Police Shooting

The man worked at a long-standing mattress store in the city and arrived at the shop that night to witness protesters attempting to set it on fire.

Prosecutors in Kenosha County, Wisconsin charged Blake, 29, with third-degree sexual assault, trespassing and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse last month.

The city in Wisconsin has become the latest flashpoint for unrest after a video circulated online showing Kenosha Police shooting Blake, a Black man, in the back.

Demonstrations across Wisconsin followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by Kenosha police.

Blake, 29, is in hospital in a serious condition after being shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Blake's children "will be traumatized forever" after watching police shoot their father.

In a video circulating on social media, an officer is seen firing his gun at Blake as he leans into a vehicle.

Salaythis Melvin, 22, was shot by a deputy outside the Florida Mall in Orange County, Florida on August 7.

Many police chiefs have long called attention to the need to restructure police departments.

Police officials confirmed Thursday that a piece of key evidence in the investigation into the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa had been destroyed "without prior consultation with the Police Chief or City Attorney's Office."

Police dispatch logs show that officers neither rendered nor called for medical attention after shooting Taylor five times.

City officials say the police windscreen that an officer shot through five times thinking the 22-year-old was armed with a gun has been destroyed.

The shooting happened so quickly, other officers did not know about it until they drove by the scene shortly after, the chief said.

"This officer is a hero," Craig said during a Friday evening press conference. "He is what I would describe as an American hero."

Demonizing all police is both divisive and outright counterproductive.

Thus far, District Attorney Paul Howard has not properly handled the Rayshard Brooks shooting case.

We all need to share our experiences with one another and be willing to listen to one another.

Major Travis Yates of the Tulsa Police Department in Oklahoma claimed "systematic abuse of power and racism...just doesn't exist."

Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams said the suspect, who is still unidentified, had been asked to leave the police station after causing a disturbance, and was shot by a police officer in the parking lot after after he ran over another officer with his SUV.

Following the death of George Floyd, there are concrete steps we can take to better hold rogue police officers accountable.

A California sheriff's deputy was killed and two other law enforcement officers were injured after being ambushed with gunfire and explosives while pursuing a suspect, authorities said.

On what would have been Breonna Taylor's 27th birthday, Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, called for police accountability.

Not ever police shooting is alike.

The 26-year-old EMT was sleeping inside her home when the police department entered to execute a search warrant for an individual connected to a narcotics investigation.

Marquez's family has filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city of South Pasadena, alleging, among other things, battery, unlawful entry, false arrest and imprisonment.

Marquez was killed in her home on August 30, 2018, after police officers attended a welfare check.

The officer killed in a bodega shooting that took multiple lives in Jersey City was identified as Joseph Seals during a press conference.

An incident where police in Australia opened fire on a couple that was having sex at a Melbourne nightclub has resulted in the victims being paid over $3 million AUD.

The true crime is that many police officers are scared to death of "doing their jobs" because of rampant societal racism, completely inadequate police training and 393 million guns across America.

"All they had to do was come and make sure that they were OK," James Smith told the Star-Telegram. He placed a non-emergency call to Fort Worth police officers to check on Jefferson, whose doors were left ajar late Saturday night.