Family of Black Mississippi Man Killed By Police Receives Narrow Explanation For Dropped Manslaughter Case A lawyer with the state attorney general’s office omitted key evidence in a meeting with the family of Ricky Ball, who Canyon Boykin shot and killed in 2015. Ko Bragg, Justin Brooks
Mississippi Attorney General Won’t Pursue Case Against White Officer for Killing Black Man Canyon Boykin was charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing Ricky Ball during a traffic stop in 2015. Ko Bragg
Defund the Police Now More training, more equipment, and more officers will not stop police from killing Black people. Justin Brooks
Women Describe How A Columbus Vice Cop Pressured Them to Trade Sex for Rent Andrew Mitchell, a former officer in Ohio who was recently indicted on charges he kidnapped women and forced them to have sex for their freedom, will soon face a grand jury for killing Donna Dalton during a prostitution arrest. Melissa Gira Grant
Family of Donna Dalton, Who Was Shot By a Columbus Police Officer During Arrest, Demands Independent Inquiry Advocates say the case hasn’t been handled fairly and there’s little hope for justice. Melissa Gira Grant
New Evidence Reveals Columbus Police Filed Misleading Reports on Stormy Daniels Arrest In internal documents obtained by The Appeal, the vice unit’s supervisor admits no specific complaints were lodged against Daniels or the club before the police took action. George Joseph
Just 6% of Columbus Police Officers Account for Half of All Force Reports Between 2001 and 2017, the department justified officers in 99 percent of use-of-force cases, according to data released through a public records request. Ethan Corey, George Joseph
An Inside Look At An Ohio Police Force’s Race Problem A white cop joked about bringing explosives to a Black Lives Matter protest in Columbus with no consequences. A black cop joked about ‘black on black’ crime and may be fired. George Joseph
