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20 May 2015 Updated 26 May 2015 Image source, Getty Images Image caption, There have been large-scale protests against police brutality across the US Recent high-profile cases of unarmed black men dying at the hands of the US police have sparked protests and civil unrest in several American cities. Four expert witnesses talk to the […]
Black adults across the United States suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters, according to new findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine. The issue, researchers say, may compound the risk factors that poor sleep already poses for many […]
The new studies on sleep involved federal data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the American Time Use Survey between 2013 and 2019. Researchers used those time-stamped surveys from about 190,000 from Black people and about 1,846,000 white people who had been called at random by phone and asked about, among other topics, […]
Former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Andrew Lyons has drawn a 30-day jail sentence in connection with the 2019 shooting death of Ryan Twyman, an unarmed Black man. Photo by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department/Wikimedia Commons Jan. 13 (UPI) — Former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Andrew Lyons has been sentenced to 30 days in […]
22 December 2023, 11:12 GMT Updated 1 hour ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The death of Manuel ‘Manny’ Ellis sparked protests in Washington state A US jury has cleared three police officers of all criminal charges in the death of an unarmed black man who died in police custody in 2020. Prosecutors accused […]
22 December 2023, 11:12 GMT Updated 2 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The death of Manuel ‘Manny’ Ellis sparked protests in Washington state A US jury has cleared three police officers of all criminal charges in the death of an unarmed black man who died in police custody in 2020. Prosecutors accused […]
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 . . .
CNN  — More than four years since Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man, died after an encounter with police in Aurora, Colorado, two of the officers who arrested him are standing trial on . . .
Ohio State Highway Patrol via AP This image taken from police body cam video shows a police dog attacking Jadarrius Rose on July 4 in Circleville, Ohio. CNN  — A prosecutor is asking a judge to dismiss the felony charge against an unarmed Black semi-truck driver who was
CNN  — An unarmed Black man was attacked by a police officer’s K-9 as he surrendered to authorities with his hands up, despite an Ohio State Trooper repeatedly urging officers not to release the . . .