Orange County Sheriff’s deputies debated whether to stop a homeless man with mental health issues for jaywalking last year before shooting and killing him during a struggle, according to newly released video footage.
On Monday, August 31, 2020, two Los Angeles County Sherriff deputies shot and killed Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old African American man from Lancaster, CA, visiting friends and family in the Westmont neighborhood of Los Angeles. Shortly after Mr. Kizzee was pronounced dead, community activists gathered at the sight of the shooting. They marched to the local Sheriff’s station to protest the unnecessary murder of another Black man by those pledged to protect and serve. Protesters are rightfully outraged, and the family deserves answers and transparency.
A Gardena officer was cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal June 12 shooting of 25-year-old Kenneth Ross, just one day after the young man’s family and friends demanded the release of police body cam footage from the incident. Attorneys of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said officer Michael Robbins acted in self defense when he shot Ross at Rowley Memorial Park last spring. But the family and Ross supporters are unsatisfied with that analysis, especially, they said, since dash cam footage has been viewed by the family attorney.
Stephon Clark unarmed black man shot in backyard by police, don’t run, walk, breath or drive while Black
A South Los Angeles man suspected of making a 911 call to police in Kansas as a “swatting” prank that led to the police shooting death of a man in Wichita waived his right to an extradition hearing this week and will be taken to Kansas to face a felony charge.
James Baldwin left behind some biting and enlightening words about racism and the status of the Black community that are just as relevant today in this age of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Members of the South Los Angeles community are outraged over the police shooting of 20-year-old Ryan Joseph
Three Los Angeles police officers who fatally shot a black homeless man on Skid Row last year will not face criminal charges, according to a report released Thursday by the district attorney.
An expert retained by prosecutors found that Kraemer’s use of deadly force wasn’t consistent with generally accepted use of force standards
A bystander’s video of Slater shooting Scott several times in the back has been seen worldwide
An attorney for Clark’s family said they were anguished and frustrated by the decision
Ray Tensing, 26, fatally shot Sam DuBose, 43, last year after pulling him over for a missing front license plate
The fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson has been injected into Missouri’s gubernatorial campaign.
Joseph Mann, who was mentally unstable and homeless was shot 14 times by two officers
U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey found that the nine plaintiffs “completely failed to present any credible evidence”