"I saw the weapon in his hands coming out of his waistband and the threat to my partner and myself was real and active."
It will be decided on Monday if Van Dyke is to be released on bail or if he will remain in custody for his murder charge.
GOP Candidate Donald Trump’s plans to hold a news conference Monday in efforts to show his alliance with 100 African-American clergy members crumbled over the weekend.
William G. Porter, 26, is charged with manslaughter, second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake repeatedly stated the officers will get a fair trial in the city.
Lawyers for Tamir Rice's family have released two outside reports that call his shooting "unreasonable and unjustified."
The proposed Black Friday boycott seeks to, as MLK put it, “redistribute the pain;” that is, call attention to racial injustice by hitting the nation's powers-that-be where it really hurts -- their wallets.
Vic took to social media to show his involvement.
Dash-cam footage of the police execution of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald has sparked protests in Chicago.
Police officer Jason Van Dyke, who is White, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday morning and "will be the first on-duty Chicago police officer to be charged with that crime," the report says.
Meek Mill is usually shot down when he speaks out on issues on social media, but for once, his claims may be warranted.
Consultant W. Ken Katsaris, who is also a certified Florida law enforcement officer instructor, called the Nov. 2014 incident tragic, but "objectively reasonable."
Former North Charleston, South Carolina officer Michael Slager says the police association promised to pay his legal bills after he was arrested and charged in the shooting death of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man.
