Diversity Management, News and Updates
On Feb. 24, Senate Democrats reintroduced a police reform bill in response to the May 2020 killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. The bill’s reintroduction comes as instances of police brutality continue at an alarming rate across the country — especially when it comes to…
Multiple congressmen “accidentally” called Missouri’s new representative Cori Bush “Breonna” during Capitol event. Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush said she was stunned and hurt on the evening of Nov. 16, after a number of different Republicans called her “Breonna” during a new member orientation at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Bush, who…
Updated August 28 Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot in the back seven times by police in Wisconsin, has regained consciousness, according to reports. Jacob Blake Sr., recalled the moment he could finally have a conversation with his son. “Why did they shoot me so many times?’…
Darren Wilson, the former officer in Ferguson, Missouri, who, in 2014 fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, will not face any charges, the Washington Post reports. St. Louis County’s top prosecutor, Wesley Bell, said at a news conference on Thursday that his office investigated the case, including witness statements, forensic…
In April 2017, 16-year-old Isiah Murrietta-Golding was running away from police officers when he was shot in the back of the head in Fresno, Calif. The shooting was ruled justified after an investigation because Murrietta-Golding reached for his waistband to pull his pants up — until now. This week, an…
Last year, off-duty Dallas, Tx. police officer Amber Guyger walked into Botham Jean’s apartment, thinking it was her own, and shot him as he sat on his couch, unarmed, eating ice cream. After an emotional trial, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison, although she could have faced up…
On July 24, 2017, police in Southaven, Miss., burst into 41-year-old Ismael Lopez’s house just before midnight. They were looking for a domestic violence suspect. They didn’t know at the time, but they were in the wrong person’s house, The Washington Post reported. Police knocked on Lopez’s door then opened…
Two police officers in Sacramento, Calif., shot and killed Stephon Clark while he innocently stood in his grandmother’s backyard last year on March 18. But they won’t face justice for his murder. On Thursday, federal prosecutors said they will not file civil rights charges against the two officers, and they…
Officer Van’t Land, one of the killers of De’Von Bailey, has a history of excessive force and shooting another fleeing suspect. Land is coming under the microscope during the pre-trials for the shooting death of De’Von Bailey, a 19-year-old Black man who was shot while he was running away––all caught…
A Facebook live video captured the last moments of Minnesota man Brian Quinones, who police shot during a traffic stop Saturday. A live video posted on Quinones’ page shows him listening to loud music while driving outside of Minneapolis around 10 p.m., while police lights flash in his rear window….
