A Chicago police commander has come under intense scrutiny after a lawsuit was filed against him for allegedly putting his gun into a young man’s mouth, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the lawsuit, as reported by the Tribune, in January 2013 Cmdr. Glenn Evans pulled up at a bus stop and began staring at…

Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s fall did not take long. Following his termination from the Ravens and his indefinite suspension from the NFL, marketers and sponsors have begun to wash their hands of the player, who was seen on video punching his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, out cold in an elevator. One Fox Sports…

A 40-year-old New York man gave his life saving a small child from the Hudson River, the New York Post reports. According to the report, Boyce “Scoop” Coleman was at a barbecue at the riverside in Yonkers when he heard that a child was in the water. The heroic man jumped “ … over the…

John Crawford III was shot dead by Beavercreek, Ohio, police about a month ago for simply carrying a BB gun as he walked through the aisles in Wal-Mart. A witness to the incident, Ronald Ritchie, was responsible for calling 911 and reporting Crawford to law enforcement, saying that a black man was “walking around with…

Two juveniles were arrested for allegedly beating up a mentally disabled man in Delaware, WPVI-TV reports. The two boys, 13 and 14 years old, were arrested over the weekend before being released to their parents on $2,500 bond, the news station notes, after a video of them committing the horrible assault went viral.  According to…

A tragic early-morning fire Monday took the lives of four children and left two adults in critical condition in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. The children, ages 6 to 16, were found on the third floor of the badly damaged building. According to the Tribune, the fire spread from an empty second-floor apartment and up…

One Georgia kindergarten teacher is facing serious charges after she allegedly dragged one of her students across the classroom by the ankle, WXIA-TV reports. Judy Bingham was arrested and slapped with a first-degree felony charge for cruelty to children, as well as a misdemeanor charge for simple battery, after she allegedly grabbed the student and…

United Negro College Fund President and CEO Michael Lomax has been bragging about how he won over the black community for his controversial $25 million “Koch Scholars” partnership with Charles and David Koch, all while slamming his critics, according to Salon. According to the news site, which was provided exclusive audio from the June retreat…

It’s one classy and compassionate move on the part of the Cincinnati Bengals. According to ABC News, the Ohio football team cut defensive tackle Devon Still from its roster but then signed him on to its practice squad in order to help him pay for his 4-year-old daughter’s cancer treatments. As a practice-squad player, the…

A Bloomsburg, Pa., teen is facing charges of ethnic intimidation, harassment and disorderly conduct after he was arrested for yelling a racial slur at a black Bloomsburg University student, BloomUToday.com reports. According to the website, at around 9:40 p.m. on Aug. 4, Walter Corey Reibsome, donning a Ku Klux Klan hood, leaned out of the…