Jasmine Cofield is one ambitious, studious young lady: She has snagged three college degrees before getting her high school diploma, making her the 2015 recipient of a civic award, the Black Home School reports. Cofield, who is now a senior at Central Michigan University, started out at Mott Middle College. The school has a program…

Lawyers for the family of a Miami Gardens, Fla., man who was fatally shot by local police released a dash-cam video on Wednesday showing the young man’s final moments of life, CBS Miami reports. Family attorney Glen Goldberg said that Lavall Hall’s family was “outraged” after seeing the video and said that it proved that…

In the aftermath of North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager’s fatal shooting on Saturday of Walter Scott, there are questions surrounding the possible involvement of other police officers and whether they might be charged with covering up the circumstances around the death of the 50-year-old victim, the Daily Mail reports. However, North Charleston Mayor…

This particular teaching moment went badly wrong when a poster put up throughout a Denver public high school drew criticism from students for being racially insensitive and offensive, Fox 31 reports. According to the report, students acknowledged that their educators at the Martin Luther King Jr. Early College were attempting to send positive messages to…

For Charleston, S.C., attorney David Aylor, it was over as soon as he saw the disturbing video that showed North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager opening fire on 50-year-old Walter Scott, shooting a reported eight times as Scott was running away. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Beast, Aylor didn’t go into details…

If you’re a supporter of North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager and want to donate money to his case, you’ll not be going through GoFundMe, for sure. According to ThinkProgress, the crowdfunding site refused the campaign in Slager’s name, claiming that it violated the site’s terms and conditions. “After review by our team, the…

A Pennsylvania judge compared sexually explicit photos of a woman who was involved with an underage student to “dangling candy” and sentenced the 35-year-old wife and former teacher to just 30 days in prison, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, the former teacher pleaded guilty last year to sexual assault and spreading sexually…

Even amid calls for his resignation, an official in Pine Bluff, Ark., is refusing to step down after continually misspelling a black resident’s name, apparently to play on a racial slur in a Facebook argument, Raw Story reports. According to the report, the Pine Bluff City Council passed a 7-0 no-confidence vote asking Alderman Bill…

Before North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager fatally shot 50-year-old Walter Scott, he had been subject to two complaints, including a separate complaint about inappropriate use of force, for which the 33-year-old cop was exonerated, NBC News reports. According to documents released by the North Charleston Police Department, the news site notes, the U.S.…