Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Police who kill suspects in the line of duty rarely face charges, experts say, but recent incidents...
TULSA, Okla. (CBS News) – There are allegations that the Tulsa reserve deputy who shot an unarmed man to death did not have the training...
TUCSON, Ariz. (CBS News) — Police in Arizona released video from a dashboard camera showing how a police officer used his cruiser to put an end to...
(Politico) – When North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager pulled over Walter Scott last week for a broken third taillight, the confrontation ended,...
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press ALLEN REED, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 73-year-old Oklahoma volunteer sheriff’s deputy who authorities said fatally shot a suspect after...
By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist When I first viewed the video of Walter Scott being gunned down by North Charleston, S.C. Police Officer Michael...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Feidin Santana, the young Dominican immigrant who videotaped North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael Slager firing his gun...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Without the video, North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away with murder. Without the...
Lisa Sharon Harper, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Religious leaders have proven to be powerful voices within a larger conversation about “Black Lives Matter,”...
Todd Richmond, ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The story has played out the same way in Ferguson, Missouri, New York City and Milwaukee. A...
John Swaine, THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK (The Guardian)—The second policeman in the video showing Walter Scott’s killing by officer Michael Slager is being sued by another...
Tom Boggioni, RAW STORY TULSA, Okla. (RawStory.com) — The reserve Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot and killed a man last week when he...
Jack Simpson, THE INDEPENDENT TULSA, Okla. (The Independent)—A reserve police officer in Oklahoma has shot and killed an unarmed black man after he claims...
Tami Abdollah and Amy Taxin, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Ten sheriff’s deputies in Southern California have been put on leave after several...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MITCH WEISS, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — As its population surged in the last decade, South Carolina’s third-largest city...
(Alternative Media Syndicate) – Police and city officials have just released the dashcam video showing the traffic stop harassment, just moments before Officer Michael Slager fatally...
(Raw Story) – The shocking footage of South Carolina man Walter Scott being shot in the back as he ran from North Charleston police officer Michael Slager...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle CHARLESTON, S.C. – North Charleston Branch NAACP President Ed Bryant said Thursday the April 4...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Nothing has done more to fuel the national debate over police tactics than the dramatic, sometimes grisly videos: A man gasping...
by Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle CHARLESTON, S.C. – Leaders of local civil rights organizations had been taking a wait-and-see approach...
EXCLUSIVE: Witness who recorded the deadly police shooting of #WalterScott speaks out. @LesterHoltNBC reports: http://t.co/wzf03DIghR — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) April 8, 2015 (The Washington Post)...
MITCH WEISS, Associated Press MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white South Carolina police officer charged with murder for shooting an unarmed...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The law gives police officers latitude to use deadly force when they feel physically endangered, but there’s far less...
by Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World Many urbanites probably wonder why instances of police brutality and lethal force keep being...
By Rev. Amos C. Brown NNPA Guest Columnist Easter was last Sunday, but Rev. Franklin Graham is still wiping egg off his face. In an...
