Category: Criminal Justice Reform

  —  NICQUEL TERRY ELLIS, CNN (CNN)Watching rioters storm the US Capitol reopened old wounds for Valarie Carey. Carey’s younger sister, Miriam Carey, was fatally shot by Capitol police and US Secret Service officers more than seven years ago after leading officers on a high-speed chase near the White House. Carey said the restraint shown […]

Always and Forever   —  William Spivey, The HBCU Chronicles, Medium A few stories have been in the news the past few years that are related and obvious to almost all minorities except those with a political or financial need to state otherwise. There is a large pushback, primarily from Republicans, to deny the stories […]

  —  Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker, Associated Press, AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to conclusively establish […]

“We need your actions to show that you are different than those who pay lip service to our losses while doing nothing to show that our loved ones’ lives mattered,” Palmer wrote in full-page ad in The Washington Post.   — Charise Frazier, NewsOne After continuous demands for justice in the name of her daughter were […]

  — Rachel Marshall, San Francisco Bay View San Francisco – The District Attorney’s Office has filed homicide charges against former San Francisco Police Department Officer Chris Samayoa, who fatally shot Keita O’Neil in December 2017. The homicide occurred before District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s election and remained under investigation when Boudin took office. Following a careful review […]

A Philadelphia mother says she and her 2-year-old son are physically and emotionally traumatized after police smashed their SUV, beat her, and separated them during West Philly unrest.   — Anna Orso, The Philadelphia Inquirer Rickia Young had successfully lulled her 2-year-old to sleep in his car seat when she drove toward a normally busy […]

  — Mike Newall, The Philadelphia Inquirer Khaleaf Sistrunk talked to police about the people who were killing his family and friends. And so he had been marked for death. In 2018, he told police what he knew about the drive-by killing of his older brother. A year later, he testified as an eyewitness at […]

Honestie’s handcuffing by the police in Grand Rapids, Mich., caused a national uproar and led to a new law enforcement policy on dealing with youths. Honestie died of Covid-19.   — Glenn Rifkin, The New York Times This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about […]

A Florida deputy under investigation for fatally shooting two Black teens in Cocoa on Nov. 13 remains employed after a storied history of violence that his department had full knowledge of.   — Charise Frazier, NewsOne A Florida deputy under investigation for fatally shooting two Black teens in Cocoa on Nov. 13 remains employed despite a storied […]