Investigation Started Over Alleged Sexual Misconduct Of Asylum Seekers By Chicago Police
The Chicago Police Department is currently facing a troubling investigation regarding allegations of sexual misconduct involving recently...
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Sep 22, 20231 min read
Advanced Placement African American Studies Course Approved By Virginia Department Of Education
Virginia students will have the opportunity to take the College Board’s Advanced Placement course in African American Studies after six...
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Viral Video Shows Black Man Being Attacked By Several Police For Breaking Into His Own Car
Video footage has recently emerged depicting an incident in Detroit where several police officers forcibly apprehended an unidentified...
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Los Angeles Residents Affected By 2021 Botched LAPD Fireworks Explosion Still Can't Come Home
Over two years have passed since a disastrous fireworks explosion due to Los Angeles Police Department negligence devastated a South...
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Andrew Lester Pleads Not Guilty To Shooting Black Teenager Who Accidentally Went To Wrong House
Kansas City resident Andrew Lester will face charges in shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who had mistakenly entered his home. Lester...
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Black High School Student In Texas Served In-School Suspension Over Twisted Dreadlocks
Darryl George, a Black high school student in Mont Belvieu, Texas, found himself facing a second in-school suspension over his hairstyle,...
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Pre-Trial Fairness Act Makes Illinois The 1st To Abolish Cash Bail
A component of the SAFE-T Act called The Pre-Trial Fairness Act that abolishes cash bail has gone into effect in Illinois recently....
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Former Missouri Cop Gets Five Years Probation For Shooting Fleeing Vehicle Several Times
In Clayton, Missouri, former police officer Matthew Schanz was sentenced to five years of probation following a shooting incident where...
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Jury Rules Mississippi Officers Who Killed Ismael Lopez After Going Into Wrong House Were Justified
A Mississippi jury delivered a verdict in a civil lawsuit claiming that Southaven police officers Zachary Durden and Samuel Maze were...
Sep 21, 20232 min read
U.S. Marshals Service Finds Way To Circumvent President Biden's Executive Order To Phase Out Private
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) found a new way to bypass President Biden's executive order to phase out private prisons and paying a...
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Zoning Changes On Sapelo Island Threaten Georgia Slave Descendants In Georgia
Descendants of enslaved individuals on Georgia's Sapelo Island are fighting against zoning changes they believe favor wealthy buyers,...
Sep 21, 20232 min read
Colorado Deputies Fired After Probe Relating To Using Taser Against Handcuffed Man
Two Colorado sheriff's deputies, Deputy Mikhail Noel and Lt. Henry Trujillo have been terminated following an investigation that revealed...
Sep 21, 20231 min read
KYRC Autopsy Initiative X University of Southern California Agents of Change
Know Your Rights Camp’s Autopsy Initiative, in partnership with the University of Southern California-based program The Agents of Change...
Sep 20, 20231 min read
Former East Cleveland Cops Sentenced For Stealing Thousands Of Dollars From People Pulled Over
Two former East Cleveland, Ohio police officers have been sentenced for their involvement in stealing thousands of dollars from...
Sep 20, 20231 min read
Medical Equipment Manufactures Are Blocking IV Equipment For Lethal Injection
Medical equipment manufacturers including Baxter International Inc., B. Braun Medical Inc., Fresenius Kabi and Johnson & Johnson have...
Sep 20, 20231 min read
Protesters & NAACP To Receive Over $3 Million From The City of San Jose Over Excessive Police Force
The City of San Jose has agreed to a $3 million settlement in an excessive police force case stemming from the George Floyd protest over...
Sep 19, 20231 min read
North Carolina Judge Anita Earls Files Lawsuit After Being Investigated For Saying Racial Bias Exist
Anita Earls, a North Carolina Supreme Court Justice, filed a federal lawsuit against the state's judicial standards commission. She...
Sep 19, 20231 min read
Florida Opponents Of DeSantis’ Controversial Black History Curriculum Push Back With Rallies
The widespread outcry came from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' controversial updates to the Black history lesson curriculum statewide....
Sep 19, 20231 min read
Colorado Officer Charged With Placing Handcuffed Suspect Into Police Vehicle That Was Hit By Train
Jordan Steinke, a Colorado police officer who placed a handcuffed suspect into a police SUV that was subsequently struck by a train, has...
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Texas Federal Judge Rules DACA Illegal: Faces U.S. Supreme Court Appeal
Federal Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas has declared that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (or DACA)...
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