PoliticsPoliticsWisconsin Republicans Propose Incentives to Help With Police RecruitingThe proposed package of bills includes $5,000 signing bonuses and another $2,000 for officers already on the force…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedJanuary 5, 2022
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersThe Proof Is In The Pudding: Protests Reduce Police Killings According To New ResearchContrary to what some believe, the mass protests of 2020 did a lot of good when it comes to police reformByMurjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Criminal JusticeLegalCriminal JusticeLegalJuror In Kim Potter Trial Speaks About Guilty Verdict Deliberations“This was strictly about Daunte Wright, Kim Potter, and the law,” the juror saidByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 30, 2021
Criminal JusticeLegalCriminal JusticeLegalKenosha Prosecutors File More Than 90 Criminal Charges In Last Year's ProtestsThe ensuing chaos eclipsed the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob BlakeByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 29, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityAutopsy Rules Black Kansas Teen’s Death in Custody a HomicideThe autopsy contradicts the original preliminary report that 17-year-old Cedric Lofton received "no life-threatening…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 28, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersJanuary 6 Rioter's Charge That DOJ Should Prosecute Portland Protesters Denied By Trump-Appointed JudgeJudge Carl Nichols noted the differences between the summer protests of 2020 and the January 6th storming of the…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 24, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementFormer Minnesota Officer Kim Potter Found Guilty of Manslaughter For the Fatal Shooting of Daunte WrightThe former officer could face up to eight years in prison as per Minnesota sentence guidelines.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 23, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementFamily of Manuel Ellis Outraged After Tacoma Police Chief Clears the Two of the Officers Involved in His DeathTwo officers involved in the death of Manuel Ellis have been exonerated while three others are facing criminal…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedDecember 22, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityIn Wake of Breonna Taylor Shooting, Kentucky Task Force Concludes and Gives Suggestions for Search Warrant ProcessThe 18-person panel gives various recommendations on how to improve the search warrant processByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 22, 2021
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice Brutality2 Tacoma Officers Cleared In Death of Manuel Ellis, Will Return to WorkTacoma officers Armando Farinas and Masiyh Ford are exonerated following an investigation into the brutal death of…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 22, 2021
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityMostly White Jury Still Deliberating in Kim Potter TrialAfter two days of deliberations, jurors asked the court what would happen if they were unable to reach a verdict.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 22, 2021
NewsNewsKyle Rittenhouse Confronted About His Black Lives Matter Take At Turning Point USAApparently, support for Black lives is a controversial matter in some circlesByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 21, 2021
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeOklahoma city councilman makes racist comment in meeting on racist policingHIs comments suggest Black people are inherently more violent than whitesByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 20, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityClosing Arguments Given in Kim Potter Trial, Jury Begins DeliberationsIn closing arguments, the defense asserts that 20-year-old Daunte Wright caused his own death.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 20, 2021
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice Brutality'It Just Went Chaotic': A Weeping Kim Potter Takes the StandFormer Minnesota officer Kim Potter spared no tears while performing her testimony before a mostly white jury.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 18, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityEx-Police Chief Who Resigned After Daunte Wright Shooting Says Kim Potter Is 'a Fine Officer'Former police chief Tim Gannon testified that with “all the data in front of me, I saw no violation.”ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 17, 2021
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityDaunte Wright’s Father Testifies on Day 6 of Kim Potter Trial"I miss him a lot, every day," Daunte Wright’s father, Arbuey Wright, said on the stand Wednesday.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 16, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityEx-Cop Who Killed Atatiana Jefferson Will Stay Free Until MayTexas judge grants another delay in Aaron Dean's murder trialByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 16, 2021
NewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityNewsLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityDerek Chauvin Pleads Guilty to Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights in Federal CaseThe former Minneapolis officer also entered a guilty plea in the federal civil rights case of a 14-year-old boy he…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 15, 2021
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementKim Potter Trial: Sergeant Testifies That He's Never Heard Of An Officer Accidentally Drawing A GunFormer Minnesota officer Kim Potter passed her Taser training just weeks before she fatally shot Daunte Wright.ByRachel PilgrimPublishedDecember 15, 2021