Jamar Clark, the 24-year-old man who was shot by Minneapolis police after an altercation Sunday, was taken off life support Monday and has died, officials announced Tuesday, Reuters reports. Clark’s shooting sparked several protests in and around Minneapolis after witnesses and community activists said that Clark was in handcuffs when police shot him, a charge…

Attorneys for a mentally disabled South Carolina man have filed a lawsuit against his employers, claiming that the owner and a manager beat him, called him racial slurs and forced him to work long hours for little to no pay. According to the Post and Courier, two attorneys—Mullins McLeod and David Aylor—representing Christopher Smith claim…

Baseball legend Willie Mays will receive the nation’s highest civilian award—the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the White House announced in a statement Monday. The Hall of Fame center fielder, who spent the majority of his 22-year career with the New York and San Francisco Giants, is one of 17 honorees who will receive the award from…

The mayor of Minneapolis has called for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting Sunday of a black man who witnesses say was handcuffed. According to the Associated Press, Mayor Betsy Hodges on Monday wrote to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the U.S. attorney for Minnesota, asking for an…

Hank Williams, a champion for diversity in technology who worked tirelessly to demand that companies rethink hiring practices and initiatives to employ women and people of color, died Sunday. Williams, 50, a resident of New York, had been hospitalized for over a week while battling “pneumonia and myocarditis, which can be caused by a viral…

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…