Large groups of demonstrators marched up from Times Square to Rockefeller Center, where the scene was set for a festive televised Christmas-tree lighting Wednesday evening, to protest the news that a Staten Island grand jury would not charge the white New York City police officer accused of choking Eric Garner and causing his death. The…

A Staten Island, N.Y., grand jury has decided not to charge New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who administered the fatal choke hold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner, the New York Daily News reports. The news comes only a week after then-Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted for killing unarmed teen Michael…

Moments after the Nov. 24 prime-time press conference held by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch to announce what was, effectively, the indictment of black Twitter, Michael Brown, the media and anyone else not named Darren Wilson, CNN ran, on continuous loop, a raw, emotional reaction from Louis Head, Brown’s stepfather, in which he…

Updated Wed., Dec. 3, 2:32 p.m. EST: A grand jury has decided not to indict the police officer involved in the Eric Garner choke hold case. More to come. Earlier: A Staten Island, N.Y., grand jury could render a decision as early as Wednesday on whether charges will be brought against officers in the case…

Soccer star Mario Balotelli, who has endured numerous racial taunts as a striker for Liverpool, England, is now being accused of throwing his own racist and anti-Semitic jabs on social media. According to the Associated Press, Balotelli took to his Instagram page and “posted a photo of the video game character Super Mario with whom…

Before the St. Louis Rams would destroy the Oakland Raiders 52-0 on Sunday at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, they wanted protesters in Ferguson, Mo., and all around the world to know that they stood in solidarity with them.   Five St. Louis Rams players emerged from the tunnel during pregame introductions and stood with…

On a brisk day around 4:30 p.m. in Pontiac, Mich., a black man was walking down the street with his hands in his pockets when a police officer stopped him. His charge: walking with his hands in his pockets.   This is not a joke. Video of the incident, which has been making the rounds across…

Over the weekend Darren Wilson, the Ferguson Missouri police officer who wasn’t indicted for fatally shooting unarmed teen Michael Brown, resigned from the police force, and the Ferguson mayor says that this ends the relationship between the city and Wilson. According to the Associated Press, Wilson, who had been on paid administrative leave since the…