Tag: Police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson

County to pay $280K to journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson

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Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown's death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit...

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police

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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin faces decades in prison when he is sentenced Friday in George Floyd's death. ...

Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted protesters

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ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Black leaders called Thursday for federal prosecutors to file hate crime charges after a judge gave a lenient sentence to...

St. Louis police oversight board undermined, report says

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A civilian police oversight board established in St. Louis soon after Michael Brown’s death in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, was shut out from reviewing all...

Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records

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DENVER — Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to...

‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere

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Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.” ...

Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability

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The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...

Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes

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CHICAGO — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer...

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police

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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death after pressing his knee into...

Family asks feds to reopen case on Tamir Rice police killing

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CHICAGO — The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014, asked the Justice Department on Friday...