Cases In Which Police Officers Were Charged In Shootings
The 2017 shooting of teenager Jordan Edwards launched the city of Balch Springs into a national conversation on issues of law enforcement and race.
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The 2017 shooting of teenager Jordan Edwards launched the city of Balch Springs into a national conversation on issues of law enforcement and race.
The new CEO of the Mavericks tried to bring breakfast to police on Wednesday morning in an effort to promote unity. But she was turned away due to controversy within the department.
The Minnesota police officer acquitted in last year's fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile has left the police department where he served.
Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile five times just seconds after Castile informed him he was carrying a gun.
Prosecutors say that when Philando Castile was pulled over, he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it. Moments later, the officer fired shots, and a bleeding Castile's last words were: "I wasn't reaching for it."
The killings of five police officers in Dallas by a lone gunman motivated by racial hatred of whites heightened the tensions and calls for the need for change.
Three tumultuous days made it clear that electing a black president hasn't reconciled the nation's fractured history with race. A country that lived through decades of unrest still bubbles with resentment and rage.
President Obama took to Facebook on Thursday afternoon to express his thoughts about this week's police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. "All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings," he said.
