Updated Monday, July 27, 6 p.m. EDT: Ralkina Jones, 37, of Cleveland argued with an ex outside a Save-a-Lot store in Cleveland Heights Friday before she was arrested and charged with “assault, domestic violence, endangering a child and criminal mischief,” according to CBS 5. According to Cleveland Heights police officials who spoke with the news…

What started as a peaceful gathering at the first Black Lives Matter conference to discuss police brutality against African Americans ended with a 14-year-old boy being arrested and several conference attendees being pepper-sprayed by police. The National Convening of the Movement for Black Lives began Friday at Cleveland State University and was ending Sunday when…

Newark, N.J., police are investigating an alleged Facebook exchange between a onetime city police officer and an active-duty city police lieutenant in which “Ras Baraka, the city’s African-American mayor, is referred to as a gorilla,” the Star-Ledger reports. According to the Star-Ledger, the reported incident, a screenshot of which was sent to police officials, violates the…

The mother of Sandra Bland told the Rev. Al Sharpton, in an exclusive interview with MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, that she doesn’t believe the current investigation into her daughter’s death will lead to the truth. For those answers, she is looking to God. “I have confidence in God and knowing that he is in control and he…

Kindra Chapman’s family believe that the 18-year-old, who was found dead in a Alabama jail cell last week, committed suicide by hanging herself with a bed sheet, AL.com reports. “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support for Kindra. We are devastated that she is gone, and we miss her terribly,” the family noted…

A Detroit EMT who refused to enter a family’s home May 30 to help save an 8-month-old baby who had stopped breathing has been fired. According to Click on Detroit, Detroit Fire Commissioner Edsel Jenkins fired Ann Marie Thomas after the veteran medic received a call about a baby, Aniyah Wright, who had stopped breathing.…

Former Police Officer Bobby Berger wanted to raise money for the six Baltimore officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, so his plan was to hold a fundraiser where he would perform in blackface. According to the Baltimore Sun, Berger, 67, lost his job as a cop in the 1980s after receiving…

An exasperated Sandra Bland left what is now a haunting voice mail on her friend’s phone shortly after seeing a judge. “I’m still just at a loss for words, honestly, at this whole process,” Bland said on the message obtained by KTRK. “How did switching lanes with no signal turn into all of this? I…

James Minor only wanted some hot Bojangles’ chicken when he pulled into the drive-thru of the Henrico County, Va., fast-food chain last week. But shortly after receiving his chicken, he realized it was cold. “I sent it back to the person who was working the window and I asked them to get some fresh chicken,”…