Since the beginning of April, 11 people have been killed by the police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin in just 100 days. One of the victims was a five-year-old boy.
On Monday morning, four months after a legally questionable grand jury decided not to indict the cop who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice, the City of Cleveland settled a $6 million wrongful death lawsuit with the boy’s family.
In the wake of the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark by two Minneapolis cops last November, Black Lives Matter activists demanded that a grand jury not be used to prosecute the involved officers. Wednesday, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced he’s satisfying that demand and then some.
The REACH Partnership school in Baltimore made headlines this week when a school police officer was seen slapping and kicking a male student. That police officer has been placed on administrative leave and the Baltimore Police Department — an separate entity from the Baltimore’s school’s police force — has launched a criminal investigation.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Rodney King beating