Tag: justice
Louisville, Ky, to probe handling of Breonna Taylor shooting
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Government officials in Kentucky said they will begin an investigation into the city of Louisville's handling of the fatal...
Thomas Blanton, KKK bomber of 16th St Baptist Church, dies
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., the last of three one-time Ku Klux Klansmen convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing...
Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church
By Kate Brumback
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev....
NASCAR, FBI investigating ‘heinous act’ after noose is found in Bubba...
By Des Bieler, Cindy Boren and Liz Clarke
Washington Post
NASCAR President Steve Phelps said Monday afternoon that the sport will permanently ban the person or...
One of Three Police Officers Who Shot and Killed Breonna Taylor...
By Ray Sanchez and Elizabeth Joseph
CNN
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has initiated termination proceedings against Louisville Metro Police Det. Brett Hankison, Fisher said in a...
Congress Could Make Juneteenth A National Holiday
By Arthur Delaney
Black Voices
Congress hasn’t created a new holiday since 1983, when it made one for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Now some lawmakers...
Who is Rayshard Brooks, 27-year-old black man killed by Atlanta police?
By Justin Carissimo
CBS News
Rayshard Brooks, the 27-year-old black father of four who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer, is being remembered as a...
Jefferson County DA Urges New Trial for Man on Alabama’s Death...
By Beth Shelburne
WBRC
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr filed an extraordinary legal pleading Friday in the high-profile capital murder...
Birmingham protesters jogged in place for 8:46 to honor George Floyd
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
For 8 minutes, 46 seconds protesters jogged in place outside of Birmingham’s Legion Field on Saturday to rally against police...
Report: 3 more officers to be charged in Floyd’s death
By Tim Sullivan and Matt Sedensky
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee...
