Family and attorneys see "brutal treatment" meted out to 28-year-old Irvo Otieno in footage, a case that marks the latest example of a Black man's in-custody death in America.
Deputies in Virginia state charged with second-degree murder in death of Irvo Otieno, who US media say may have died from asphyxiation as he was being smothered on ground by officers.
Sheldon Thomas convicted over 2004 murder is found innocent as prosecutors establish he had been intentionally misidentified by police officers using a photo of another person with the same name.
Black man Nichols will be eulogised by Reverend Al Sharpton while family members of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, who were killed by police in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis in 2020, will also attend funeral.
Memphis city police chief disbands so-called Scorpion unit, citing a "cloud of dishonour" from officers who beat Nichols to death, sparking protests against police brutality.
Authorities release police video depicting five Memphis city officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man, who died in hospital on January 10, three days after being "beaten to a pulp."
Authorities charge five sacked Memphis policemen with second-degree murder and other crimes in arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after confrontation with officers during a traffic stop.
Relatives accuse Memphis city police officers of beating Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop in southern Tennessee state, causing him to have cardiac arrest and kidney failure.
Officials initially said Ronald Greene died driving his car but body-camera footage that was eventually made public revealed white officers dragging, beating and stunning Greene whose 2019 death fuelled a national debate over police brutality.
DNA evidence proves innocence of Maurice Hastings in the abduction and killing of Roberta Wydermyer in 1983, with California state officials saying the real killer died in 2020.
Family of Donovan Lewis, who was in bed when he was shot dead in Ohio state, says it plans to file a suit, while activists call for protest rallies to demand justice for the 20-year-old African American.
Patrick Lyoya's family demand white officer who shot him dead be persecuted, saying they fled war in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014 only to discover a "genocide" in US.
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