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  • Off-Duty NYC Cop Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder

    The off-duty New York City police officer who shot and killed Delrawn Small on July 4 in the city’s Brooklyn borough after an altercation sparked by road rage has been charged with second-degree murder, the New York Post reports. Wayne Isaacs is also facing charges of first-degree manslaughter after being indicted by a Brooklyn grand…

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  • Video Shows Ga. Deputies Using Taser on Unresisting Black Man From Behind 

    Video showing a black man standing up against a wall in the Richmond County (Ga.) Jail with his hands behind his back before deputies used a Taser on him directly contradicts a police report stating that the man had become combative, WSB-TV reports. Carlos Seals, the man in question, acknowledges that he used profanity toward the…

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  • University of ND Investigating Yet Another Racist Photo Incident

    Things are looking bad at the University of North Dakota. The school is investigating its second racially charged photo in just about as many days, Valley News Live reports. The photo in question, which was posted to social media, shows four white people wearing black facial masks with the caption “Black Lives Matter,” the site notes.…

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  • Identical Twin Confesses to 2003 Murder for Which Brother Was Convicted 

    Karl Smith took the witness stand at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Thursday and made a confession that stunned those present. Smith admitted to committing a 2003 murder for which his identical twin, Kevin Dugar, was put behind bars. “I’m here to confess to a crime I committed that he was wrongly…

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  • Racist Message Written on Dorm Whiteboard at SUNY College: ‘N–gers Deserve to Die’ 

    The College at Brockport, State University of New York, has launched an investigation after someone wrote “N—gers deserve to die” on a whiteboard in a college dorm earlier this week, WHAM reports. According to the station, students who live in the dorm are mostly people of color, a student said. University police are looking into the…

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  • Watch: Keith Lamont Scott's Wife Recorded Fatal Encounter With Police 

    Video  of Keith Lamont Scott’s fatal encounter with police in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday was taken by his wife, Rakeyia Scott, who shared the footage with NBC News. The video does not clearly show the exact moment the 43-year-old was shot, but it does capture the moments before and after the shooting. “He better not…

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  • Terence Crutcher's Death Ruled a Homicide 

    The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death of Terence Crutcher a homicide, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Crutcher died from a “penetrating gunshot wound of chest.” Crutcher was shot and killed by Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby, who has since been charged with first-degree manslaughter. Spokesperson of the medical…

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  • 86-Year-Old Woman Outraged After Thief's Probation: 'Drown in Your Own Tears' 

    Bernice Starnes, the 86-year-old who was the victim of a purse snatching earlier this month, says she is upset that the thief won’t be getting any jail time. “They give that bitch five years’ probation, no jail time?” Starnes said to the New York Post Thursday after learning that 37-year-old Adrianne Terry had secured a…

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  • Cleveland Settles Rodney Brown's Wrongful Death Suit for $375,000

    The family of a black man who died after Cleveland police used a Taser on him in 2010 will settle with the city for $375,000, the mayor’s office announced Thursday, Reuters reports. Rodney Brown was pulled over Dec. 31, 2010, by two Cleveland police officers who used a Taser on him and further subdued him…

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  • Okla. Officer Charged With Manslaughter in Terence Crutcher's Death Released on Bond

    The Tulsa, Okla., police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher was booked at the local county jail Friday morning before being released shortly afterward on a $50,000 bond, CNN reports. Officer Betty Shelby was charged with first-degree felony manslaughter and had a warrant issued for her arrest Thursday. The criminal complaint against her states…

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