Four black New York state parole officers who were in the town of Ramapo in Rockland County, N.Y., last April claim that they were stopped by police and held at gunpoint for some six minutes, even though they were dressed in work clothes. Recently released footage obtained by the Journal News appears to confirm this…

Demetrius Blackwell, a 35-year-old from the New York City borough of Queens, was arrested and charged with attempted murder Saturday for allegedly shooting 25-year-old New York City Police Officer Brian Moore in the head, the Associated Press reports. Moore succumbed to his injuries and died Monday. Authorities are expected to upgrade the charges brought against Blackwell.…

Chipping away at the notion that only those on the political left are concerned with how bad things have gotten between law enforcement and African-American communities over the last several months, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that the growing tension between police and black people should be a concern shared…

At age 35, State’s Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby is the youngest chief prosecutor in a major city, and on Friday she moved the ball on a once-in-a-lifetime case that may go on to define her career in law enforcement: All six officers involved in the fatal detainment of 25-year-old Freddie Gray are being…

Knoyme King, a 50-year-old assistant at AT&T, says that she was asked to transfer data from her boss’s old phone to his new phone and found racist memes that were offensive to African Americans. That discovery, along with being denied promotions and getting meager salary raises, King said, led her to file a $100 million…

Freddie Gray—that was his “government” name; his friends knew him as Pepper—kept the ladies laughing and liked to get fresh with fashion accessories bought with money he received every month from a settlement. Gray had a twin sister who shed some light on the kind of person her twin brother was during statements she made…

A Georgia schoolteacher may soon find herself unemployed if the efforts of a local NAACP are successful, according to 13WMAZ. Nancy Perry, a teacher at Dublin Middle School, according to 41NBC, allegedly told her students last month that if their parents voted for President Barack Obama, “they’re evil,” and she doesn’t understand how they could…

Nigeria’s military tweeted Tuesday, announcing that it had rescued approximately 300 women and girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram. Although the rescue occurred, it is not certain if the nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist group last April were among those rescued, CNN reports. A military representative said that the rescued victims…

As people poured out of a Brooklyn, N.Y., funeral home after a service Monday evening, three gunmen drove by and fired shots into the crowd, killing two people and injuring six, the New York Daily News reports. The funeral service was held for 39-year-old Jose Luis Robles, who died of natural causes. The assailants began…

Baltimore gang members are telling local media outlets not to believe a word from police officials who said that gangs like the Bloods, the Crips and the Black Guerrilla Family have called a truce among one another so that they can unite to kill white police officers, Raw Story reported, via WBAL-TV.   Hundreds of…