LeBron James was given a challenge Monday by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to match the reward money for the gunman who ambushed and shot two deputies over the weekend.
Texas City Commissioner Gabriel Salinas was fatally shot in a police encounter. The police and sheriff's deputy responded to the city commissioner's home in response to a domestic disturbance call, authorities said.
Investigators found the accused officer failed to administer first-aid following the shooting. The district attorney's office also discovered the victim was held down and repeatedly kicked while he struggled for his life.
While there is widespread agreement that race relations in the U.S. are in a sorry state, but racial division exists regarding race relations' contribution to police violence. Multicultural groups in the U.S. are far more skeptical than whites about law enforcement's efforts to control crime. Also, Democrats are more disposed to mistrust law enforcement.
While the shooting death and chokehold strangling of unarmed African American men and women by police officers has been mainstreamed, there has been distinct silence surrounding police killings of unarmed Latino men and women. Many who are vocal on the matter insist that #BrownLivesMatter tells a very different story than #BlackLivesMatter.
