Three black Pocomoke City, Md., police officers have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming racial discrimination that, according to the suit, “‘most Americans would have believed unthinkable in the second decade of the 21st century,’” the New York Times reports.  According to the report, the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Baltimore on Thursday, stems…

A Texas mom is standing up for her 15-year-old son, who was suspended after helping a classmate suffering from an asthma attack, KCEN reports.  Anthony Ruelas said that on Tuesday morning, his eighth-grade classmate sat in class wheezing and gagging for three minutes while no one did anything. Fed up with waiting, Anthony moved to…

A Pittsburgh chiropractor who passed away Sunday at the age of 70 had one last request of those who loved him: Skip the flowers; just don’t vote for Donald Trump for president. In an obituary published Wednesday in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jeffrey H. Cohen is described as a “voracious teller of jokes of all kinds,…

A video of a Gainesville, Fla., police officer responding to a 911 call about kids playing in the streets “too loudly” has gone viral. In it, the officer can be seen dealing with the complaint by joining in on the game.  On Jan. 15, around 5 p.m., a 911 call went out complaining about some…

A DeKalb County, Ga., grand jury has decided to indict a white police officer who fatally shot a U.S. Air Force veteran who was experiencing a mental-health crisis last year, the Washington Post reports.  Officer Robert Olsen was indicted on six counts, including two counts of felony murder, two counts of violation of oath, one…

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw acknowledged on Tuesday that officers are responsible for escalations that may occur during a stop or arrest, the Texas Tribune reports.  According to the report, when asked if Sandra Bland was in any way to blame for the heated exchange that was caught on a dashboard camera,…

The trial of a New York City police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in the dark stairwell of a public housing complex in the city’s Brooklyn borough is scheduled to begin Thursday, Reuters reports.  Officer Peter Liang faces charges of manslaughter, reckless endangerment, official misconduct and other counts for the shooting death…

Even as the country celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, one Omaha, Neb., resident had a “N—ger Obama” sign posted up in his window for all to see, WOWT reports.  When confronted by WOWT reporter John Chapman, who is black, Steve Bowman admitted that the sign might be “a little racist,” adding that…

A St. Paul, Minn., police sergeant is facing an investigation after he reportedly encouraged drivers to run over Black Lives Matter protesters at an upcoming rally, the Pioneer Press reports.  In the post, the sergeant allegedly detailed how people could avoid being charged with a crime if they hit a protester during the march, which…

James Roberts has a brand-new job, and he says it’s all thanks to a mystery New York City police officer who gave him a lift after he got lost on his way to the interview, CBS2 reports.  Roberts, from the city’s Bronx borough, misunderstood the location of the job interview and ultimately got lost, much…