To her family in southern China, Feng Daoyou remains a mystery. They remember her as generous and headstrong but they knew little of her life in the U.S. She was among eight people killed on March 16.
Keith Ellison, who led the prosecution of former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, wasn't sure they were going to win. "Accountability just doesn't happen very much," he says.
"It was a kill shot to the back of the head" that cost Brown his life, family attorney Ben Crump said as his office released the results of an independent autopsy. The FBI said it was investigating.
While some blue states and cities have succeeded in passing reforms, more muted action in other places has left activists calling out for federal legislation.
Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Brown, a Black man, while carrying out warrants in Elizabeth City, N.C. Family lawyers say body camera video shows deputies firing while Brown poses no threat.
The announcement comes more than a year after Taylor was fatally shot by police at her Louisville apartment. It is the second probe of police the Justice Department has announced in less than a week.
A major civil rights group is demanding the attorney general pause federal grants to local police until he confirms they aren't engaging in discrimination, citing more police killings of Black people.
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II says his office wants the footage related to the killing of the 42-year-old Black man to be made public. The local NAACP is demanding Wooten's resignation.
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II says the seven are on leave after the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. on Wednesday. Three other deputies' resignations were not related to the incident.
As former police officer Derek Chauvin awaits sentencing for George Floyd's murder, NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what the public record might have been if not for the video of Floyd's last moments.
"I have an 18-year-old ... and I tell him, unfortunately, [I] never called the cops for anything because ... things can unfortunately end up like this," a neighbor said.
Mourners gathered to pay their respects to Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man shot dead by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., earlier this month.
Residents of Elizabeth City, N.C., are pressing for answers after a Black man, Andrew Brown Jr., was shot dead by a sheriff's deputy carrying out a search warrant on Wednesday.
Columbus, Ohio, authorities say officer Nicholas Reardon shot Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, after police were called to a neighborhood due to a reported disturbance.
Frazier is being hailed for her bravery and quick thinking in recording the video that has been seen by millions and played a key role in former police officer Derek Chauvin's trial.
