Protests erupted Sunday in Minneapolis after witnesses said an officer shot a handcuffed black man. Around 12:45 a.m., police were responding to an assault call that escalated to a “help” call when the suspect reportedly returned to the area, “confronting paramedics and disrupting their ability to render aid,” according to a police statement viewed by…

Jonathan Dotson Sr., 31, was shot and killed Nov. 7, his body left in a New Orleans house that was under construction. Alonia Singleton, a crime-lab technician, had been called out to photograph the crime scene when she recognized the victim’s tattoo. Before Dotson’s body was placed in a body bag, Singleton asked if the…

Corey Jones, 31, was waiting alongside a Florida highway next to his broken-down car last month when a Florida police officer shot and killed him. Now that officer has been fired, CNN reports. Palm Beach Gardens Police Officer Nouman Raja had been on paid administrative leave since fatally shooting Jones Oct. 18. Raja, wearing plain…

Security was increased on Howard University’s campus after an anonymous post threatening to kill students was posted online. According to NBC 4 Washington, the racist rant was posted on the website 4Chan Wednesday around 7:30 p.m. and claimed, after protests and the resignation of University of Missouri President Tom Wolfe, who had failed to address…

A Detroit McDonald’s employee who lured an elderly homeless to the drive-up window with the promise of a sandwich, only to throw water on him, has been fired after video of the incident went viral, upsetting many who watched it. “I am very disturbed by the inappropriate behavior of this employee,” McDonald’s franchisee Wise Finley…

A video uploaded to Facebook shows the moment when six Australian teens were denied entry to an Apple store and told to leave because staff and security were worried they “might steal something.” According to The Guardian, all six teens were met by an Apple staff member and two security guards Tuesday as they tried…

Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, a 13-year-old South Carolina boy was home alone when a car pulled up behind his house. The driver stayed in the car while an armed man exited the vehicle and began walking toward the home. The teen did not know the men but knew where his mother kept her gun, so…

An 8-year-old Alabama boy has been charged with murder for reportedly beating a 1-year-old girl to death, and the girl’s mother has been charged with manslaughter after, police claim, she and a friend left the baby and four other children in the boy’s care while they went to a nightclub. “There are just too many…

Some call it twerking; Washington, D.C., police call it sexual abuse. One woman has been arrested and a second is being sought after both women reportedly gyrated their backsides against a man and fondled his genitalia. According to the Huffington Post, the two African-American women were captured on video Oct. 7 around 4 p.m. inside…

In July, 90-year-old World War II veteran Johnnie Hodges Sr. was forcibly removed from his Buffalo, N.Y., home, where he lived for more than 60 years, after falling behind on his mortgage payments. Hodges became delinquent on the payments while caring for his wife, Flora, who was in failing health with Alzheimer’s disease, WKBW reports.…