A Madison, Ala., police officer seen on video slamming an Indian man to the ground as he attempted to question him has been indicted on a charge related to use of unreasonable force, Reuters reports that federal prosecutors confirmed Friday. Officer Eric Parker, whose department has since recommended his termination, was indicted by a grand jury…

A Nebraska state senator is standing firm and refusing to apologize for saying he’d shoot a cop if he had a weapon as he compared law-enforcement agents to terrorists, Fox News reports.  According to the news site, Sen. Ernie Chambers, an independent from Omaha, refused to back down and ignored his colleagues’ demands for apologies…

Fresno Deputy Police Chief Keith Foster, a 29-year vet with the department, was among four people arrested on Thursday on federal drug charges, including an alleged plot to distribute oxycodone and heroin, the FBI has revealed, according to the Associated Press. The 51-year-old deputy was arrested and charged alongside Fresno residents Rafael Guzman, Jennifer Donebedian…

Two black women filed a complaint with the Transportation Security Administration claiming that their sisterlocks made them targets for TSA agents at airports. Now, they say, their complaint has prompted the agency to put measures in place to stop the singling out of women based on hairstyles, Raw Story reports. It all started when Malaika…

Civil rights pioneer Nancy Randolph Davis, the first African American to enroll in Oklahoma State University, has died at the age of 88, officials confirmed Wednesday, according to Raw Story. “She was a soldier and a pioneer for civil rights. She worked to make the world a better place for everyone,” Garland Pruitt, president of…

Something was off from the beginning of the traffic stop when two Inkster, Mich., police officers approached Floyd Dent’s car with guns already drawn. According to Dent, 57, when he was stopped on Jan. 28, officers dragged him out of his car, choked him, beat him, used a stun gun on him and planted drugs…

Transgender activist Blake Brockington died overnight in what appears to have been a suicide, police said, according to the Charlotte Observer. The North Carolina 18-year-old, who was an advocate for sexual-minority rights, transitioned during his sophomore year at East Mecklenburg High School, having previously been known as a girl. Last year he was crowned homecoming…

Ben Carson—neurosurgeon, Tea Party superstar and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate—is well-known for his controversial comments, whether he’s comparing the Affordable Care Act to slavery or claiming that prison makes people gay. According to GQ, on the night of Obama’s State of the Union address in January, Carson implied that the president was a psychopath…

An Irondequoit, N.Y., Police Department investigator is being investigated for a Facebook page that is being called “offensive and racially insensitive,” Raw Story reports. Officer Jim Frascati allegedly posted the insensitive messages, which included a photo that showed a group of topless tribal African women dancing, with the caption “Michelle Obama’s class reunion.” In another…

An officer with the New York City Police Department has been arrested and is facing charges of rape, sexual misconduct, sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old girl whom he met at his church, the New York Daily News reports. Vladimir Sosa, 38, was arrested by…