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Minneapolis agrees to pay $600,000 to journalist Linda Tirado, who lost an eye covering a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest
Journalist Linda Tirado told Insider that she hopes the settlement teaches police "there will be co…
Charles R. Davis
After being shot in the face while covering a protest, a freelance journalist and her attorney alleged a conspiracy. A judge just ruled to let the case move forward.
Linda Tirado, who was left partially blinded, told Insider about a recent legal victory in her case…
Charles Davis
A journalist sued the city of Minneapolis, saying she was blinded after being shot in the face by police during a George Floyd protest
Linda Tirado says the police shot her with a "non-lethal" projectile that damaged her left eye whil…
Charles Davis
'My face exploded': Police firing rubber bullets have wounded and permanently disabled protesters and journalists
Experts tell Insider that rubber bullets are considered "less lethal" weapons — a "legitimate tool"…
Rhea Mahbubani
US police used excessive force at least 125 times in the 10 days after the police killing of George Floyd, according to a new report
A new 68-page report from Amnesty International details repeated instances of excessive force at Bl…
Charles Davis
The US response to the George Floyd protests feels uncannily familiar to people who lived through the start of the Arab Spring
The George Floyd protests have prompted comparisons to the Arab Spring. Those who lived through the…
Mia Jankowicz
Journalists demand end to harassment after US police launch over 100 attacks on the press this past weekend
An open letter from leading press groups calls on US law enforcement "to halt the deliberate and de…
Charles Davis
Minneapolis's schools and city agencies are cutting ties with the police department as it stares down a civil rights probe into systemic discrimination
The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Minneapolis law enforcement of violating the con…
Rhea Mahbubani
A journalist who's worked with PBS and National Geographic tells us what it was like being shot in the eye by law enforcement in Portland
Trip Jennings talked to Business Insider about being shot in the face with a less-lethal round whil…
Charles Davis
Rubber bullets can cause blindness, fractures, and organ injury. Here's what to do if you get hit.
When fired at too close a range or too high, rubber bullets can be dangerous and even deadly. Here'…
Anna Medaris Miller
'Being poor in America is a full-time job': The astronomical cost of banking while poor
Mehrsa Baradaran is a professor at UC Irvine whose recent books are titled "How the Other Half Bank…