Ex-cop who shot Patrick Lyoya in the head will face murder trial
A former Michigan police officer who shot an unarmed Black motorist in the back of the head is to stand trial in the US for second-degree murder.A former Michigan police officer…
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US Supreme Court hears arguments in Alabama voting rights case
The US Supreme Court heard spirited arguments on Tuesday in a major legal battle that threatens to further undermine a landmark federal voting rights law as the state of Alabama…
Elijah McClain died due to sedative, police restraint: Autopsy
A Black man died after a police encounter in the US state of Colorado in 2019 because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained, according to an…
Former US police officer gets 3 years in George Floyd killing
A former police officer in the United States who pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd has been…
US judge blocks Arizona law limiting filming of police
A federal judge in the United States has blocked enforcement of a new Arizona law restricting how the public and journalists can film police, agreeing with the American Civil…
Police killing of Black man in Ohio ‘senseless’, lawyer says
Lawyer says Ohio police officer used ‘excessive deadly force’ when he fatally shot Donovan Lewis, 20, in his bed.Police in the US city of Columbus, Ohio have come under heavy…
Former US police officer pleads guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up
Kelly Goodlett becomes first officer held criminally responsible for 2020 Louisville police raid that killed Taylor.A former police officer in Louisville, Kentucky, has pleaded…
Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the…
US court sentences Ahmaud Arbery killer to life in prison
Federal judge gives Travis McMichael life for hate crimes; his two co-defendants will be sentenced later on Monday.The Georgia man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, whose killing in…
US charges four police officers in killing of Breonna Taylor
Charges were brought against officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett, along with Sergeant Kyle Meany.Federal prosecutors have charged four current and former…