A white police officer, Michael Rosfeld, was charged Wednesday with criminal homicide in the fatal shooting last week of an unarmed black teenager who fled a traffic stop in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Month: June 2018
Petition: Seek an independent inquiry into the death of Kishni Mahay
The son of a woman knocked down and killed by a police car is stepping up his fight for a public inquiry. Raj Mahay is launching a petition next month for a review into the death of his mother Kishni Mahay.
The people [that are] rethinking methods of execution
The lethal injection brought an end to the macabre executions of the past. But after a string of botched deaths, its humanity is being brought into question. Is there another option?
Rashan Charles: Police officer ‘probably’ should have called ambulance sooner
The police officer who chased and wrestled Rashan Charles to the ground before he died said he “knew something wasn’t quite right” and that he probably should have called an ambulance sooner.
