Botham Jean’s family’s lawyer discusses the conviction of the officer who killed Jean.
Police Violence
The agent involved also made headlines after community members blocked attempts to detain an undocumented man in July.
The counterprotesters outnumbered the “Straight Pride” attendees 10 to 1.
This weekend marks 13 weeks of protesters calling for greater political freedom in Hong Kong.
Policing is an inherently violent and coercive tool that no amount of oversight and training can fix.
Tony Timpa called 911 to ask for help. The police responded, and within 20 minutes Timpa was dead.
Rosselló’s departure is only the beginning of the changes activists are demanding.
When news outlets fail to fact-check police, they enable the scourge of police violence and mass incarceration.
Activists say this is just the latest incident from a police department plagued by violence and killings.
A new documentary examines the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald and the attempted cover-up by Chicago police.