Newly Signed Bill Will Have Michigan Prisons Registered To Vote Upon Release
#Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill, House Bill 4983, to register individuals leaving Michigan prisons to vote...
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Dec 15, 20231 min read
Steps Toward Limits On County-Wide Cash Bail Suffers Major Setback
A lawsuit challenging the legality of# LosAngeles County's new bail schedule faced a setback as an #OrangeCounty Superior Court Judge,...
Dec 14, 20231 min read
Protester Settles With Sacramento For $3 Million With The City After She Is Blinded By Police
Shantania Love, who lost her left eye after being hit by a rubber bullet during a 2020 protest against #police brutality in #Sacramento,...
Dec 14, 20231 min read
Nearly 700 Lawsuits Allege Decades Of Physical and Sexual Abuse At Rikers Island
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, allowing survivors of sexual assault, including current or...
Dec 14, 20231 min read
Marvin Haynes Free After Serving 19 Years On A Murder Charge He Didn't Commit
Marvin Haynes, convicted in 2005 for the 2004 killing of a flower shop clerk in #Minneapolis, has been freed after the prosecutor's...
Dec 14, 20231 min read
KYRC Podcast Episode 6: Educating The Youth On Financial Freedom
KYRC's volunteer Alysha Pamphile and Yesi Ortiz speak with financial advisor from the JP Morgan Private Bank Caleb Dawkins. Dawkins has...
Dec 13, 20231 min read
Wyoming School Officer Assaults 8-Year-Old Boy With Disabilities
A federal lawsuit claims a second-grade boy with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, currently identified by his initials J.D., was...
Dec 13, 20231 min read
General Motors Expels Security Firm Personnel from Premises Amid Allegations of Racism and Abuse
General Motors (GM) has directed a private security police force accused of longstanding racism and abuse towards Black individuals at...
Dec 13, 20231 min read
SCOUS Rules That 83-Year-Old Woman Can Sue California Police Department After Traffic Stop & Attack
In 2019, 83-year-old Elise Brown, a petite woman standing at just over 5 feet and weighing 117 pounds, found herself at the center of a...
Dec 13, 20231 min read
Advanced Placement, African American Studies Revisions, Will Include Colin Kaepernick's 2016 Protest
In its latest version, an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course for U.S. high schools introduces substantial content,...
Dec 11, 20232 min read
Former Police Officer Michael Pessoa Pleads Guilty To Excessive Force & Civil Rights Violations
Former Fall River #police officer Michael Pessoa, already serving time for a prior conviction, has pleaded guilty to two additional cases...
Dec 8, 20232 min read
Reports Claim Rankin County Sheriff Officers Called The "Goon Squad" Terrorized Citizens
Several deputies from the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in #Mississippi, known as the "Goon Squad," have been implicated in a...
Dec 7, 20232 min read
Video Shows Female Officer Using Taser On Handcuffed Black Man
In Reform, #Alabama, a #police officer is currently on leave as authorities investigate a disturbing arrest caught on video over the...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
Students Protest Black High School Girl's Suspension After White Male Peer Attacked Her
Students at Shawnee Mission East High School in #Kansas are expressing dissatisfaction with the administration's handling of a recent...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
110 Convictions of Black Soldiers Over 1917 Houston Riots Set Aside By The United States Army
In response to the 1917 #Houston riots during the World War I era, the convictions of 110 Black soldiers have been overturned by the US...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
High School Enforces Another Suspension for Darryl George Over Locs Hairstyle
Barbers Hill High School in #Texas has reignited a controversy over its dress code policy as it sends Black student Darryl George back to...
Dec 7, 20232 min read
Charges Dropped For 17 Texas Police Officers Regarding Their Tactics Deployed During 2020 Protest
Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza, who initially oversaw indictments against over 20 #Austin police officers for their tactics...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
KYRC Podcast Episode 5: Art & Activism
For this episode of the KYRC Podcast, host Miabelle joins KYRC Youth Ambassador Shandra Rogers as they speak with New Orleans-based...
Dec 5, 20232 min read
Studies Show Young Black Males With ADHD Are Underdiagnosed & Undertreated
Wesley Jackson Wade, a licensed clinical mental health counselor in Durham, #NorthCarolina, shares his personal journey of being...
Dec 4, 20232 min read
After 25 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Manhattan Double Homicide, Jabar Walker Is Exonerated
#JabarWalker has been exonerated in #Manhattan after spending more than 25 years wrongfully convicted for a double homicide. The...
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