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Tag Archives: Black Lives Matter

09Oct/17

Potentially disturbing video: Police shoot black man as he runs away

October 9, 2017CrimeBlack Lives Matter, Body worn video, Crime in the United States, Death, Harmon, Killing of Patrick Harmon, law enforcement, Law/Crime, Linda, Linda So, officer, Ohio, Patrick Harmon, Race and crime in the United States, Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, Shooting of Samuel DuBose, Taser, The United States, United States, University of Cincinnatismbale

Newly released bodycam video shows a Salt Lake City police officer shooting and killing a black man as he ran away after the officer attempted to arrest him. Linda So reports. Continue reading →

17Sep/17

St. Louis protest turns violent after earlier peaceful march over police acquittal

September 17, 2017CrimeAnthony Lamar Smith, Black Lives Matter, Criminal law, Criminal procedure, Disaster/Accident, Ferguson, Human Interest, Jason Stockley, Law, Law/Crime, Police brutality in the United States, Protests, Shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, Shooting of Philando Castile, Shooting of Terence Crutcher, Social Issues, St. Louis, St. Louis protests, The United States, Timothy Wilson, United Statessmbale

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 16, 2017) (NBC) – Clashes between demonstrators and riot-clad police marred the end of what had been a largely peaceful second day of protest rallies in St. Louis following the acquittal of a white police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man. Continue reading →

31Aug/17

Georgia cop heard saying ‘we only kill black people’ in dashcam footage

August 31, 2017CrimeAbbott, American television series, Atlanta, Black Lives Matter, cellular telephone, Cobb, Cobb County Georgia, Cops, Dashcam, Greg Abbott, Law/Crime, Marietta, Race and crime in the United States, Shooting of Zachary Hammond, Surinder Chadha Jimenez, Television series, United Statessmbale

MARIETTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (COBB COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT) – Recently-released dashcam video from the Cobb County Police Department in Georgia shows a police lieutenant telling a woman “we only kill black people” after she expresses concern for her safety when she is instructed him to reach down and use her mobile phone. Continue reading →

21Jan/17

Sundance shines light on Ferguson unrest

January 21, 2017FilmsBlack Lives Matter, Brittany Ferrell, Civil rights movement, Creative works, Damon Davis, Donald, Donald Trump, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Ferguson, Ferguson Missouri, Filmmakers, Films, Folayan, Hashtags, Law enforcement in the United States, Michael Brown, Race and crime in the United States, Sabaah, Sabaah Folayan, Shooting of Michael Brown, St. Louis, STREETS? LLC, Sundance, United Kingdom, United States, Unrest, Whose Streets?smbale

‘Whose Streets?’, which has received glowing reviews at the Sundance film festival, explores the community behind the headlines of the civil unrest in the US suburb of Ferguson following the death of African American Michael Brown by a white police officer.
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12Dec/16

Picture of Year – Protester Ieshia Evans

December 12, 2016PicturesBaton Rouge, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Baton Rouge Police Department, Baton Rouge shooting, Black Lives Matter, Evans, Ieshia L. Evans, In art, Law/Crime, Louisiana, Reuters, Shooting of Alton Sterling, Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge Parish Louisianasmbale

Protester Ieshia Evans is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during a demonstration against the shooting death of Alton Sterling July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

21Nov/16

Four cops in four cities shot in one day

November 21, 2016CrimeBenjamin Marconi, Black Lives Matter, Crime, Crime in the United States, I (Almost) Got Away With It, Kansas City, Linda, Murder, Police car, SAM DOTSON, San Antonio, Sanibel, Shooting of Benjamin Marconi, Shooting of Dallas police officers, Shootout, South Yorkshire Police, Texas, United States, WILLIAM MCMANUSsmbale

Four police officers across the U.S. have been shot in a span of just 24 hours. Linda So reports. Continue reading →

22Sep/16

National Guard deploys in Charlotte

September 22, 2016CrimeAmerican society, Black Lives Matter, Charlotte, City: Charlotte, Crime in the United States, Egyptian Crisis, Ferguson unrest, George Floyd protests in North Carolina, Hashtags, Intifadas, Jennifer Roberts, Keith Scott, Milwaukee riots, National Guard, National Guard of the United States, Oakland riots, Pat McCrory, Post–Civil Rights Era African-American history, Race and crime in the United States, Race and society, Race in the United States, States of the United States, Time, Tulsa, United States, War/Conflictsmbale

National Guard troops are deployed in Charlotte following second night of violent protests sparked by a fatal police shooting of a black man.

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06Sep/16

British Airways A318 at London City Airport

Air passengers face lengthy delays at City airport after BA glitch and Black Lives Matter protest

September 6, 2016TransportBlack Lives Matter, Britain, British Air Transport Association, British Airways, Company: Black Lives Matter, Company: British Airways, Country: United Kingdom, European Low Fares Airline Association, Expansion of Heathrow Airport, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London boroughs, London City Airport, Plane Stupid, Social Issues, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

Passengers face lengthy delays at London City Airport, after a British Airways computer fault and a protest by Black Lives Matter shuts the runway.

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08Aug/16

Hundreds protest fatal shooting of black teen by Chicago police

August 8, 2016CrimeAmerican society, Anti-black racism in the United States, Anti-racism, Black Lives Matter, Chicago, Chicago police, Chicago Police Department, Ferguson Missouri, Hashtags, Law enforcement in the United States, Law/Crime, Paul O'Neal, Police brutality, Post–Civil Rights Era African-American history, Race and crime in the United States, Race in the United States, Shooting of Paul O'Neal, Social Issues, United States, Urban riots, War/Conflictsmbale

Hundreds of people gathered to protest the fatal shooting death of a black unarmed teenager by Chicago police. Continue reading →

18Jul/16

Former U.S. Marine kills three police officers in Baton Rouge

Former U.S. Marine kills three police officers in Baton Rouge shooting

July 18, 2016CrimeAmerican society, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Baton Rouge shooting, Beltway sniper attacks, Black Lives Matter, Brad Garafola, Cosmo Setepenra, Dallas, Eagle Scouts, Gavin Long, Hesston shooting, Islamic terrorism in the United States, Mass shootings in the United States, Matthew Gerald, Micah Xavier Johnson, Montrell Jackson, Shooting of Alton Sterling, Shooting of Baton Rouge police officers, Sovereign citizen movement, United Statessmbale

Three Baton Rouge police officers were killed and three others injured when a former U.S. Marine went on a shooting spree on Sunday morning.
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