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2 fire dep't employees removed amid investigation into death

Two Memphis Fire Department employees have been removed from duty while the agency conducts an investigation into the death of a Black man after a violent arrest that led to the firing of five police officers

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Tyre Nichols – latest: Bodycam video shows Memphis police beat Black man like ‘human piñata’, family say

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Attorneys liken Tyre Nichols’ Memphis arrest to Rodney King beating

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who died after a violent encounter with Memphis police say officers beat Tyre Nichols for 3 minutes in a “savage” encounter like the 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 24, 2023

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DeSantis says AP African-American studies class was ‘pushing an agenda’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday his administration rejected a new Advanced Placement course on African-American studies for high school students because some of the topics attempted to use Black history to push a political agenda.

Miami Herald · Jan 23, 2023

Tyre Nichols - live: Family say bodycam video shows Memphis police beating him like Rodney King before death

Nichols, 29, died on 10 January, three days after traffic stop turned into confrontation with officers

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Family say Tyre Nichols was beaten ‘like a human piñata’ in Memphis police ‘murder’

High-profile attorney Ben Crump called bodycam footage of his death “appalling, deplorable and heinous.”

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Tyre Nichols was 'defenseless' during his 'savage' beating by police, attorneys say

Nichols died a few days after he was taken into custody by the Memphis Police, in a violent incident his family says left him "unrecognizable." Five officers have been fired.

WEKU · Jan 23, 2023

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Illinois paramedics, ambulance company sued for man's death

Attorneys say the family of an Illinois man whose death prompted murder charges against two paramedics who strapped him facedown on a stretcher has filed a lawsuit against them and their employer

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

‘Black America’s Attorney General’ Ben Crump on 25 years of fighting racial injustice

Exclusive: One of the world’s most prolific civil rights attorneys speaks to The Independent about his fight for justice

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Ex-US officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5 years

Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng’s sentence ‘another piece of justice’ for Floyd family, lawyer says.

Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2022

5 officers charged in police van injury case appear in court

Five Connecticut police officers have appeared in court for the first time since being charged with cruelly neglecting a Black man who suffered a neck injury and was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van with no seatbelts

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Family sues over police killing of Black Michigan motorist

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who was shot and killed by a white police officer during a traffic stop in Michigan's second-largest city, Grand Rapids, say the officer had no reason to pull him over

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Ex-officer indicted in shooting of San Antonio teen

Bexar County prosecutors say a former San Antonio police officer who shot a 17-year-old as the teen put his car in reverse while eating a hamburger has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant and one count of attempted murder

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

No charges in death of Georgia woman who fell from patrol car

ATLANTA — No charges will be filed in the case of a Middle Georgia woman who died this summer after falling from a moving patrol car, officials said Monday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 8, 2022

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The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

No indictment in death of handcuffed woman who fell from car

Authorities say a district attorney will not seek an indictment against sheriff's deputies in the death of a handcuffed Georgia woman who fell from a patrol car after the deputies failed to close the rear passenger-side door

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2022

Black women get a real hair scare

Tracee Ellis Ross’ “Hair Tales,” an ode to Black women’s hair that’s streaming on Hulu, comes at a time the notion that we can use chemical relaxers for years without harm to our health is being challenged in court.

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Erik Cantu’s family reveal horror injuries after police officer shot him as he ate McDonalds

‘He’s just mutilated and it hurts us to see our son this way,’ mother says

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

Condition of Texas teen shot eating hamburger 'touch and go'

A teen shot by a San Antonio police officer as he ate a hamburger in his car three weeks ago is still hospitalized and his condition remains “very touch and go,” his father said Tuesday in the family’s first public comments since the shooting

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 24, 2022

Hair relaxer caused Missouri woman’s cancer, lawsuit alleges

A lawsuit filed against L’Oreal and Chicago-based Namaste Laboratories cites federal study data of elevated cancer rates among women who used relaxers.

Roll Call · Oct 12, 2022

Civil rights lawyer Crump sues US over repealed aid to Black farmers

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump is suing the federal government, saying the congressional repeal of aid to Black farmers is a broken promise.

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Texas officer acquitted of assault in fatal 2019 shooting

A Texas police officer has been acquitted on an assault charge related to the 2019 fatal shooting of a woman with a history of mental illness after the two struggled over his stun gun

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Mother of Daunte Wright’s son files lawsuit against family over $1m GoFundMe

“This is strictly a family dispute between the mother of Daunte Wright’s child and Daunte’s parents,” attorney Ben Crump’s spokesperson says

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

$100M lawsuit filed over injuries suffered in police van

Lawyers for a Black man who was paralyzed in June when a police van braked suddenly has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the city of New Haven, Connecticut

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Man paralyzed in police van back in hospital, suit delayed

The family of a Black Connecticut man who was paralyzed in June when a police van without seatbelts braked suddenly is back in the hospital

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Woman forced to travel 1,400 miles from Louisiana to New York to get abortion for foetus with no skull

Nancy Davis was forced to carry the non-viable foetus for another six weeks after learning it had a rare and fatal condition

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