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People gather for a march, rally and candlelight vigil in honor Jonathan Price in Wolfe City, Texas, on Monday. Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas has been charged in relation to the fatal shooting.

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Texas Police Officer Arrested, Charged With Murder After Fatally Shooting Black Man

12:18pm October 06, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Texas state officials announced the arrest of Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas for shooting and killing Jonathan Price. Officials said the officer's actions "were not objectionably reasonable."

The site of James Scurlock's shooting death in Omaha, Neb., is still being preserved as a memorial in mid-September. Last Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Jake Gardner in the killing, handing down four criminal counts, including manslaughter.

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Omaha Bar Owner Has Died By Suicide After He Was Charged In Shooting Of Black Man

3:58pm September 21, 2020

Jake Gardner was on the West Coast when a grand jury indicted him last week for the May killing of James Scurlock in Omaha, Neb. Gardner died "at his own hand," his lawyers said Sunday.

Tamika Palmer spoke at the March on Washington last month at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. At left is Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and at right is the Rev. Al Sharpton.

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Breonna Taylor's Mother: 'I Won't Go Away. I'll Still Fight'

12:50pm September 18, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Tamika Palmer says she wants the officers who killed her daughter to be charged. "Even in the very beginning of this year, she kept saying 2020 was her year," she said. "And she was absolutely right."

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Emergency medical technician Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by police in her home in March. Her name has become a rally cry in protests against police brutality and social injustice.

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Louisville Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With Breonna Taylor's Family

3:59pm September 15, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Officials also announced a series of police reforms to be adopted by Louisville Metro Police Department. Taylor was killed by police in March.

Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Hall resigned Tuesday after criticism of her department's handling of recent protests in the city. Hall is seen here at police headquarters in Dallas in 2017.

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Dallas Police Chief Resigns Amid Fallout Over Department's Handling Of Protests

2:28pm September 09, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

U. Reneé Hall will stay on until the end of 2020. She is the latest in a wave of police chiefs to leave their posts after national protests calling for increase law enforcement accountability.