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Apr 26, 20242 min read
Dr. James D. Griffin Becomes First Black President Of Medical Staff At Segregated Hospital He Was Born InÂ
James D. Griffin, M.D., has a lifelong connection to UT Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital, beginning with his birth at Parkland...


Apr 26, 20242 min read
Black Man Speaks On Being Attacked By K-9 Over Cop Mistake In Reading His License Plate InformationÂ
Brandon Upchurch, a 38-year-old man from Toledo, Ohio, reported feeling traumatized after police mistakenly identified his vehicle as...


Apr 25, 20241 min read
3 Police Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter Over 2021 Death Of Mario GonzalezÂ
Nearly three years after the death of Mario Gonzalez in the Bay Area during an arrest, charges of involuntary manslaughter have been...


Apr 25, 20242 min read
Turning Paige's Islamic Learning Center Owner Wins $4.1 Million Police Brutality Verdict
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $4.1 million to Paige Goodin, a child-care center operator in West Philadelphia, for an incident that...


Apr 25, 20242 min read
More Families Come Forward Claiming Deceased Inmates Had Organs Removed Without Their Consent
In Alabama, two families faced distressing revelations when they discovered that the organs of their deceased relatives, who were...


Apr 22, 20242 min read
Rikers Island Is Violating An 8-Year-Old Court Mandating Access To Education For Incarcerated People Under 22 According To New Court Filings
In June, New York City Mayor Eric Adams addressed Rikers Island graduates who earned high-school-equivalence diplomas while incarcerated,...


Apr 22, 20242 min read
New Bill Introduced Will Create Hotline For Prisoners To Report Misconduct To An Accountability Office
A bipartisan bill set to be introduced on Wednesday aims to enhance oversight of federal prisons, addressing multiple issues, including...


Apr 19, 20241 min read
Police Tasered Man Having Diabetic Emergency At Walmart
In Spruce Pine, N.C., a controversial police incident involving Dillon Ledford, who was arrested at a Walmart during a diabetic...


Apr 19, 20242 min read
Women’s Prison Where Inmates Were Subjected To Sex Abuse Closed By Bureau Of Prisons
The federal Bureau of Prisons announced the closure of FCI Dublin, a women’s prison in California notoriously dubbed the "rape club" due...


Apr 19, 20241 min read
Deputy Christopher Bingham Faces Multiple Charges For Crimes Committed With Local Motorcycle Gang
Christopher Bingham, a deputy in San Bernardino County and a gun store owner, faces charges for leading a double life involving criminal...

Apr 19, 20241 min read
Senate Committee Shuts Down Body Cam Transparency BillÂ
A proposed bill in Alabama to make body camera footage publicly accessible was voted down by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, with...

Apr 18, 20242 min read
The Right To Mass Protest In Louisiana, Mississippi & Texas Is Abolished By The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has opted not to review the Mckesson v. Doe case, leaving a lower court's decision intact. This ruling poses...


Apr 18, 20241 min read
Lawyers Want Body Camera Footage Of Ex-Police Sergeant Mark Oakley Following 14 Complaints Of Police Brutality
Lawyers are pushing for the release of body camera footage from ex-Warrenton Police Sergeant Mark Oakley, who was involved in alleged...


Apr 17, 20241 min read
Affirmative Action Ruling Finds Duke University Ending Full-Ride Scholarship Program For Selected Black Students
Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, established in 1979 for top African American...


Apr 17, 20241 min read
Morgan Price Makes History As The First HBCU Gymnast To Win National Collegiate TitleÂ
Morgan Price, a gymnast from Fisk University, made history by becoming the first athlete from a historically Black college or university...

Apr 17, 20242 min read
Black Teenager Ralph Yarl Relives Being Shot In The Head By Andrew Lester After Ringing Wrong DoorbellÂ
Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager from Kansas City, is still grappling with the impact of a traumatic incident nearly a year ago when he was...


Apr 17, 20242 min read
Man Says Police Tased Him During Medical Seizure & Tried To Cover It Up
In San Anselmo, California, Bruce Frankel, 61, is suing the Central Marin Police Authority following an incident where officers used a...

Apr 13, 20241 min read
Officer Who Blinded Black Woman During 2020 Protest ExoneratedÂ
In 2020, Sacramento police officer Jeremy Ratcliffe was exonerated for shooting a pepper ball that resulted in Nia Love losing an eye...


Apr 13, 20241 min read
Associated Press Report Shows How A Secondary Autopsy Disproved Police's Initial Accounts Of Jameek Lowery's Death
Jameek Lowery's tragic death in Paterson, New Jersey, sparked controversy and community outrage, highlighting ongoing racial tensions...


Apr 12, 20241 min read
Non-compliance With In-Jail Voting Law Leads To ACLU To Threaten LawsuitsÂ
The ACLU of Nevada is set to file lawsuits against several county and city jails for non-compliance with a new state law enacted earlier...
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