Three Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols during a January 2023 traffic stop have been found not guilty of second-degree murder, NBC News reports. Former police officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith — who were previously found guilty of witness tampering but acquitted of …
Read More »Memphis Police Discriminate Against Black People and Use Excessive Force, DOJ Finds
The Justice Department released the results of its investigation into the Memphis Police Department on Wednesday, nearly two years after officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, following a traffic stop. In a 73-page report, federal authorities found that the MPD uses excessive force, discriminates against Black people …
Read More »White Ex-Cop Accused of Raping Black Women Dies in Apparent Suicide
A white former police detective accused of raping and terrorizing women in the predominantly Black neighborhood he was sworn to protect in Kansas City, Kansas, died in an apparent suicide Monday morning just as jury selection was set to begin in his criminal trial in nearby Topeka. Roger Golubski, 71, …
Read More »Some Police Units Are Murdering and Torturing Civilians. We Need a National Investigation
On the night of January 24, 2023, in Mississippi, six members of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office kicked in the front door of a house without a warrant. For an hour and a half, these Mississippi officers — members of the self-named Goon Squad —tortured two Black men, Eddie Parker …
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