Police Killings

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Solomon Jones, award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and morning host for WURD radio in Philadelphia.

The decision comes nearly six months after a grand jury declined to indict the four officers.

Dozens of people were injured when police shot beanbag rounds into the crowd. A grand jury is weighing whether the officers should be charged.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of protester named Arianna Chavez, alleges that an unnamed police officer seriously injured Chavez when he shot her in the back of the head with a so-called less-lethal bullet.

The former Minnesota police officer mistakenly drew her firearm instead of her Taser when she fatally shot the 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop in April.

Public health data experts have a new way to calculate the underreporting of people killed by police. Criminologists call the results "interesting" but are reserving judgment on the accuracy.

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

Prosecutors accuse the former officer and others of using excessive force and violating George Floyd's rights. The rare federal charges follow state charges in a trial in which Chauvin was convicted.

Alex Gonzales Jr., a 27-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot by police after an alleged "road rage" incident in South Austin.

Floyd's death in May 2020 sparked a national reckoning on police violence and systemic racism. Demands for change in Austin led the City Council to cut millions from its police budget.