Tag Archives: Black Lives Matter

Video shows police fatally shooting pregnant black woman By Max Matza BBC News Police in Ohio have released bodycam footage showing an officer fatally shooting a pregnant black woman. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, died on 24 August when she was shot while in her car outside a Kroger grocery store in Blendon Township, a suburb of Columbus.  Footage shows officers attempting ...

By Alex Binley BBC News A gunman killed three black people in a racially motivated attack then killed himself in Jacksonville, Florida, the city’s sheriff said. The man, described as white and in his early 20s, entered a Dollar General store and opened fire, triggering a standoff with police. Sheriff T K Waters said two men and a woman were ...

By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A former Minneapolis police officer has been sentenced to 57 months (almost five years) in prison for his role in the death of George Floyd.  The officer, Tou Thao, was found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter by a Minnesota judge in May.  Mr Thao testified that he acted as a “human traffic ...