Akiel Denkins, a 24-year-old black male was shot and killed Monday by a police officer in Raleigh, NC, apparently while running from the police. There is some controversy over whether the victim was unarmed. Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown said that Denkins was killed while fleeing when police tried to arrest …
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Residents gathered at James Madison Elementary in Anaheim, California on Wednesday night seeking answers about a lethal police shooting that occurred on Saturday. The violence Saturday that led to the death of Danny Rendon appears to mark the second killing of an unarmed man by an Anaheim police officer …
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We’ve all heard the stories of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York, Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Walter Scott in Charleston. Commonality: they were all killed by law enforcement officers. In its yearly review, international NGO Human Rights Watch determined that the mistreatment of …
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