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  • Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter 'Self-Radicalized' Online, Prosecutors Say

    Accused Charleston, S.C., shooter Dylann Roof “self-radicalized” online, adopting viewpoints that were reportedly acquired through material found online and elsewhere, federal prosecutors say, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, rather than adopting his beliefs “through his personal associations or experiences with white supremacist groups or individuals or others,” prosecutors say, Roof adopted his…

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  • Federal Judge Finds Ferguson, Mo., School Elections Unfair to Black Voters 

    A federal judge ruled Monday that the Ferguson-Florissant School District in suburban St. Louis must change its election process, after finding that the current school system is unfair to black voters, USA Today reports. According to the report, U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel found that the current system illegally undermines the political power of black…

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  • 2 Body Cameras Captured Footage of Sylville Smith Shooting Death, Attorney General Says 

    Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says that two body cameras captured the fatal police shooting of Sylville Smith in Milwaukee, CBS News reports. According to the report, the vantage points of the two videos are similar. Smith was shot to death Aug. 13 by an officer after fleeing a traffic stop. Authorities say that footage…

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  • President Obama to Visit Baton Rouge

    President Barack Obama is scheduled to travel to Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday to get a firsthand look at the damage left by floods that have devastated the area. According to the White House, Obama will hear from local officials about the response to the disaster and will talk about how the federal government can assist and…

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  • ‘White Lives Matter’ Group Protests Outside Houston NAACP 

    About 20 members of a “White Lives Matter” group protested outside the NAACP in Houston’s 3rd Ward Sunday, calling out what they said was the civil rights organization’s failure to speak out against pro-black organizations like Black Lives Matter, SFGate reports. “We came out here to protest against the NAACP and their failure in speaking…

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  • Al Sharpton to Question 'Right-Wing Motives' in Bringing Up Nate Parker College Rape Accusations 

    The Rev. Al Sharpton is slated to discuss “conservative right-wing attempts” to discredit Nate Parker and his upcoming film, The Birth of a Nation, during National Action Network’s action rally and radio broadcast Saturday. According to a press release by NAN, Sharpton will question the “right-wing motives” of bringing up the 17-year-old rape case as a…

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  • Miss. Cop Fired After Viral Video Shows Him Soliciting Sex

    A Jackson, Miss., police officer was fired after video surfaced of him soliciting sex, reportedly from a teen, on Facebook, WAPT reports. In the minute-long video, which includes graphic language, the officer can be heard telling the young lady, “Man, you look like you’re scared to f—k.” “You said you wasn’t going to school,” the…

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  • Emmett Till's Casket Is ‘One of Our Most Sacred Objects’ at African-American History Museum 

    Curating for a museum is no doubt a difficult job, and one of the more difficult decisions that Lonnie Bunch III—founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture—remembers grappling with was whether to include the casket that once held the brutalized remains of Emmett Till. “I remember struggling with, ‘Should we…

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  • DOJ to End Use of Private Prisons

    The Department of Justice says it will stop using private prisons, saying that the facilities are less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than government-run prisons, the Washington Post reports. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates made the announcement Thursday in a memo that instructed officials to decline to renew contracts with private prisons…

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  • ProPublica Releases Video Showing in-Custody Death of Vachel Howard 

    ProPublica has released the video of the in-custody death of Vachel Howard that, it says, the Los Angeles Police Department didn’t want released. Howard died June 4, 2012, while in the custody of the LAPD’s 77th Street Station jail. The 56-year-old grandfather of seven had been taken into custody for driving while intoxicated and had…

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