Law Enforcement

Ma'Khia Bryant
Did Ohio Police Say ‘Blue Lives Matter’ After Killing Ma’Khia Bryant? We analyzed videos frame by frame to discern what exactly happened after a Columbus cop...
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How Many People Were Killed By Police In the Past Year?
How Many People Were Fatally Shot by US Cops the Past Year? Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich drew attention after tweeting out the number.
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Face, Person, Human
Is This Post About Kim Potter, Ex-Cop Who Shot Daunte Wright, True? Potter resigned from the suburban Minneapolis police force two days after Wright's death.
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Minnesota officials deployed the state's National Guard in response to protests against the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021.
Was National Guard Deployed in Minneapolis After Police Shooting of Daunte Wright? Already, hundreds of officers were standing guard in the city due to the trial of...
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Comparisons to a recent attack on a woman in New York were made to the infamous Kitty Genovese case.
Was an Asian American Woman Attacked on NYC Street but No One Helped Her? The Internet likened a March 2021 assault near Times Square to the notorious death of...
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Is Man Who Killed Cop in ’81 Helping NY Officials Reform Policing? Headlines mischaracterized the connection between Richard Rivera, who served a prison sentence for a police...
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Person, Human, Tie
Are LAPD Officers Under Investigation for Sharing Racist George Floyd ‘Valentine’? The alleged post included a photo of Floyd with the caption, "You take my breath...
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Will US Capitol Get a Permanent Security Fence? A 7-foot-tall fence was erected following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,...
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Was Raphael Warnock Arrested at the Capitol in 2017? A photo of police surrounding Warnock at the U.S. Capitol drew comparisons to violent pro-Trump...
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Did Police Officer Hold Rioter’s Hand at US Capitol? A video of a law enforcement officer escorting a woman down stairs during a riot...
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Does Video Show a Rioter Pepper-Spraying Police at US Capitol? A video captured a two-way exchange of pepper spray between rioters and law enforcement.
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Did US Capitol Police Officer Take a Selfie With Rioter? A known white nationalist recorded the clip that went viral amid the chaos of the...
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