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Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and surrounding Pasquotank County have declared a state of emergency ahead of the release of body camera footage of the law enforcement killing of Andrew Brown Jr. last week.

The fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, a Black teenager seen on video charging at two people with a knife, came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd’s killing — causing unrest by some over the continued use of lethal force by Columbus police.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Ben Crump, a nationally-known trial lawyer and civil rights advocate who has represented the families of Trayvon Martin and George Floyd, has been retained by the family of an Austin-East Magnet high school student who was killed in an officer-involved shooting. Crump confirmed Monday on Twitter that he has been retained […]

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright’s family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against a white police officer in Wright’s death, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis. Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter […]

A Minnesota prosecutor says he will charge a former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.

The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd continues Friday after a week of emotional testimony from witnesses to his arrest and Floyd’s longtime girlfriend.

A former Minneapolis police officer goes on trial Monday in George Floyd’s death, and jurors may not wait long to see parts of the bystander video that caught Derek Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck.

The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.

Famed jazz musicians Keyon Harrold and Kat Rodriguez are preparing to sue after they say their son Keyon Harrold Jr., 14, was attacked by a woman at the Arlo Hotel SoHo in New York City.

The family of a man who died in police custody in Austin last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Texas county.

Jacob Blake has left a Milwaukee hospital where he had been recovering after being shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, his attorney told CNN said Wednesday.