Plainclothes New York City transit and police officers were used to monitor Black Lives Matter protesters who staged die-ins at the city’s Grand Central Terminal, the New York Daily News reports. Surveillance included live updates with details such as the number of protesters and the officers’ locations at the several protests that occurred between November…

The family of a 33-year-old Missouri man is demanding answers after he died just hours after being transported in an ambulance from the Pemiscot County Jail, KFVS reports. Michael Robinson, according to his family, was a severe diabetic and would have needed at least two insulin shots a day. The Robinson family is questioning whether…

A veteran from the iconic Tuskegee Airmen who fought in World War II was carjacked and robbed while on his way to visit his daughter, KTVI reports. The 93-year-old reportedly got lost while driving to his daughter’s home around 11:30 a.m., and so pulled over to call her. A man then approached the elderly man…

Two Texas men have been indicted on federal hate crime charges for allegedly brutally beating and raping a gay black man in 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday in a press release. Jimmy Garza Jr., 32, and Ramiro Serrata Jr., 22, are facing charges of conspiracy to commit hate crimes, a hate crime…

You really can’t make this stuff up. George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watchman who was acquitted in 2013 in the killing of Trayvon Martin, is reportedly teaming up with a Florida gun-store owner who wants to make his shop a “Muslim-free zone” to sell prints of the Confederate flag with the slogan “The 2nd protects…

Oath Keepers are planning to use black protesters for a special kind of experimental demonstration within the next couple of weeks by arming some 50 black individuals with AR-15 rifles in a march to show what Missouri’s open-carry law really stands for, Red Dirt Report notes. Sam Andrews, who heads a St. Louis County chapter,…

Four Florida teens could be in a heap of trouble after being arrested for allegedly carjacking a federal agent on vacation at gunpoint before tying him up and joyriding around in his vehicle, the New York Daily News reports. According to the report, the suspects, ranging in age from 15 to 18, confronted the agent…

Marchers coming from Baltimore as part of 300 Men March have reached the nation’s capital, WUSA 9 reports. According to the report, the group started off on Sunday and are expected to wind up at the White House as part of the initiative to raise awareness about community violence. The Washington Post reports that the…

Black Lives Matter protesters confronted Confederate-flag supporters at a Sunday rally in Broward County, Fla., refusing to stand down in the face of what they call a symbol of hatred, the Sun Sentinel reports. Hundreds of people supporting the contentious flag participated in a 15-mile road rally that extended from Plantation, Fla., to Sunrise, Fla.,…

The family of a teen who was fatally shot by a Madison, Wis., police officer is seeking unspecified damages in a federal civil rights lawsuit, claiming that the officer’s actions were unconstitutional, the Associated Press reports. The lawsuit accuses Police Officer Matt Kenny of violating Tony Robinson Jr.’s equal-protection rights, as well as his right…