On October 12, 2022, a 36 year old white man, Krieg A. Butler Sr, killed a 13 year old Black boy, Sinzae Reed, in Columbus, OH. On October 13, 2022, Krieg was arrested and charged with murder and put in jail under a $1 million bond. Nearly a week later, on October 19, 2022, Butler was released and charges were DISMISSED after claiming he acted in “self-defense.” The Franklin...
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Video of last Saturday October 8th, shows officers initially refused to allow the family of Jaheim McMillan in to see him in the hospital just two days after he was handcuffed after being shot in the head by Gulfport Police. One officer even goes so far as to tell Jaheim’s mother, Katrina, that Jaheim is dead. In the video, he attempts to walk this affirmative statement back when he...
Thankfully this incident did not end in tragedy but it isn’t because the Deputy was compassionate, empathetic or even reasonable. First reported by News4Jax, Ebony Washington a pregnant mother was driving with her 3 children when the Bradford County officer (Deputy Jason Desue) pulled out his gun and threatened to “Put Her Into the Ground” after the mother searched for a well lit area to pull over. As you...
Ok for context this conversation is taking place in a revocation hearing involving a Black male defendant who had an encounter with a police officer. The district court judge, Erika Ballou, a former defense attorney, is speaking empathetically to the man about why we have to make decisions that will not lead to us having to be encountered by police. Essentially she’s saying- police sometimes approach us when we...
A Hattiesburg, Mississippi Deputy Shot and killed a man yesterday evening. The victim, Corey Hughes, a Palmer’s Crossing resident, reportedly was mentally ill and in need of transport to Pine Grove Mental Healthcare. According to persons with knowledge and family members, the victim was in need of mental attention and the police were supposed to be there to transport them to Pine Grove Mental Healthcare. The incident occurred around...
