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Riots have been taking place in Akron, Ohio, following the shooting by police of Jayland Walker. The incident occurred in June, but release of police bodycam footage has sparked the riots. The case has made international news. The London Times, for example, headlined Jayland Walker: Plea for calm after Ohio police kill unarmed black man. The other fact that has gotten much publicity is that officers--I believe there were eight

Nearly six years to the day after beloved St. Paul school cafeteria worker Philando Castile was fatally shot by a police officer during an otherwise routine traffic stop, Jayland Walker died in a hail of bullets fired by police officers in Akron, Ohio.

Policymakers have yet to embrace a full transformation in public safety that we need to make all our communities safer and more just.

Policy changes would lead to changes in police culture, where a militarized “warrior” mentality has encouraged a destructive, authoritarian approach to policing. 

The Jayland Walker shooting video is hard to watch. It hurt me to my soul to see the bodycam footage of cops unloading on the 25-year-old man.

Articles from the tag: Police shootings

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Two separate lawsuits filed in federal court on Monday seek damages for allegations that law enforcement used excessive force against activists protesting the police killings of George Floyd and Daunte Wright.

Brooklyn Park Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen will retire later this week, leaving yet another large Minnesota city without a permanent chief.

Mohamed Noor, who is Black, fatally shot an unarmed white woman woman in 2017 and was released from prison after serving three years.