On Wednesday an ominous letter threatening the life of a black police officer and ending with the words “white power” was placed in Bridgeport, Conn., police officers’ mailboxes. Police are investigating the unsigned missive, which was written on Bridgeport Police Department letterhead and reportedly singled out a black officer, Clive Higgins, “who was acquitted last…

The James Robertson story was supposed to have a happy ending. The story of the 56-year-old Detroit factory worker who walks 21 miles to and from work each day warmed the hearts of the nation after his tale of perseverance went viral. Some $350,000 was raised for Robertson—not to mention, a local Ford dealership gave him a brand-new…

White fans of England’s Chelsea soccer team on their way to see the team play Tuesday stopped a black man from riding with them on a subway train in Paris, including pushing the man from the train several times while reportedly chanting, “We’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like it.” The incident,…

What happens when you mix the legacy of black protest in Oakland, Calif., racial injustice and 8- to 11-year-old girls? You get a revolutionary group called the Radical Brownies, “who don brown berets and participate in Black Lives Matter protests in order to help spread a message of racial justice,” KPIX reports. According to the…

Cortez Bufford, 18, was on the ground, surrounded by St. Louis cops, after a traffic stop in April 2014 when one of them, Kelli Swinton, reportedly told her fellow officers: “Hold up. Hold up, y’all. Hold up. Hold up, everybody, hold up. We’re red right now, so if you guys are worried about cameras, just wait.”…

Olivia Benito, 66, stopped at her neighbor’s house for a nightcap Saturday night, and in the morning Benito was found dead, facedown and covered in snow. Police believe she froze to death just steps from her home. According to NJ.com, the Lakewood, N.J., resident had had a few drinks during the day and a few…

A 56-year-old grandmother was arrested Saturday after she reportedly left her 5-year-old granddaughter in a car in below-freezing temperatures while she gambled at a New York casino. Renee Osby allegedly tried to bring her granddaughter, Jordan, into Resorts World Casino New York City in Queens earlier that day, but was denied when security told her…

A Fox News affiliate reportedly aired a photo of President Barack Obama as a rape suspect during a news segment Friday. According to the Times of San Diego, which initially caught the flub that aired on California news station KSWB around 10 p.m., a photo of President Obama was shown with the words “No Charges”…

Nine months ago a now-former Mississippi judge is alleged to have smacked a mentally disabled man before yelling, “Run, n—ger, run.” In response to that incident, a grand jury has “served an indictment for simple assault on a vulnerable adult,” the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. There was no word on why the process to indict former…