The former North Charleston, S.C., police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott in April said that he felt threatened by the 50-year-old father, who was seen in video footage attempting to flee, NBC News reports. “Just that three seconds of the video came out. And everybody thought I was racist, and I just got…

Baltimore’s Board of Estimates has approved the $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, who sustained a fatal injury while in police custody, which sparked outrage across the city, NPR reports. According to the report, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who sits on the board, said that the settlement will help the city “avoid continuing…

The city of Baltimore has agreed to a proposed $6.4 million wrongful death settlement in the case of Freddie Gray, who died in April from an injury sustained while he was in police custody, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, officials could announce the details of the proposed deal as early as Tuesday,…

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…