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The law often shields police officers from accountability -- and reinforces policing that harms Black people, homeless people and the mentally ill

Seeking accountability in the brutal police beating death of her son, the mother of Tyre Nichols has filed a US$55 million federal lawsuit against the individual officers, the Memphis Police Department and the city of Memphis, Tennessee.

The Conversation

From dress codes to equality, Phil Jackson is exactly who we thought he was

The former Bulls coach didn’t like how NBA players dressed 20 years ago. And now he objects to them making basic requests for humanity

The Guardian - US

Louisville officer who killed Breonna Taylor hired by police force in nearby county

Myles Cosgrove, who investigators say fired the shot that killed Breonna Taylor in March 2020, was hired by a police department less than an hour drive from Louisville.

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Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy

The former Louisville Metro Police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement

The Independent UK

Former Louisville officer involved in Breonna Taylor's killing hired in Kentucky county

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The former Louisville Metro Police Department officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor during a botched raid is working for another Kentucky law enforcement agency, according to Louisville media outlets.

Tribune News Service

Louisville police violated constitutional rights, DOJ finds. Consent decree coming

Nearly three years after Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by Louisville police, the U.S. Department of Justice says it found probable cause to believe the Louisville Metro Police Department has violated federal law and the Constitution.

Tribune News Service

Louisville police discriminate against Black people: report’s key findings

Officers used excessive force and failed to protect Black residents, a report launched following the death of Breonna Taylor has found

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Justice Department Probe Finds Illegal, Violent, and Discriminatory Policing in Louisville, Kentucky

The two-year investigation, launched after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, concluded that Louisville police routinely used invalid search warrants and failed to knock and announce their presence.

Reason

Kentucky police slammed as racist by probe into 2020 killing

LOUISVILLE (UNITED STATES) - Police in Kentucky have engaged in a pattern of racist abuse for years, involving excessive force and illegal searches, a US Justice Department probe found Wednesday, following a botched raid that killed a Black medical technician and fuelled nationwide protests.

Bangkok Post

DOJ investigation finds Louisville police department ‘discriminates against Black people’ after Breonna Taylor

Probe found department used excessive force and invalid warrants

The Independent UK

Louisville police failed to protect Black people, inquiry launched after Breonna Taylor death finds

Merrick Garland condemns ‘unacceptable’ police conduct after review concludes officers violated residents’ civil rights

The Guardian - US

After Taylor shooting, feds find pattern of violations

The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor

The Independent UK

How elite police units hunt humans

You have to wonder about the very urge to name an “elite” police unit after a deadly creature

Salon

Ex-officer's trial date postponed in Breonna Taylor case

The large volume of evidence collected in the Breonna Taylor case prompted a judge to push back the trial date for a former Kentucky police officer who fired into Taylor's apartment during a deadly no-knock raid in 2020

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Autosport

Hamilton: Nothing will stop me speaking up on important issues in F1

Lewis Hamilton says that nothing will stop him speaking up about important issues in Formula 1 and that “nothing changes” for him despite the FIA’s clampdown on political statements.

The Guardian - UK

Max Verstappen expects tougher Ferrari and Mercedes fight in F1 title defence

Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team expect a much stronger challenge from rivals Mercedes and Ferrari this season

Al Jazeera

Family of Amir Locke, shot in no-knock police raid, files lawsuit

The 22-year-old was killed in a police shooting after officers entered the Minneapolis apartment where he was sleeping.

The Independent UK

Family of Minneapolis man killed in no-knock raid sues city

The parents of Amir Locke, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer when a SWAT team executed a no-knock search warrant one year ago, are suing the city and the officer

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AFP

Tears and anger as US police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest

Memphis (AFP) - Civil rights leaders, family and friends came together in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old African American whose fatal beating by police shocked the nation -- and triggered urgent calls for reform.

The Guardian - US

‘He was robbed of his life’: in Memphis, tributes to Tyre Nichols – and a call to action

Hundreds braved the cold in Tennessee to grieve the 29-year-old Black motorist who died after being beaten by five police officers

The Independent UK

'We're all Tyre': Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest

The family of Tyre Nichols plans to lay him to rest Wednesday, three weeks after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop

WEKU

Tyre Nichols' funeral in Memphis brings calls for justice

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy, called for justice for Nichols and lamented the fact that Nichols was killed in the same city where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.

AFP

Police beating victim Tyre Nichols to be laid to rest in Memphis

Memphis (AFP) - An African American man who died after he was brutally beaten by police in the southern US city of Memphis will be laid to rest Wednesday, as the shockwaves from his death keep pulsating across the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hundreds gather in Loop to protest police violence and demand justice for Tyre Nichols

After rallying at Federal Plaza the group went on a brief march through the Loop, carrying signs and chanting the names of others killed by police in recent years.

The Independent UK

Ex-officer involved in 2020 protest shooting avoids prison

A former Louisville police officer blamed for instigating a deadly shooting during the 2020 Breonna Taylor protests has been sentenced to two years of probation

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