Crime
The upcoming criminal trial for Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police detective involved in Breonna Taylor's killing - but not charged for her killing Breonna Taylor -- will be open to the press, a Kentucky judge ruled Thursday, delivering him a legal setback.
James Ianazzo was arrested and charged with intimidation based on bigotry or bias after a viral video showed his violent and racist confrontation with teenage workers in a Robeks smoothie shop in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Kenosha Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger proposed a privileged plea agreement that would dismiss felony counts against Dominick Black, who was charged for buying the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to kill two people.
Ahamuad Arbery's parents are expected to attend Friday's scheduled prison sentencing for their son's three convicted murderers, Greg and Travis McMichaels and William "Roddie" Bryan.
Jenna Ryan, the Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who thought her "blonde hair and white skin" would get her out of jail time, is now begging for funds to cover "legal fees and expenses related to her defense and incarceration."
Six white people in Kentucky were arrested for allegedly using last week's devastating tornado as an opportunity for looting homes and vehicles. Now officials, including Attorney General Daniel Cameron, warn that anyone caught engaging in that kind of activity will be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
A video taken from a classroom inside Proviso West High School in Hillside, Illinois, that was released by authorities on Friday shows a Black school employee grabbing and throwing a non-Black student to the ground. The school employee was immediately arrested.
A suspected white supremacist and drug addict who planted a bag of explosives at a Black Lives Matter protest in Pittsburgh last year had the privilege of avoiding any jail time, thanks to a lenient judge who was apparently sympathetic to the convicted felon's history of substance abuse.
Large police settlements cannot replace the loss of loved ones and often do little to deter police behavior. A report from Five Thiry-Eight and The Marshall Project documented the millions paid out by cities annually and the difficulty with holding police departments accountable.
The presence of white supremacists within law enforcement has been well documented. Tolerating racists within the ranks along with deputizing white vigilantes has been a practice long overlooked.