White Police Officer Shoots Black Man

Body-worn camera footage released by District of Columbia police on Thursday shows a white officer fatally shoot a young Black man, then leave the suspect for others to attend as he searches for the gun that he says the suspect tossed away.

Investigators of a shooting by a white police officer that left a Black man, Jacob Blake Jr., paralyzed and the town of Kenosha, Wisconsin, torn by civil strife found a knife belonging to Blake at the scene of the confrontation, the state attorney general said on Wednesday.

A Texas grand jury handed down a murder indictment Friday against a white former police officer who shot dead an unarmed black man in his apartment, which she allegedly mistook for her own.

The white Texas cop who shot dead an unarmed black man in his own apartment after claiming she mistook it for hers was fired Monday for "adverse conduct," the Dallas Police Department said.

A video showing two white police officers allegedly involved in a deadly altercation with a 37-year-old black man in Baton Rouge, La., circulated across the Internet early Wednesday morning, prompting peaceful street protests in the city and anger elsewhere.

Protests broke out and police responded with teargas after an 18-year-old black man was shot dead in a confrontation with white officers in St. Louis, Missouri, officials said Wednesday.

A white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 19-year-old African American man in Wisconsin used justifiable force and will not face criminal charges, authorities said Tuesday.

Hundreds of mourners gathered on Saturday morning at a South Carolina chapel to remember Walter Scott, an African-American father of four who was shot in the back last week while running from a white patrolman.

The brother of a black man shot dead by a white officer in South Carolina said Thursday he hopes his death will spark change and is calling for greater police accountability.

A man who recorded chilling video of a white police officer gunning down a black man said Wednesday that the shooting followed a struggle in which the cop had gained control of the situation.

The bystander who shot video apparently showing a white police officer fatally shooting an unarmed black man, said he knew right away the profound significance of the chilling footage he'd recorded.

The white police officer who fatally shot a fleeing black man in the US city of North Charleston has been fired after he was charged with murder, the mayor said Wednesday.

An 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by police at a gas station late on Tuesday in a St. Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August, police and local media said.

Dozens of protesters were arrested on Friday in Milwaukee when they blocked rush-hour traffic on a major highway to protest the killing of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer this year.

A fourth night of demonstrations against police violence got off to a slow start on a rain-soaked Saturday in New York, after mourners held a funeral for a black man shot dead by a white police officer in the stairwell of a Brooklyn apartment house.

Body-worn camera footage released by District of Columbia police on Thursday shows a white officer fatally shoot a young Black man, then leave the suspect for others to attend as he searches for the gun that he says the suspect tossed away.

Investigators of a shooting by a white police officer that left a Black man, Jacob Blake Jr., paralyzed and the town of Kenosha, Wisconsin, torn by civil strife found a knife belonging to Blake at the scene of the confrontation, the state attorney general said on Wednesday.

A Texas grand jury handed down a murder indictment Friday against a white former police officer who shot dead an unarmed black man in his apartment, which she allegedly mistook for her own.

The white Texas cop who shot dead an unarmed black man in his own apartment after claiming she mistook it for hers was fired Monday for "adverse conduct," the Dallas Police Department said.

A video showing two white police officers allegedly involved in a deadly altercation with a 37-year-old black man in Baton Rouge, La., circulated across the Internet early Wednesday morning, prompting peaceful street protests in the city and anger elsewhere.

Protests broke out and police responded with teargas after an 18-year-old black man was shot dead in a confrontation with white officers in St. Louis, Missouri, officials said Wednesday.

A white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 19-year-old African American man in Wisconsin used justifiable force and will not face criminal charges, authorities said Tuesday.

Hundreds of mourners gathered on Saturday morning at a South Carolina chapel to remember Walter Scott, an African-American father of four who was shot in the back last week while running from a white patrolman.

The brother of a black man shot dead by a white officer in South Carolina said Thursday he hopes his death will spark change and is calling for greater police accountability.

A man who recorded chilling video of a white police officer gunning down a black man said Wednesday that the shooting followed a struggle in which the cop had gained control of the situation.

The bystander who shot video apparently showing a white police officer fatally shooting an unarmed black man, said he knew right away the profound significance of the chilling footage he'd recorded.

The white police officer who fatally shot a fleeing black man in the US city of North Charleston has been fired after he was charged with murder, the mayor said Wednesday.

An 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by police at a gas station late on Tuesday in a St. Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August, police and local media said.

Dozens of protesters were arrested on Friday in Milwaukee when they blocked rush-hour traffic on a major highway to protest the killing of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer this year.

A fourth night of demonstrations against police violence got off to a slow start on a rain-soaked Saturday in New York, after mourners held a funeral for a black man shot dead by a white police officer in the stairwell of a Brooklyn apartment house.