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Grand jury audio details moments before Breonna Taylor died
Police who shot Breonna Taylor announced themselves as law enforcement before entering her apartment, according to grand jury testimony released today. Read more
Police who shot Breonna Taylor announced themselves as law enforcement before entering her apartment, according to grand jury testimony released today. Read more
Attempted murder charges were filed against Deonte Lee Murray, 36, District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a press conference. Read more
Cameron acknowledged that he never asked the grand jury to consider homicide charges against police in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Read more
Brett Hankison’s plea comes five days after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of wanton endangerment for firing into the home of Taylor’s neighbors. Read more
The Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children. Read more
For months, Breonna Taylor’s name has been a rallying cry for activists who hoped Black women and their deaths at the hands of police would finally receive the same attention given to cases concerning the extrajudicial killing of Black men. Read more
Police arrested three people at a right-wing rally this afternoon in Portland, Oregon, and authorities say they’re also investigating an assault after one person who was documenting the event was pushed to the ground and kicked in the face. Read more
Breonna Taylor’s family demanded today that Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files and the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to no charges being brought against police officers who killed the Black woman during a raid at her apartment. Read more
Johnson was arrested Wednesday, booked this morning, and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday, the department said. Read more
Though protests in Louisville began peacefully, officers declared an unlawful assembly after they said fires were set in garbage cans, several vehicles were damaged and stores were broken into. Read more
A public records request by The Associated Press also revealed a lengthy disciplinary record and an initial recommendation that Trooper Harvey Briggs be fired nearly two decades ago. Read more
Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor’s death and protesters took to the streets, authorities said two officers were shot and wounded during demonstrations. Read more
Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth was pronounced dead today following a brief hospitalization. Read more
Democrats threatened legal action should the administration move to curtail their federal funding. Read more
Wisconsin’s attorney general announced he has selected a former Madison police chief to serve as an independent consultant for prosecutors weighing whether to file charges against the officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down. Read more
New York Attorney General Letitia James has promised to expedite the release of body camera footage in cases of alleged police misconduct that her office investigates. Read more
Several NFL teams stayed off the field when the national anthem was played before their Week 2 games. Read more
The trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death will generate massive public interest when it begins in March, but as it stands, most people who want to watch the proceedings will be out of luck. Read more
The system, which emits a directed beam of energy that causes a burning heat sensation, was considered a non-lethal way to control crowds. Read more
Taylor’s death sparked months of protests in Louisville and calls nationwide for the officers to be criminally charged. Read more
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren fired the police chief and suspended her top lawyer and communications director today in the continuing upheaval over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude. Read more
