Manslaughter charges against the Detroit police officer who fatally shot a sleeping 7-year-old child have been dismissed. Officer Joseph Weekley has been on trial for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, but charges were dropped on Friday when Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway granted a motion filed by Weekley’s attorney. […]
Michael Dunn has been found guilty of first-degree murder...
Michael Dunn will take the stand in the retrial for the murder of Jordan Davis today. The prosecution wrapped up its case on Monday, with 10 witnesses in all called to the stand, including a forensic investigator and the pathologist who performed the autopsy on the 17-year-old. The defense called former police officer Michael Knox, who served […]
A 13-year-old boy described as a “jokester who loved to dance and rap and hang out,” was fatally shot at a playground in Chicago Sunday night. The teenager, Demureye Macon, tried to run after being asked if he was in a gang, but was struck in his chest, according to his mother, Tawana Macon. “Why? […]
Day two of the Michael Dunn retrial is underway, but prosecutors hit the ground running on Thursday, calling 10 witnesses to the stand to testify about their experience before and after the shooting of Florida teen Jordan Davis. Davis, if you recall, was shot and killed by Dunn in November 2012, after the two got into […]
Four Chicago men have been charged in the death of 9-year-old Antonio Smith, who was shot while standing in a yard in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on Aug. 20. Antonio was shot at least four times, according to CBS. Charged in connection with the killing were Derrick D. Allmon, 19; Michael D. Baker, 19; and […]
The 24-year-old who called 911 to report a man pointing a rifle inside of an Ohio Walmart is now retracting his original account, telling The Guardian that John Crawford III didn’t point the gun at all. That 911 call got Crawford, a 22-year-old black man, killed in August. Police shot Crawford to death in the Walmart while […]
A 9-year-old Chicago boy was fatally shot outside of his home on Wednesday afternoon. Little Antonio Smith was shot several times in the backyard of his apartment building in the Grand Crossing neighborhood. Smith was immediately taken to the hospital, but was pronounced dead an hour after the shooting. No arrests have been made since Thursday afternoon, but community […]
On Monday, police in Los Angeles fatally shot an unarmed black male that family and friends are identifying as Ezell Ford. Police, however, have yet to identify the victim. From the LA Times: An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Division conducted “an investigative stop” in the 200 block of West 65th Street about […]
A 22-year-old man from Ohio lost his life for playing with a toy gun in Walmart. According to the Daily Mail, John Crawford was shot by the police after he was seen holding a toy gun. Crawford and his girlfriend Tasha Thomas, were shopping in the local Walmart in Beavercreek when he walked over to […]
A St. Louis teenager is dead after a Ferguson police officer opened fire on him...
An 8-year-old Detroit boy is dead after a bullet came through the window of his home while he slept, striking him in the chest. Detroit police say the shooting, which killed Jakari Pearson, may have been the result of a domestic violence incident that occurred around 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, when someone walked up to the back of […]
