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NYPD officer killed in hit-and-run by cop-hating drunk-driver is posthumously promoted to detective as wife pays tribute to the love of my life at his funeral while comforting their two sobbing children Hundreds of mourners gathered Tuesday to pay their respects to NYPD Highway Officer Anastasios Tsakos at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn, New York Tsakoss grieving widow gave an emotional tribute to the love of my life and told of his dreams to travel  His daughter, 6, a...

Fifty thousand Americans are pulled over by police every day. More than 1.8 million drivers are pulled over every year in Pennsylvania. Traffic stops are the most common interaction Americans have with police and many end without incident. For Black drivers, stories from our loved ones and now cell phone videos of traffic stops reveal dangerous, systemic patterns of harassment and police violence. Viral video after viral video, we witnessed what the studies tell us: Black drivers are more likel...

Professional Studio/iStock (ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.) — Family and friends of Andrew Brown Jr. gathered Monday at a North Carolina church for his funeral as protesters continue to take to the streets to demand justice and answers over why sheriff’s deputies opened fire on the 42-year-old Black man outside his home last month. Brown’s invitation-only funeral service was held at noon at the Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City. The service began with a choir calling itself the “Andrew Br...

  Daily Mail continues, noting that Mitchell is defending his omission: Mitchell has admitted the photo is of him from that date, but defended attending the rally, claiming it was not explicitly a protest against police or a commemoration for George Floyd. That is despite the fact that Floyd’s brother and sister, Philonise and Bridgett Floyd, and relatives of other African Americans who have been shot by police addressed the crowd that day. Mitchell, 31, acknowledged being at the event and ...

Wisconsin families whove lost loved ones hope body camera footage can lead to justice. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee A Wauwatosa police officer wears a body camera while working Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Angela Major/WPR When Joel Acevedo died from injuries at the hands of an off-duty Milwaukee police officer last spring, his parents José were told their son had been the aggressor. Months later in December, the Acevedos saw police body c...

By Ryan Shepard May 3, 2021 Nationwide, lawmakers are debating whether or not to make police disciplinary records public. In nearly two dozen states, lawmakers are actively considering legislation that would make police use-of-force records available to the public. Meanwhile, 20 states are explicitly against the idea of making use-of-force records available to the public. Supporters of releasing these records believe that increased transparency could lead to better run police departments and i...

FILE PHOTO Students call on the University to cancel its plans for the private police force as acts of police brutality continue nationwide.  The Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted “Addressing Hate During COVID-19” on April 23 to discuss nationwide calls for racial justice. The event was sparked by the conviction of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd last summer, and followed the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black m...

What its like to be a black police officer, navigating two turbulent worlds CNN 5/4/2021 By Alicia Lee, CNN © Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images ATLANTA, GA - MAY 31: A police officer wearing a body cam is seen during a demonstration on May 31, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Across the country, protests have erupted following the recent death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn...

© press Juror Brandon Mitchell (right) attended the rally in BLM clothing shortly before Derek Chauvins trial The guilty verdict against former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd may now be at risk after images have emerged showing a jury member at a Black Lives Matter rally before the trial. Images show jury member Brandon Mitchell at an anti-police protest in Washington D.C. last year wearing a Black Lives Matter embossed baseball cap and a T-shirt with the words...

A New Study Reveals that Not Prosecuting People for Nonviolent Misdemeanors May Actually Reduce Crime Time 5/4/2021 Amanda Agan, Jennifer Doleac and Anna Harvey © Jerry Holt—Star Tribune/Getty Images Katie Wright (center) surrounded by supporters marched to the Brooklyn Center Police department, demanding justice for her son Daunte Wright In Brooklyn Center, MN. On April 11 Daunte Wright was pulled over by officers from the Brooklyn Center Police in Minnesota because he w...