Residuum: What Really Happened at the Fatal Police Stop That Took Her Fiance

by Nissa Tzun | June 18, 2018 7:00 am

Eyewitness Amber Bustillos challenges Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s official narrative of the Junior Lopez police homicide.

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Called to Deeply Listen to Those Impacted by Police Violence

Nissa Tzun October 18, 2018 1:32 pm

Hearing families who have been impacted by police violence speak is always a transformative and powerful experience for me. While…

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Memphis Sanitation Workers, on MLK Legacy and the Road to Dignity

Christen Hill June 7, 2018 12:16 pm

50 years later, sanitation workers say 'If MLK was living today, he would be ashamed of the way Memphis treats its sanitation workers.'...

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Unarmed & Black: Keith Childress, Jr. remembered, and the growing list of loved ones left behind after police violence

Nissa Tzun May 29, 2018 4:00 am

Family, friends and supporters of police violence victim Keith Childress, Jr. demand justice for his murder. His mother, Jacqueline Lawrence, lives in Phoenix,...

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The families left behind after police killings share their stories in multimedia series, Residuum

Nissa Tzun April 11, 2018 7:43 am

Despite the mainstream media attention excessive-use-of-force cases has received over the last several years, family and community voices are not uplifted and o...

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What Happened In Parkland Hits Home in Las Vegas

Karl Catarata March 7, 2018 7:00 am

trigger warning: death, gun violence This year, February 14th fell on both Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday. The scene here…

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Students have had enough of shootings

Karl Catarata March 6, 2018 1:57 pm

This letter to the editor originally published in the Las Vegas Sun. This year, Feb. 14 was both Valentine’s Day…