This month, an Ohio family will gather for their fifth holiday season without Casey Goodson. The 23-year-old was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy while trying to enter his home on Dec. 4, 2020, in Columbus in Franklin County. He was holding keys to the front door in one hand and a bag of Subway […]
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Officer Found Not Guilty in Killing of Pregnant Black Mother Ta’Kiya Young
The Ohio police officer who shot and killed Ta’Kiya Young was acquitted Friday on all counts, including murder. Young was an excited mom of two little boys, and pregnant with her first daughter, when she encountered Connor Grubb at a Kroger supermarket parking lot on Aug. 24, 2023. She was accused of shoplifting by a […]
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Casey Goodson’s Family Settles Civil Claim for $7M Over Fatal Police Shooting
For over three years, the family of Casey Goodson Jr. has not stopped their pursuit of justice. A year after Michael Jason Meade — a now former Franklin County, Ohio, sheriff’s SWAT deputy — was indicted for shooting Goodson in the back five times, Goodson’s family filed a wrongful death claim and a federal civil […]
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In This Ohio County, a Historic District Attorney Race Spotlights Police Killings
UPDATE: Shayla Favor received 41% of the votes in the March 19 Democratic contest for Franklin County prosecutor, compared to 35% for Anthony Pierson and 24% for Natalia Harris, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Favor will go against Republican John Rutan in the general election on Nov. 5. The stakes remain high in Columbus, Ohio. As […]