US city to pay $3.2m in police killing of Daunte Wright
The tentative settlement also includes changes to police policies and training officers in traffic stops.A suburb in the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota has agreed to pay $3.2m…
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US officer who killed Patrick Lyoya pleads not guilty to murder
Killing of 26-year-old refugee in US state of Michigan has reignited nationwide debate over racism and police violence.A police officer in the United States who fatally shot an…
Biden administration opens civil rights probe of Louisiana police
The United States Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the practices of state police in Louisiana, after several recent cases of police violence…
California unveils the US’s first slave reparations report
The recommendations include prison reforms, facilitated access to mortgages and free tuition to state universities.California’s task force on reparations for Black people in the…
Two years after Floyd, Biden signs police reform executive order
Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to advance “effective, accountable policing” in the United States and strengthen public safety, as…
‘The police murdered him’: The life and death of Manuel Ellis
Tacoma, Washington State – Marcia Carter, 62, stands on the sidewalk gazing solemnly at the single-storey housing unit with its peeling white and blue paint. The front porch of the…
Grand jury indicts Buffalo man accused of killing 10 Black people
Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old white man, livestreamed the attack from a helmet camera, 13 people in total were shot.Payton Gendron, the white man charged with murdering 10 Black…
Minneapolis police engaged in racial discrimination, probe finds
Investigation by Minnesota state authorities after George Floyd killing finds ‘pattern or practice’ of discrimination.The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in an illegal…
US mourners call for justice at funeral for Patrick Lyoya
Rights advocates demand name of police officer who shot Lyoya, 26, in the back of the head after Michigan traffic stop.Reverend Al Sharpton has demanded that authorities in the…
‘An execution’: Patrick Lyoya’s family demands justice
Patrick Lyoya was “executed” by police, the 26-year-old Black man’s family and supporters have said, a day after authorities in the US state of Michigan released video footage…