenn “Doc” Rivers poured out his heart in a poignant speech about the deplorable state of racial affairs in the United States. Rivers, the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, the team favored to win the NBA title during this year’s truncated season, delivered a power-packed address regarding the police shooting…

An unarmed Black man was shot several times in the back at point-blank range after a confrontation with Wisconsin police during a traffic stop as his children watched in horror. According to KMOV in Wisconsin, the man, identified as Jacob Blake, a father of three sons, was shot from behind by police in Kenosha, a…

The police killing of Rayshard Brooks has been ruled a “homicide” after the Black man was shot twice in the back by a White Atlanta police officer on Friday, June 12, 2020. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office in Atlanta made the ruling on Sunday, June 14, after Brooks, 27, was shot in the parking…

Greg Fischer, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, has demanded a “thorough investigation” into the shooting death of EMT worker Breonna Taylor, 26, who was in bed asleep when police officers burst in the wrong home in the middle of the night. According to the Louisville-based Courier-Journal, members of the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department were executing…

The arrest warrant for former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean includes a statement that Atatiana Jefferson pulled out her gun and pointed it at the window before she was shot to death. Jefferson’s 8-year-old nephew, who she was watching at the time of the incident, is quoted by police as saying his aunt “heard…

The father of Atatiana Jefferson does not want a hug. And he’s in no mood to give any, either. Marquis Jefferson is too busy grieving after his daughter was shot and killed by a White police officer in her own home early Saturday morning while playing video games with her nephew. “I don’t want no…

An independent investigator claims that police were justified in firing 55 rounds in 3.5 seconds at a Black man sleeping in his car. David Blake, a former cop and investigator hired by the Vallejo Police Department, concluded that the police used “reasonable and necessary” force while shooting Willie McCoy, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.…

An officer-involved shooting claimed the life of a Black man in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The man has been identified as Brandon Webber, 20, and the Black community is outraged over his death as rioting erupted. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, members of the U.S. Marshall Fugitive Squad were tasked…

Last week, video of Pamela Turner, 44, being shot dead by a Baytown, Texas, police officer on May 13, 2019, shocked viewers. Turner is described as having a history of mental illness and shouted “I’m pregnant” as she struggled with Baytown Police Officer Juan Delacruz. Turner has now been laid to rest, and Delacruz is…

Newark police officer Jovanny Crespo was indicted Tuesday night for a shooting that occurred on January 28, 2019, which killed Gregory C. Griffin, 45, the driver of the vehicle and injured another man, Andrew Dixon, 35. According to the findings of the Essex County prosecutor, the 26-year old officer fired at the vehicle at three…

Once again, a shocking police shooting caught on video is causing outrage. Pamela Turner, 44, was shot dead by a Baytown, Texas, police officer Monday night, May 13, 2019. Turner is described as having a history of mental illness and may have been pregnant at the time of her death. Turner was walking around The…

The 911 audio was released today, April 30, 2019, of Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger’s call after shooting Botham Jean. An unarmed Jean was inside his own apartment when Guyger entered the unit and shot him. Guyger maintains that she thought it was her unit and shot Jean thinking he was an intruder. In the…

An evening out and a drive in the car turned into a life or death situation for a Black couple in New Haven, Connecticut. Stephanie Washington, 22, and her boyfriend Paul Witherspoon III, 21, were sitting in their car kissing and singing love songs to one another when two police officers opened fire on their…

When Ronnie Babbs, heard a commotion outside her door, followed by a gunshot and the dying words of Botham Shem Jean, her life changed forever. Babbs so far, is the only witness who has come forward with video evidence in the aftermath of the shooting. But speaking out in public cost her dearly and resulted…

When this writer first reported the story of Jamarion Robinson, it was emotionally jarring on a visceral level. Rolling out was invited to see the aftermath of the death of Robinson by U.S. Marshals serving a warrant on behalf of Gwinnett County police and the Atlanta Police Department. I did not know a lot about Robinson other than he…

A judge in a Minneapolis court has ruled that an officer who killed a woman on duty will face another murder charge in the shooting. Officer Mohammad Noor responded to a call of a possible domestic dispute in July 2017. While sitting in the car with his partner, Justine Damond, 40 (née Justine Ruszczyk), banged on…

A security guard at a bar in Robbins, Illinois, near Chicago, lost his life while defending bar patrons. Jemel Roberson, 26, was working at Manny’s Blue Room Bar on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, when he asked a group of drunken and rowdy men to leave. Witnesses told police that one of the men returned to…