A South Carolina prosecutor will pursue capital punishment in the case of accused murderer Dylann Roof, WCSC reports.  The state’s 9th Judicial Circuit solicitor, Scarlett Wilson, said on Thursday that the state will seek the death penalty against Roof, who is accused of murdering nine worshippers, including a state senator, in the tragic June massacre…

At a Wednesday hearing in the case of the slaying of Freddie Gray, the first since six police officers were criminally charged in Gray’s death, protesters showed up outside the Baltimore City Circuit Court to voice their concerns, the Associated Press reports. Sheriff’s deputies patrolled the streets around the courthouse as protesters carried signs reading,…

ABC News reports it received a fax from a man claiming to be alleged gunman Bryce Williams, legal name Vester Lee Flanagan II, in the form of a 23-page document titled a “Suicide Note for Friends and Family,” shortly after two reporters were shot and killed. According to ABC, the author wrote that the recent Charleston, S.C.,…

Iconic civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson, who almost died while helping to lead the march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., during “Bloody Sunday” in 1965, has passed away at the age of 104, her son, Bruce Boynton, confirmed to the Associated Press. Boynton Robinson was among the many individuals fighting for civil rights who…

Blackout for Human Rights, a collective of actors, artists and activists speaking out for justice, will be holding a one-day film festival, the first Blackout Music & Film Festival, in downtown Los Angeles Saturday. The festival, which organizers plan to host annually, will boast special film screenings, art installations, panel discussions and live musical performances…

“I don’t want to die in your cell.” Those were some of the last words Ohio mom Ralkina Jones spoke to Cleveland Heights police officers, a mere 15 hours or so before she was found dead in a jail cell, Cleveland.com reports. Jones, who died July 26, can be seen on body-camera footage talking candidly…

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with info about the cybersecurity firm ZeroFox. Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson is a prominent voice on the ground and online—and according to Vice News, his social media presence has been the target of monitoring by the Department of Homeland Security. According to a report by the news…

A Texas woman says she was sexually assaulted after being subjected to a vaginal search by Harris County deputies, who suspected her of possessing marijuana, KTRK reports. Charnesia Corley, 21, said that she was driving to the store on June 21 to get something for her sick mother when she was pulled over by a…

A state of emergency in St. Louis County did not prevent a controversial patriot organization from adding to the tensions felt across Ferguson, Mo., early Tuesday. According to NBC News, members of the Oath Keepers—an organization consisting of former members of the military, police officers and first responders that pledge to “defend the Constitution against…

Activists at a peaceful protest were arrested at the office of the U.S. Department of Justice in St. Louis Monday as witnessed in Vines uploaded by Twitter user and activist DeRay McKesson. Protesters were apparently staging a sit-in, urging the DOJ to do its job in the face of police violence, and blocking off the…