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'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest
FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has...
Killing of an airman by Florida deputy is among cases of Black people being shot in their homes
The fatal shooting of a U.S. Air Force airman at his off-base apartment in the Florida Panhandle by a sheriff's deputy brings to mind other instances of Black people being killed by law enforcement in their own homes as they're going about their day. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23,...
Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says
MIAMI (AP) — Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday. Senior Airman...
Justice Department, Louisville negotiating federal settlement on city's policing practices
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has started negotiations on a settlement with the city of Louisville after federal officials released a report detailing a pattern of racial discrimination by the city's police force. The multiyear federal investigation was...
A man apologizes for a fatal shooting at Breonna Taylor protest, sentenced to 30 years
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting a photographer at a protest over the police killing of Breonna Taylor. Steven Lopez apologized for his actions before a judge handed down the sentence Tuesday in Jefferson Circuit...
