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53-year-old Frank Tyson repeatedly said “I can’t breathe” as the police pinned him to the floor. AP Ohio police released video of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old Black man, who died at a local hospital after repeatedly telling officers “I can’t breathe” as they pinned him to the floor of a bar and handcuffed him. The clip brings up chilling memories of […]
Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old Black man, died in police custody in Canton, Ohio, after an officer knelt on his back, causing him to become unresponsive, graphic body camera
Editor’s Note: Keith Magee is senior fellow and visiting professor in cultural justice at . . .
Firefighters putting out a blaze that engulfed a van Monday in a parking lot at Tijuana River Valley Sports Complex found a body partially inside the charred van, authorities reported. The fire at the athletic facility in the 2600 block of Sunset Avenue in southern San Diego erupted about 11 a.m., according to police. Due […]
Panthers in Texas? One local man in Huntsville says it’s true. Jerel Hall, who lives in the city about 70 miles north of Houston, snapped a photo that has prompted a barrage of questions on social media and follow-up articles in national news outlets. The grainy photo, posted to Facebook on Saturday, appears to show […]
Nathan Woodyard (right) had been suspended for his role in death of Elijah McClain(left). US police officer Nathan Woodyard, implicated in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, has resumed duty at the Aurora Police Department, following his acquittal on all charges earlier this month. The return comes with over $212,546 in back pay, as permitted […]
CNN — Two police officers charged with manslaughter in the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado, in 2019 used excessive force, failed to follow their training and misled paramedics about his health status, prosecutors said in closing . . .
After days of rain and mud, blocked exits and postponed parties, the last of Burning Man’s crowds trudged out of the Nevada desert on Wednesday morning. The “moop” remained. That is Burning Man argot for rubbish, short for “matter out of place”: a galaxy of jetsam scattered across the muddy alkali flats, after torrential rains […]
CNN — A Black man in Michigan had his drug conviction vacated due to a district court judge saying the man “looks like a criminal to me,” according to a federal appellate court ruling. Leron Liggins was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison in March 2022 by US District Court Judge . […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In an unusual legal move, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking a state appeals court to reverse the conviction of a white former Kansas City police detective who shot and killed a Black man three years ago. In a brief filed Monday, Bailey said evidence presented at a trial […]