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‘What You Going to Do, Shoot Me?’: Florida Cop Pulls Gun on Unarmed Black Teens In Viral Video Over Minor Traffic Stop, Sparking Outrage
A Florida cop claimed he confronted two Black teenagers at gunpoint last week because they pulled up behind him and began ...
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Jury deliberations continue for former Grand Rapids officer charged in Black motorist’s death
Jury deliberations entered a second day Tuesday in Kent County’s 17th Circuit Court in the second-degree murder trial of a ...
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Council Pols Fume as NYPD Disputes Report of Racial Bias in Traffic Enforcement
"The NYPD uses traffic stops as a tool to harass and humiliate Black and brown men and these stops often spiral into police ...
Black and Hispanic drivers in Vermont are stopped and arrested at higher rates than whites
New research from the University of Vermont shows that Black and Hispanic drivers in Vermont are stopped and searched at ...
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Police still disproportionately stop, search and arrest drivers of color in Vermont, per UVM study
The data also shows that Vermont police continue to stop Black and Hispanic drivers disproportionate to their share of ...
Prosecutors wrap case against former Grand Rapids cop accused of killing Black motorist
Christopher Schurr is on trial for second-degree murder for the death of Patrick Lyoya after a traffic stop in 2022. Two ...