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Jul 22, 2024 · Body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help, was released Monday in a case that has led to murder charges...
From February 2015 to March 2021, the police shot and killed at least 50 Black women, identified in police reports and by news outlets. The true number might be higher.
Jul 27, 2024 · Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, had called 911 to report a possible intruder. She was standing with two deputies in her Springfield, home and holding a pot of boiling water when Sangamon...
Mar 15, 2021 · Black girls as young as 7 and Black women in their 90s have been killed by the police, and for a long time nobody was talking about it.
Sep 24, 2020 · Since 2015, nearly 250 women in total have been killed by police officers, of which 48 — about a fifth — were Black, according to a Washington Post database.
Oct 8, 2020 · The killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was shot in her Louisville home by US police in March - has resonated around the world, with protesters demanding that the public "say her name".
5 days ago · Nearly two weeks after one of his former deputies was charged with murder in the death of a Black woman who’d called 911 for help, an Illinois sheriff on Monday publicly acknowledged his office...
Dec 13, 2023 · The death of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker who was shot and killed by police officers in Louisville, Ky., in March 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment, was one of the main...
Sep 4, 2020 · Of the 247 women fatally shot, 48 were Black and seven of those were unarmed. At least 89 of the women were at their homes or residences where they sometimes stayed. And 12 of those women...
Jun 6, 2020 · No-knock warrants -- issued by a judge that gives law enforcement the authority to enter someone's property without notification -- have led to the death of at least three African American women ...
