A study published in The Lancet Thursday found that police killings of unarmed black Americans harm the mental health of the wider black American population, largely because the killings are perceived as a symptom of systemic racism.
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‘Just shot that boy for running’: 17yo unarmed black teen fleeing police killed by officer
The fatal shooting of 17-year-old black teenager Antwon Rose by police has sparked protests in East Pittsburgh. An officer is said to have shot Rose, who was unarmed at the moment, three times to stop him from fleeing. The fatal incident took place on Tuesday evening, when an officer pulled over a vehicle that matched […]
Arizona police officer not guilty of murder in deadly shooting of unarmed man
Published time: 8 Dec, 2017 00:10 On Thursday, a unanimous jury in Mesa, Arizona has found police officer Philip Brailsford not guilty of second-degree murder in the January 2016 shooting of Daniel Shaver. The 26-year-old Shaver of Granbury, Texas, was unarmed when he was shot five times and killed by Brailsford. Mesa officers had responded […]
Ex-cop to be sentenced in videotaped killing of unarmed black man
The former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager will be sentenced and fined this week in the federal civil rights case over the the shooting death of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man who fled a traffic stop in 2015. Slager’s murder trial ended in a hung jury in December 2016. In May, he pleaded […]
Unarmed man dies after tasing & chokehold by Las Vegas police (VIDEO)
A video shows Las Vegas police officers using excessive force against an unarmed man. Several officers attacked the victim, while he was tased several times and put in an unapproved chokehold. Had he survived, he would have faced no criminal charges. The man, identified as 40-year-old Tashi Farmer, died in custody on May 14, but […]
Jury finds Oklahoma cop not guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year was found not guilty Wednesday of first-degree manslaughter. Jurors deliberated for just over nine hours before finding Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty in the Sept. 16 shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher. Shelby said she fired […]
Officer recorded shooting unarmed man in back pleads guilty
Note: this video contains violence. A white South Carolina police officer accused of the video-taped shooting of a fleeing, unarmed suspect pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single federal civil rights violation. A video of Officer Michael Slager shooting and killing 50-year-old Walter Scott was secretly taken in 2015 by a passerby. The video has been […]
Police officer fired after fatally shooting an unarmed teen
Screenshot via YouTube AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A suburban Dallas police force fired an officer on Tuesday for shooting a rifle into a car of unarmed teenagers driving away from him, killing a 15-year-old boy and sparking outrage in the primarily black and Hispanic community where the incident took place. The Balch Springs Police Department […]
Marine who killed unarmed Afghan freed after sentence reduced
Published time: 28 Apr, 2017 13:34Edited time: 28 Apr, 2017 13:40 A Royal Marine who spent three years in jail after killing an unarmed, wounded Afghan fighter on camera has been freed, a month after his sentence was reduced to manslaughter from murder. Former commando sergeant Alexander Blackman was released from jail in the early […]
Commando was at ‘breaking point’ when he executed unarmed insurgent, court hears
Royal Marine Commando Alex Blackman was at ‘breaking point’ when he executed a wounded, unarmed insurgent with a single shot to the chest while quoting Shakespeare, an appeal court has heard. Blackman is currently serving a life sentence for the 2011 battlefield execution, which was caught on camera. His second appeal began Tuesday and is […]
