Mock Slave Auction On Snapchat Leads To 6 Teens Charged In Racial Bullying Incident
In #Massachusetts, six juveniles were charged with involvement in a racially charged online bullying incident, which featured abhorrent...
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Mar 231 min read
Governor Signs Bill Restricting DEI Programs In Public Schools
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill limiting the teaching of "divisive concepts" and restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion...
Mar 221 min read
House Votes To Remove DEI Offices At Public Universities
The Kentucky House voted to significantly cut funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at public universities. This...
Mar 221 min read
All 6 Police Officers From The "Goon Squad" Was Sentenced To Prison For Torturing Two Black Men
In Mississippi, six former white officers were sentenced for illegally entering a home and torturing two Black men, Michael Corey Jenkins...
Mar 211 min read
Senate Considers Bill Preventing Cities From Being Able To Defund Their Police
Four years following nationwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality, with activists advocating to "defund the police,"...
Mar 211 min read
City To Provide Lawyers For Officers Accused Of Police Brutality
In Fayetteville, officials have agreed to offer legal support to police officers implicated in a brutality lawsuit stemming from a 2020...
Mar 202 min read
Former Rankin County Deputies Sentenced To Prison For Torturing Two Black Men
Former Mississippi sheriff deputies Daniel Ready Opdyke and Christian Lee Dedmon were sentenced to federal prison for torturing and...
Mar 201 min read
Family Of Immanueal Jaquez Clark-Johnson Are Suing City & Officer Involved
The family of Immanueal Jaquez Clark-Johnson, a 30-year-old man shot in the back by #Portland police officer Christopher Sathoff, is...
Mar 202 min read
C.J. Rice Freed From Prison After Spending Over A Dozen Years In Jail
C.J. Rice, a man convicted of a 2011 shooting in #Philadelphia, has been declared legally innocent and freed after more than 12 years in...
Mar 191 min read
Family Of Darryl Williams Files Federal Wrongful Death Lawsuit After He Was Stunned Six Times In Fatal Arrest
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has filed a $25 million federal wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Darryl Tyree Williams' family....
Mar 191 min read
The Conviction Of Ex-Cop Who Killed Naked Black Veteran Overturned
An appeals court has overturned the conviction of former DeKalb County police officer Robert "Chip" Olsen, who was previously found...
Mar 192 min read
"Goon Squad" Member Hunter Elward Gets 20 Years In Prison For Torturing 2 Black Men
In a harrowing incident that unfolded in Braxton, #Mississippi, six former officers from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and...
Mar 181 min read
Minnesota Affirms Denied Teaching License For Ex-Cop Who Killed Philando Castile
The #Minnesota Court of Appeals confirmed a decision that prevents Jeronimo Yanez, the ex-police officer who shot and killed...
Mar 171 min read
Probation Officer In L.A. County Accused Of Sexually Abusing Jailed Youth
A #LosAngeles County probation officer was apprehended on March 7 for allegations of engaging in sexual activities with a minor at a...
Mar 172 min read
“Justice For Breonna Taylor Act” Introduced As A No-Knock Warrant Ban
Four years after #BreonnaTaylor's tragic death during a no-knock warrant raid by #Louisville Metro #Police, bipartisan efforts by...
Mar 172 min read
Ex-Cop Who Made Man Lick Urine Off Jail Floor Pleads Guilty
In #Jackson, #Mississippi, ex-police officer Michael Christian Green, 26, admitted guilt to a federal civil rights misdemeanor for...
Mar 172 min read
Following Anti-DEI Proposal, American Academy of Dermatology Votes To Keep Its Diversity Policies
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) recently voted against a proposal to terminate its diversity, equity, and inclusion (#DEI)...
Mar 151 min read
Group Representing Descendants Of Enslaved Black American Call To Have Property Taxes Waived
A group in #Chicago, Reconstruction Era Reparations Act Now (RERAN), is advocating for the waiver of property taxes for descendants of...
Mar 151 min read
Black Woman Stabbed On Public Bus Over Her Race
In Kent, #Washington, a man was apprehended for committing a hate crime and aggravated assault following an incident where an...
Mar 141 min read
Minority-Business Agency Must Be Opened To All Races According To Federal Judge
In Texas, a federal judge has ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), established in 1969 to support minority-owned...
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